THE FLATLANDS COLLECTIVE

Jorrit Dijkstra, who has been living in Boston since 2002, combines his alto saxophone with electronica and plays analogue synthesizer and lyricon as well. In his group Flatlands Collective he gathers five renowned improvisers from Chicago. Their second CD Maatjes appeared recently. ‘This music has a lot of moving parts. Keeping them synchronized is a credit to each member of the Collective, but the exemplary tandem work of Roebke and Mulvenna merits special attention.’ (Downbeat) ‘Richly textured, subtly nuanced and built on multiple layers of melody… anything but flat.’ (Chicago Tribune).