Freya Tineke Postma

• 1Parallax05:39
• 2Scáthach's Isle of Skye05:42
• 3Aspasia and Pericles05:38
• 4In the light of Reverence06:04
• 5Freya05:28
• 6Interlude #101:23
• 7Heart to Heart08:00
• 8Juno Lucina05:53
• 9Geri's Print05:16
• 10Interlude #201:13
• Total Runtime50:16

Info for Freya

Freya is the seventh album from Dutch saxophonist Tineke Postma. Her first since 2014, Freya is a come-back album as a leader. Following an acclaimed international career, including work with legends Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter, Tineke’s Freya represents a fresh start with a new label, reinvigorated energy and an exciting band that is collectively inspired by the experiences she has gathered throughout her career. Together with trumpeter Ralph Alessi, bassist Matt Brewer, drummer Dan Weiss and featuring pianist Kris Davis, Tineke makes music that is adventurous, empowering and full of risk-taking.

The album artwork is by Chicago based artist Chad Kouri. Chad created this piece exclusively for Tineke, inspired by the music of this album. Known for his vibrant, abstract compositions, Chad Kouri (b. 1985) is a working artist based in Chicago, examining themes commonly associated with visual literacy - specifically how we see, read, and remember the world around us. His practice is influenced by minimalism, jazz, conceptual and systematic art, design, fashion, printmaking and the grey areas between them. Chad’s work resonated strongly with Tineke; to her it felt as if he was creating art in a very similar way to her and that his style fits her music perfectly. She felt very honored when he decided to create a work for her. He created this work while listening to the music of this album. It symbolises the motivic, conceptional music of Tineke and the intertwining of trumpet and saxophone which move both synchronically and separately.

Tineke Postma, alto and soprano saxophone
Ralph Alessi, trumpet
Kris Davis, piano
Matthew Brewer, double bass, electric bass
Dan Weiss, drums

Recorded December 22nd 2018 at Oktaven Audio, LLC, 35 Grove St, Mt Vernon, NY 10550, USA
Engineered by Ryan Streber
Mixed by Dave Darlington
Mastered by Dave Darlington at Bass Hit Recording, NY
Produced by Tineke Postma

Tineke Postma
is a musician of inventiveness and creativity, not afraid to explore the unknown, who revels in the inspiration of the master, Wayne Shorter, who once told her, before going on stage to perform together, “Let’s start composing”.

Saxophonist and composer Tineke Postma tours internationally as a leader and featured guest. She has released six albums as a leader, which have been received with great critical international acclaim. Tineke appears on numerous albums as a guest soloist. Tineke’s next album, which she recorded December 2018 in NYC with Ralph Alessi, Kris Davis, Matt Brewer and Dan Weiss, will be released in 2020.

The album contains all new compositions by Tineke. Tineke has received various awards such as the Jazz Juan Revelations Award, 2009 (Antibes Juan-les-Pins Jazz Festival), an Edison National Category, 2011 (the Dutch equivalent of a Grammy) for the Tineke Postma Quartet album “The Dawn of Light” and the prestigious Buma Boy Edgar Award, 2015.

The 2019 Downbeat Poll listed Tineke as a Rising Star in the soprano and alto saxophone categories. Tineke has appears on two Grammy winning albums by Terri Lyne Carrington (Mosaic Project) and Dianne Reeves (Beautiful Life). Tineke’s previous albums are First Song (Munich Records 2003), For the Rhythm featuring Terri Lyne Carrington (Munich Records, 2005), A Journey That Matters (Foreign Media, 2007), The Traveller (Etcetera Now, 2010), The Dawn of Light (Challenge Records, 2010) and Sonic Halo (Challenge Records, 2014). Sonic Halo featured NYC musicians

Matt Mitchell, Linda Oh, Dan Weiss and Greg Osby; who was co-leader and one of Tineke’s mentors. Tineke has worked with prominent artists and groups such as Herbie Hancock, Kenny Barron, Terri Lyne Carrington, Esperanza Spalding, Dianne Reeves, Geri Allen, Jimmy Cobb, the Metropole Orchestra, Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, Nathalie Loriers and Tutu Pouane. On April 30, 2012 Tineke performed for International Jazz Day at the Assembly Hall of the United Nations in New York with Wayne Shorter, Richard Bona, Vinnie Collaiuta and Zakir Hussain. In December 2018 Tineke performed with Herbie Hancock, Esperanza Spalding and the Wayne Shorter Quartet during the Kennedy Honors Gala in Washington. On April 30th 2019, she was invited by Herbie Hancock to perform with him on International Jazz Day in Melbourne, Australia.

Current projects led by Tineke include the Tineke Postma Group “Freya” (Ralph Alessi, Matt Brewer and Dan Weiss), Sonic Halo, Bloom Trio (Marc van Roon, piano and Tristan Renfrow, drums), The Tineke Postma Quartet (Marc van Roon, piano, Clemens van der Feen; bass, Tristan Renfrow, drums) and the Tineke Postma/Reinier Baas Duo (guitar).

Tineke graduated with honors from the Conservatory of Amsterdam and Manhattan School of Music (2002) and was resident in NYC from 2009-2013. She is part of the saxophone faculty of the Codarts Conservatory Rotterdam and the Conservatory of Amsterdam.

This album contains no booklet.