Epoxy Quartet

Epoxy Quartet is a project led by Dutch pianist and composer Koen Gijsman. The ensemble provides space to three other award-winning musicians – Kasper Rietkerk (saxophones), Tuomas Ruokonen (drums), and Kim Jäger (cello) – who are all experienced improvisers and composers in their own right. Together they fuse into a powerful unity, just like the chemicals that produce epoxy. The ensemble investigates the overlap between free improvisation and contemporary jazz composition. While their dynamic interplay is inherited from the improvising Dutch 1960s avant-garde, the ensemble’s evocative and open sound brings to mind impressionists such as Ravel and Debussy.