Interzone is an international musicians & composers pool that plays contemporary, European jazz.Interzone was founded in 2003, and combines the talents of some of the leading jazz performers in the German and Dutch jazz scene today. Interzone is dedicated to playing the original compositions of its members in a larger instrumental and musical setting.
The first official CD by Interzone has been recorded in March, April and May of 2006. This release, published in November 2006, contains the jazz suite Terra Incognita, based on poems of Dutch poet Ton Luiting.
The suite has been written for jazz nonet in different instrumental settings, and is performed by Interzone and Ton Luiting. Terra Incognita is produced by Jan Huydts and Jean Paul Steeghs, recorded, edited and mixed by Tijmen Zinkhaan, mastered by Darius van Helfteren, published by Interzone's own publishing house Gomy Music, and distributed through internet exclusively by Toonbank Records. The CD's section offers you an overview of this Interzone release, with samples in MP3 of three tracks. This section also informs you on how to obtain Terra incognita or other CD's.
The current line up of Interzone consists of:
André Cimiotti,
Martin Classen
& Malte Schiller (reeds)
German Marstatt (trumpet)
Jürgen Neudert
& Uli Plettendorff (trombone)
Tilmar Junius (piano)
Ingo Senst (bass)
Jens Düppe (drums)
Jean Paul Steeghs (musical coordination)
For the agenda of Interzone concerts and other performances, please check out the concerts section.
If you inquire information on booking or commissioning the Interzone or its members, please refer to the contact section.
In the gallery section, you'll find some photographs made by Ortrud Ladleif during the recording sessions at Wisseloord in March 2006.
