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Tineke Postma (August 31 1978, Heerenveen, NL) is one of the leading ladies in the Dutch jazz scene and is about to conquer the international jazz scene. In 2003,Tineke gratuaded with Honors at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, where she has been teaching since 2005. Having received no less than two scolarships to study at the Manhattan School for Music in New York, she was being taught by Dick Oatts, David Liebman and Chris Potter.

Wayne Shorter, Cannonball Adderly, John Coltrane, Miles Davis among others, are the great inspirations for Tineke’s remarkable compositions and virtuosity, which have been rewarded with several prestigious awards,among which the prestigious Midem “International Jazz Revelation of the Year Award” in (2006 which had been broadcasted live and nationwide on the French tv, channel France 3), the “ Jazz All Star Award” (2003) and the Dutch awards: "Langs de Lijn Award" (2007), "Singer Laren Jazz Award" (2002), "Heijmans Award" (2004). On 14 July, she received the “Jazz Revelation of 2009 Award” as well as the “Public’s Favourite Award” at the Jazz à Juan Festival (France). She will perform there at the 50th celebration of this festival. In 2008, Tineke had been nominated for another important Dutch Prize: the Notenkraker Award. This year, 2009, she had been nominated for the Paul Acket Award (North Sea Jazz).

Projects
The Tineke Postma Quartet (Marc van Roon on piano, Frans van der Hoeven on bass and Martijn Vink on drums) was founded in 2002 and has played at many international festivals, like North Sea Jazz, Middelheim Festival in Antwerpen, Festival,Young Euro Jazz Berlin, Pori Jazz Festival (Finland) , Trondheim Jazz Festival (Norway), Molde Jazz Festival (Norway) , the Jakarta Jazz Festival (Indonesia) Yokohama Jazz Festival ( Japan) and the Hanoi Jazz Festival (Vietnam).

Tineke recorded her new cd “The Traveller” with the Tineke Postma International Quartet, featuring Geri Allen, Scott Colley and Terri Lyne Carrington which started in February 2009. They performed at the North Sea Jazz 2009, Barbican Hall (London), Jazz a Ramatuelle (France).
The cd The Traveller has been released in The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg on 1 May 2009 and will be released in Europe, the US and Japan shortly. Tineke performed during the Summer with the above mentioned musicians at the Barbican Hall in London, North Sea Jazz and at Jazz à Ramatuelle in France.

Quotes of these musicians about Tineke and the cd The Traveller:

Geri Allen
"Tineke Postma is an expressive, and gifted player with a lyrical approach which embraces and challenges the listener. Her compositions and lithe execution served as fertile ground for the quartet to discover many enjoyable surprises.

Scott Colley
"Tineke displays great focus and passion in every aspect of her compositions and performance. I enjoyed so much being a part of this recording. This recording documents the love and vision of these dedicated musicians, I am happy to have been a part of it all."

Terri Lyne Carrington
"Tineke's new CD is her best yet. I have had the pleasure of watching her grow and develop into a formidable force in jazz saxophone playing. The compositions are the perfect pallette for the synergistic creative expression of this particular quartet. I"m happy I was a part of it!"

Other projects:
“Billie and Me”, a musical tribute to Billie Holiday with Terri Lyne Carrington, Nancy Wilson, Dianne Reeves and Joan Osnborne gave Tineke the chance to play at Carnegie Hall (New York), Kennedy Center (Washington), UCLA Royce Hall (LA), Orchestra Hall (Chicago), Byham Theatre (Pittsburgh), Eisenhower Auditorium-Penn State (University park). Tineke toured internationally with the Terri Lyne Carrington Group (Geri Allen, Esperanza Spalding, Matthey Garrisson, ea). They played at the Red Sea Jazz Festival (Israel), Beantown Jazz Festival (Boston, US) and the International Jazz Festival Munster (Germany)

In 2003, Tineke performed with the Sisters in Jazz Project in the Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival in Washington, IAJE in Long Beach, as well as at the North Sea Jazz, Jazz à Vienne (France) and Umbria Jazz (Italy).

Tineke formed a trio with the Dutch master-drummer Han Bennink and bassist Ernst Glerum. They performed at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam in 2008.

Tineke performed with Esperanza Spalding at the Bimhuis (Amsterdam), North Sea Jazz (2009) and will play as a guest of bassist Esperanza Spalding in 2009.

TV appearances:
Tineke was featured as the only European artist in the prestigious US documentary series Icons Among Us: jazz in the present tense -- "Everything Everywhere" which had been broadcasted nationwide on 11 May 2009 Documentary Channel (Dish 197) as well as NYCTV and many other TV channels. in 2007 Tineke Postma was a guest in the Dutch programme Vrije Geluiden (VPRO/NPS), where she will be seen in the Autumn of 2009 .

Quotes on Tineke's music:

JAZZ (magazine) Dick Hovenga June 1, 2009 **** 1/2
• Every new album demonstrates that Tineke Postma keeps improving. • ‘The Traveller’is a solid album which should give Postma worldfame • The ensemble playing is impeccable. • The musicians offer the perfect base for Postma, who exceeds herself once again. Her playing is one time warm and sober, the next time lyrical and overwhelming.

JAZZISM (magazine) Coen de Jonge June 1, 2009 ****
• Tineke Postma recorded a glorious album in New York. • On the CD “The Traveller” Tineke has obviously found her own gracious style. • The album radiates a great deal of confidence. The pieces are accessible, yet bear a benificial complexity.

De Telegraaf (National Newspaper) Jean Paul Heck June 7, 2009
• Tineke Postma, who is a world class saxophonist has an impeccably playing band.

NRC Handelsblad and NRC Next (National Newspapers) Amanda Kuyper May 22, 2009
• The new album of Tineke Postma is the most impressive until now. • Her modern jazz compositions are getting more depth, they are harmonically more free, less traditional and more personal.

Downbeat, Robert Doerschuk, January 2008 **** (USA)
“Postma demonstrates an unusual ability to infuse melodic statements with expressive nuance. Her improvisations display a measured sense of development with no lapses into flashiness for its own sake.”

Telerama Michel Contat April 2008 (France)
" Tineke Postma asserts herself remarkably with some intrepidity as a style maker and her sensitivity convinces us she definitely is a genuine musician."

The Guardian 26 januari 2008 (England)
" She is an intriguing new arrival."

The Evening Standard, Jack Masserik, November 2007 **** (England)
“Tineke Postma, from Amsterdam, is one of the world's leading female saxophonists and this, her third album, is her best yet. Her lines are hip and agile, yet distinctly feminine in their grace and sensitivity. Her well-crafted originals complete a production of unusual depth and taste.”

Volkskrant Koen Schouten, June 2007 **** (Holland)
"Postma is serious about her playing, she is not a musician trying to do something, she does it for real".

Rondo Thomas Fitterling, November 2007 ***** (Germany)
"Tineke Postma is the shooting star of the Dutch Jazzscene!"

Jazz Times, Bill Milkowski, 2005 (USA)
“Tineke exhibits a vivacious stage presence along with commanding chops on both alto and soprano saxes. She is a remarkable new talent and will most certainly kill Stateside audiences…”

Chris Potter, 2004 (USA)
“I'm impressed by her confident command of the jazz language, her thorough knowledge of harmony, and most of all, by her ability to truly sing through her horn.”

Terri Lyne Carrington 2006 (USA)
“I thoroughly enjoyed Tineke's exceptional compositional skills and spirited improvising. To me music should tell a story, take the listener on a journey, motivate the mind, touch the soul and be sonically pleasing to the ear. Tineke’s music does all of the above…”

Recordings: Tineke recorded four cd’s and a dvd:

First Avenue (2003)
This cd was recorded during her college years and had been very well received internationally.
Compositions Tineke Postma, except for track 3 (Joe Henderson) and 6 (Rob van Bavel)
Line up:
Alto-and sopranosaxophone: Tineke Postma
Piano, fender rodes and Keyboards: Rob van Bavel
Double bass: Jeroen Vierdag
Drums: Martijn Vink
Clarinet: John Ruocco
Guitar: Edoardo Righini

For the Rhythm (2005)
Featuring Terri Lyne Carrington.
This cd was in the top 20 of the Jazz Week Chart for three weeks and had was broadcasted by more than 250 radiostations.
All compositions by Tineke Postma except for tracks 2 (Kenny Barron), 6 and 7 (Tineke Postma & Edoardo Righini),9 (Gordon Jenkins) and 10 (Alex North)
Line up:
Alto and soprano saxophone: Tineke Postma
Guitar: Edoardo Righini
Piano, fender rhodes and keyboards: Rob van Bavel
Double Bass: Jeroen Vierdag & Darryl Hall
Drums: Terri Lyne Carrington

Live in Amsterdam (DVD, 2005)
Recorded with the Tineke Postma Quintet in the Bimhuis
All compositions by Tineke Postma except for tracks 4 (T.Postma/E.righini) and 6 (Gordon Jenkins)
Saxophones: Tineke Postma
Piano/ fender rhodes: Rob van Bavel
Guitar: Martijn van Iterson
Drums: Marcel Serierse
Bass: Jeroen Vierdag
Trombone: Ilja Reijngoud

A Journey That Matters (2007)
This cd received by Downbeat (US) The Evening Standard (GB) and many other European Jazz magazines raving FOUR STAR reviews.
Original compositions by Tineke Postma
All Arrangements by Tineke Postma and Johan Plomp
Line up:
alto soprano, tenor saxophone ; Tineke Postma
bass : Frans van der Hoeven
drums :Terri Lyne Carrington
Piano: Rob van Bavel, Marc van Roon, Randal Corsen
Guitar: Edoardo Righini
French Horn: Morris Kliphuis
Flutes: Bart Platteau
Clarinets: Tobias Klein
Bassoon: Janine Teepen

The Traveller
(2009) recorded in New York (Systems Two Sudio, Brooklyn) The cd has been released in The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg on 1 May 2009 and will be released in greater Europe, the US and Japan in the fall of this year.
All compositions by Tineke Postma
Alto – en sopranosaxophone: Tineke Postma
Piano: Geri Allen
Bass: Scott Colley
Drums: Terri Lyne Carrington