TINEKE POSTMA
VOYA
Tineke Postma alto and soprano saxophone
Theo Bleckmann vocals (tracks 1,4,5,8)
David Dorůžka guitar
Robert Landfermann double bass
Tristan Renfrow drums
Recorded at The CYH Studio in Basel
Recorded by Patrik Zosso March 18th &19th, 2025
Mixed, edited and mastered by Patrik Zosso on August 27th, 28th & 29th, 2025
Produced by Tineke Postma
Co-produced by Sarah Chaksad, Patrik Zosso
Someplace Called “Where“ music written by Wayne Shorter
TINEKE POSTMA – VOYA
With her ninth album as a leader, VOYA, saxophonist and composer Tineke Postma opens a new chapter in her unfolding journey, inviting vocalist Theo Bleckmann into the fold.
Postma's ensemble consisting of Europe based musicians — David Dorůžka (guitar, Prague), Robert Landfermann (double bass, Cologne), and Tristan Renfrow (drums, Amsterdam), after years of touring across the world together, has forged a sound that is deeply personal, always evolving and expressing a musical language built on trust and listening.
Alongside the evocative voice of New York's Theo Bleckmann, Postma conjures a soundscape both expansive and intimate. A Grammy-nominated vocalist and ECM artist, Bleckmann is known for his genre-blurring work across jazz, new music, and experimental sound. Tineke is thrilled to begin this new collaboration with one of her most favorite vocalists on the international scene today.
The title VOYA reverberates on multiple planes. It calls upon "voyage," a passage outward and inward; pays tribute to "the voice," honoring Bleckmann's presence as instrument; and lastly, this album title expresses Oya, the Yoruba wind goddess of transformation, breath, and storm. Here, VOYA becomes a journey through wind, voice, and spirit—a space beyond sound, a vessel for listening and reflection.
This ensemble thrives by leaning into the unknown, dwelling in the present — and in this, the spirit of Tineke's mentor Wayne Shorter echoes softly, honored in her interpretation of his luminous composition, "Someplace Called "Where"
The Tineke Postma Group will tour in November, December 2025. In 2026 they will tour in January, September and December.
BIO TINEKE POSTMA
Saxophonist and composer Tineke Postma, Rising Star for soprano saxophone of Downbeat Polls (2019), tours internationally as a leader and featured guest since 2003 and released eight albums as a leader which received great international critical acclaim.
Tineke’s personal style can be described as lyrical, melodic and adventurous. Her ninth album feat. Theo Bleckmann will be released on November 14th, 2025.
Tineke’s main project is the Tineke Postma Group consisting of Europe based musicians — David Dorůžka (guitar, Prague), Robert Landfermann (double bass, Cologne), and Tristan Renfrow (drums, Amsterdam), after years of touring across the world together, has forged a sound that is deeply personal, always evolving and expressing a musical language built on trust and listening.
Tineke is part of two Grammy awarded albums by Terri Lyne Carrington (The Mosaic Project) and Dianne Reeves (Beautiful). She received various awards; the European Musician of The Year (Academie Du Jazz, France, 2020), the Buma Boy Edgar Award (2015), the Edison National Category (2011) and the Jazz Juan Revelations Award (2009
Antibes Juan-les-Pins Festival).
Tineke worked with prominent groups and orchestras of Kenny Barron, Terri Lyne Carrington, Esperanza Spalding, Wayne Shorter, Dianne Reeves, Geri Allen, the WDR Bigband, Omer Klein, Pablo Held and the Metropole Orchestra.
Tineke joined the Global All- Star Concert on International Jazz Day at the Assembly Hall of the United Nations (2012) in New York and performed in 2018 with legendary pianist Herbie Hancock in Melbourne, Australia and the Kennedy Honors Award in Washington.
In 2023 Tineke was invited by Esperanza Spalding to take the role of Wayne Shorter, in a project consisting of his symphonic written works such as Gaia, Orbits and a part of the opera Iphegenia which she also performed at North Sea Jazz in 2025 together with Wayne Shorter’s band members Danilo Perez and John Patitucci. The invitation to step in Wayne Shorter’s role in his symphonic work was a personal recommendation by the master himself before he passed in 2023.
Besides prominent artists such as Terri Lyne Carrington and Greg Osby, Tineke considers Shorter as one of her mentors as considers his recommendation as one of the greatest honors she received in her career.
Tineke received various composition commissions: Bimhuis Composition Assignment 2020 (NL), Metropole Orchestra Jubilee Album (NL) and Loft Köln (Germany).
Tineke studied at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and Manhattan School of Music (2002) and lived in NYC from 2009-2013. Currently she is based in the Netherlands. She is part of the saxophone faculty of Royal Conservatory of The Hague and the Conservatory of Amsterdam and guest teacher at various institutes such the Jazzcampus
of the Musik Akademie Basel.
collage artwork by johanna von olderhausen
RELEASE
TINEKE POSTMA —
VOYA
NOVEMBER 14 // 2025