JORIS ROELOFS QUARTET

‘A lyrical and swinging player that is grounded in tradition and knows how to interweave contemporary influences in a tasteful way’ is how the jury report of the Deloitte Jazz Award 2004 characterizes Joris Roelofs. A year earlier he received an important American incentive prize, the Stan Getz/Clifford Brown Award, and even before his 20st birthday he joined the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw. Promising seems to be an understatement for the alto saxophone and clarinet player who brings his own quartet to the Bimhuis for the first time.