Joris Roelof March Gigs

Joris Roelofs. Photo: Pieter Hijma

Friday, March 4, 2011 at 7:30, 9:30 and 11:30 PM

Ft. Greg Hutchinson, Aidan Carroll

The Bar Next Door - New York, NY 

Admission: $12

Friday, March 11, 2011 at 7:30 PM

Ft. Brad Mehldau and Friends

Zanckel Hall, Carnegie Hall - New York, NY 

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Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 8:00 PM

Ft. Brad Mehldau and Friends

Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall - Cambridge, MA

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Monday, March 14, 2011 at  7:00 PM

Ft. Camila Meza

Zinc Bar - New York,  NY 

Admission: $8

Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 8:30 PM  

Ft. Carlo Costa

I-Beam - Brooklyn, NY

Admission: $10 suggested donation

Joris Roelofs, born 1984 in Aix-en-Provence (France), raised in Amsterdam (Netherlands), plays saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet and flute. He started to play classical clarinet at the age of six, and then started the alto saxophone at the age of twelve.

Joris has been a member of the Vienna Art Orchestra since 2005. Joris also plays lead alto in the Jazz Orchestra Of The Concertgebouw in the Netherlands. He graduated in 2007 as a Master of Music at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and has won many national and international prices. Among others, Joris played with Ari Hoenig, Eric Harland, Aaron Goldberg, Lionel Loueke, Reginald Veal, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Lewis Nash, Greg Hutchinson, WDR Big Band and Christina Branco. Also as a soloist he performed with many leading orchestra's, like the Orkest van het Oosten (classical) and Jazz Orchestra Of The Concertgebouw (jazz), among others. Next to that he recorded as a special clarinet soloist with the Metropole Orchestra. As a leader he performed twice at the North Sea Jazz Festival, several times at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and Smalls Jazz Club in NYC, among other places. In october 2008 he did a European release tour with Ari Hoenig, Aaron Goldberg and Johannes Weidenmüller to promote his debute album ‘Introducing Joris Roelofs’. This CD was recorded in New York for Wolfgang Muthspiel’s record label Material Records. He just finished his second tour in october with Aaron Goldberg, Greg Hutchinson and Reginald Veal. Joris also plays in a trio with Jesse van Ruller and Clemens van der Feen, and is currently one of the candidates for lead alto in the WDR big band, in Cologne. As a sideman Joris has been playing at a large number of international jazzfestivals and jazzclubs, all over the world.

Joris moved to New York City on March 4 2008.