Joris Posthumus & band ft. Tom Beek

Alto saxophonist and composer Joris Posthumus has been making music since he was six years old. He studied at the conservatories of Rotterdam and Tilburg. In 2009 Joris recorded the album ‘The Abyss’ together with: Sound technician Chris Weeda, pianist Jeroen van Vliet, drummer Pascal Vermeer en bass player Juriaan Dekker,(feat Tom Beek). This First album was released by record company Challenge Records in 2010 under the name Joris Posthumus Quartet.

This album presents dynamic jazz of a high NU-bop energetic quality. The biting alto saxophone of Joris ,who,whipped up by the strong rhythm section, explores all corners of the improvisation spectrum, is characteristic for the sound of the Quartet. Another characteristic is that the melody, an important ingredient of Joris’s compositions, will always sound through. Making music is all about the chemistry between the musicians. With Jeroen van Vliet, Pascal Vermeer and Juriaan Dekker, Joris feels that allimportant ‘click’. In this formation the band toured the Netherlands with the famous American tenor saxophonist David Murray as a guest and played at the North Sea festival, but also on other famous Dutch Jazz podiums during the Young VIPs tour, a.o. the Bimhuis in Amsterdam and ”Lantaren en Venster” in Rotterdam. The album the Abyss was received with a great deal of enthusiasm by the jazz scene, in the Netherlands as well as abroad.

At the moment Joris is working on a new album featuring:
Joris Posthumus alto sax
Jeroen van Vliet piano
Pascal Vermeer drums
Thomas Pol double bass

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