Musicians Corner feat. Dutch percussionist Joost Lijbaart
Joost Lijbaart (born 1967, Amsterdam) started playing the drums at the age of 7, following in his father’s footsteps, Piet Lijbaart (1933-1970). He finished his music studies with honors at the Hilversum Music Academy, where he followed classes with Cees Kranenburg, Marcel Serierse Ali Un D’Aye Rose and Victor Oskam.
He has been playing in the Yuri Honing Trio for 20 years, releasing five CDs and performing on numerous tours in over 90 countries. There were musical collaborations with musicians from the Middle East, India and China.
Besides working as a sideman, Lijbaart focused also on his own projects, such as his own quartet ‘Group of Friends’, his duo with pianist Wolfert Brederode, the group Batik and his recently formed improvisation trio with vocalist Sanne Rambags and guitar player Bram Stadhouders. At the North Sea Jazz Festival in 2003, he received the soloist prize as a drummer in the Dutch jazz competition, presented by Elvin Jones.
Over the years, Joost played regularly classical percussion music from Iannis Xenakis, John Cage and Steve Reich and worked on several projects together with Theo Loevendie and Louis Andriessen. He performed as a soloist with the New Ensemble at the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam in 2016.
He collaborated with other artists like dancer / choreographer Anouk van Dijk, dancer / choreographer Lonneke of Leth and writer PF Thomese.
Since 2016, he is teaching entrepreneurship at the Amsterdam University of the Arts and the Prins Claus Conservatoire in Groningen.
Playlist:
- Miles Davis; Ginger Bread Boy
- Alison Krauss &Union Station; Take me for longing
- Joost Lijbaart; Velocity
- Joni Mitchell; Coyote
- Joost Lijbaart and Wolfert Brederode; Common Fields
- Pygmies from Northern Congo; Yeli
- Weather Report; Milky Way
- Brian Blade; After the revival
photo: Joost van Marco Almazán
