Jens Meijer invites creative musicians in the Rotterdam music scene for a night of improvisation.
The music that the young drummer Jens Meijer makes with his various formations has at least one common thread: a desire for freedom, a joint search for a way of playing that leaves as many options open as possible. His approach to rhythm and measure contains a remarkable amount of dynamics and variation. Not that Meijer completely abandons the role of drummer as time keeper, but within the suggestion of a steady beat that persists despite everything, Meijer constantly sees opportunities to speed up or slow down, in sync with the fluctuating rhythms of his fellow musicians.
Ruud Voesten drums
Laurens Buijs drums
Jens Meijer drums
Þorkell Ragnar Grétarsson guitar
Stefan Lievestro bass
Andrea Leone tenor sax