Dick de Graaf Quartet

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Dick de Graaf Quartet: Moving Target

Dick de Graaf – tenor- and sopranosaxophone
Jeroen van Vliet – piano and Fender Rhodes
Guus Bakker – electric and acoustic bass
Pascal Vermeer – drums

2007 the new Dick de Graaf Quartet released its first CD on Dick’s label Soundroots Records. 10 Originals, five of them inspired by chamber music by Bela Bartok.


Press:

Possessing a tight sound that cuts through the rest of the band, saxophonist Dick de Graaf spins lines and ideas with abandon on Moving Target. If an album can be thought of aqs a calling cardsthat gives an idea of how the band would sound live, then this album shoul produce plenty of gigs.
allabout jazz, Budd Kopman

De Graaf is a fine Dutch tenor in the Joe Henderson mould, but with a more barnstorming approach to almost everything. He has the technique and ideas to back it up and a crisply supportive rhythm section who manage to stay on board no matter what storms de Graaf blows up. A strong set.
Irish Times, Ray Comiskey

"Moving Target" shows de Graaf's saucy sax playing to be on the mark, whether his direction is Bartok or bebop.
Palo Alto Daily News, Paul Freeman

Straight Hawkins-style on tenor, works around the melodies, loves how the sax sounds, group swings.
Tom Hull (Village Voice) blog

…solid mainstream blowing.. .
All About Jazz, Michael P. Gladstone
Dick de Graaf is one of the finest contemporary jazz composers and musicians performing today.
Jazzreview, Lee Prosser

... when music moves like this, no "blue meanies" will ever be able to target it! While De Graaf's playing is clearly in the realm of "sophisticated", it also achieves a pinnacle that few groups do these days - timeless!
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