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| Label Jazz in Motion |
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Catalogue number JIMDVD 75217 |
Release date 26 December 2012 |
Joost Lijbaart - drums
Yuri Honing - tenor sax
Benjamin Herman - alt sax
Mats Eilertsen - double bass
Group of Friends is a relatively new project, initiated by Joost Lijbaart, one of Holland’s finest drummers in the field of jazz and improvised music. After being a highly-appreciated sideman with many great jazz artists and groups, such as Theo Loevendie, Sylvie Courvoiser, Michel Godard, Michiel Borstlap, Yuri Honing Trio and the jazz-rock formation White House, Lijbaart decided to form his own band, Group of Friends. In this ensemble the two foremost younger Dutch saxophone players of today, who used to
play together with Lijbaart 10 years ago, are reunited: Benjamin Herman and Yuri Honing. The rhythm section is completed by an absolute bass talent from Norway, Mats Eilertsen.
With his Group of Friends, Lijbaart goes back to his roots, the late sixties. In this period jazz music was treated with more and more freedom than ever before regarding rhythm and form, while the starting point switched to melody and harmony. This particular development has always been underexposed because many musicians at the time turned to pop- and jazz-rock. Lijbaart and his Friends went back to this musical moment in time and continued from there on. This resulted in a remarkable sound and various wonderful new compositions that show many ethnical influences as well, for instance South-African and Scottish music. The repertoire also includes pieces by Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, Dave Holland and Tony Williams.
In 2003 the debut CD of the Group was released, receiving numerous favorable reviews. In the same year the Group performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival and the concert was broadcasted on Dutch television. In March 2005 the DVD ‘Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival’ (DTS Dolby Digital 5.1) was released and a concert tour is planned for 2005-2006. www.jazzinmotion.com
Joost Lijbaart, who made his international appearance already in 1993 winning the Europe Jazz Contest for ‘Best Drummer’, has since built a unique career and during 12 years he has broadened his horizons as a musician and as a composer, also working in pop music, modern classical music and dance, and African music. In 2002 Lijbaart was awarded ‘Best Soloist’ in the Dutch Jazz Competition at the North Sea Jazz Festival for his contributions to the modern jazz guitar trio Agog.
• What Joost Lijbaart and his friends have brought to light is an acoustic brew of very high quality. It’s cooking on CD, but something tells me it is even more steaming live. (Tor Hammerø www.puls.no)
• Splendid debut CD (NRC)
• Intense reunion of top saxophonists (De Volkskrant)
• Lijbaart turns out to be a modest leader who prefers to perform among the others (Jazz)
• Absolutely fantastic (Slagwerkkrant)
• Lijbaart masters his material completely, he easily fights his way through Ornette Coleman’s idiom, reverts to the rites of free jazz, throws in a spicy South-African beat and like Tony Williams, he fights gruesome duels with his soloists. (Leeuwarder Courant)
Joost Lijbaart (Amsterdam 1967) started playing drums at the age of 7, following his father Piet Lijbaart (Amsterdam 1933-1970).
He graduated in 1991 with honors from the Hilversum Conservatory where he followed classes with Cees Kranenburg, Marcel Serierse Ali Un D’Aye Rose and Victor Oskam.
With the Yuri Honing Trio in 1996, he made the album ‘Star Tracks’ from (a modern adaptation of European pop classics).
In the 20 year history of the trio the group released 5 CDs and performed on numerous tours in more than 90 countries. There were musical collaborations with musicians from the Middle East, India and China.
Besides working as a sideman Lijbaart focused also on his own projects, such as his own quartet ‘Group of Friends’, his duo with pianist Wolfert Brederode, the group Batik and his recently formed improvisation trio with vocalist Sanne Rambags and guitar player Bram Stadhouders.
At the North Sea Jazz Festival he received in 2003 as a drummer the soloist prize at the Dutch jazz competition given by Elvin Jones.
Joost played over the years regularly classical percussion music of Iannis Xenakis, John Cage and Steve Reich and worked on several projects together with Theo Loevendie and Louis Andriessen. He performed as a soloist with the New Ensemble at the Muziekgebouw in 2016.
He was collaborating with artists from other disciplines such as dancer / choreographer Anouk van Dijk, dancer / choreographer Lonneke of Leth and writer PF Thomese.
Joost Lijbaart is a player with many different interests. He has years of experience in the history of jazz from the 50s and 60s, played a lot of pop and rock and studied musical traditions of West Africa, Northern India and the Middle East.
As an experienced teacher Joost Lijbaart gives regular guest lectures and classes at conservatories around the world.
Since 2016 he is also teaching entrepreneurship at the Conservatory in Amsterdam and the Prins Claus Conservatory in Groningen.
Joost Lijbaart toured in more than 90 countries around the world and performed at many major jazz festivals.
