Tineke Postma: The Dawn of Light

Wednesday November 02, 2011

From All About Jazz

Tineke Postma: The Dawn of Light
By: John Kelman

Since her 2004 debut as a leader, Dutch saxophonist Tineke Postma has released records almost like clockwork every alternate year, with The Traveler (Self Produced, 2009), as strong a statement as she’s made, featuring a quartet of Americans including drummer Terri Lyne Carrington—constant companion since Postma’s sophomore For the Rhythm (Munich, 2005). The Dawn Of Light returns to an all-Dutch lineup for the first time since First Avenue (Munich, 2004), with the exception of Grammy Award-winner Esperanza Spalding, whose sweetly appealing voice helps keep the irregularly metered “Leave Me a Place Underground” eminently accessible.

The Dawn of Light reunites Postma with keyboardist Marc van Roon and bassist Frans van der Hoeven from 2007’s A Journey That Matters (Foreign Media). Gigging together since 2006, this is the first time Postma has recorded with this group, which also features drummer Martijn Vink, last heard with her on First Avenue. If artists like drummer Han Bennink and pianist Misha Mengelberg put The Netherlands on the map in the 1960s with their New Dutch Swing, then this new generation of Dutch players is equally forward-thinking, but even more liberal when it comes to the palette from which they work, and the styles from which they draw.

On this largely acoustic session, which features six Postma compositions written specifically for the group, the aptly titled, tempo-shifting “Beyond Category“—one of two tracks written by van Roon—goes against type, mixing the keyboardist’s Fender Rhodes with some retro synth textures; even van der Hoeven turns on, feeding his double bass through an octave divider for a short but commanding solo in the relatively short track’s final moments.

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Leave Me A Place Underground	5:32	Tineke Postma
Before the Snow	4:17	Tineke Postma
Crazy Stuff	5:01	Tineke Postma

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