BLINK

Jorrit Dijkstra’s new group BLINK is the latest project of The Porch Trio: an electric guitar band that features the Trio plus Boston jazz veteran Eric Hofbauer, and young talent Gabe Boyarin on electric guitars. The band uses a microtonal tuning system between the instruments, which gives it a mesmerizing and dreamy sound, inspired by classic African High Life bands, Indonesian Gamelan and delta blues guitar players. Dijkstra’s compositions are full of collective melodic and multi-rhythmic layerings, and form a spring board for open improvisations.

The Porch Trio is an avant-garde jazz/improv group that started at the Quincy (MA) Porch Fest of 2016, and has since played many performances in the Boston area. The group draws from various traditions in free jazz and improvised music, and the use of analog electronics and a vintage electric bass gives the band a grungy, experimental rock and noise edge. The members are all veterans of the Boston avant-garde jazz community, combined with an extensive international performance experience rooted in the Boston, Chicago and Amsterdam improvisation scenes. In 2021 Dijkstra started the project PorchBone, adding trombonists Jeb Bishop, Michael Prentky, and Bill Lowe to the Trio. This project juxtaposes the abstract, improvised sounds of The Porch Trio against the velvety sound of a trombone section, inspired by the sound of the Duke Ellington and Sun Ra big bands. The group plays a mixture of compositions by Jorrit Dijkstra and free improvisations by all members. Their album was released in 2024 on Driff Records.

CD release planned for Summer 2025

Blink Live at The Lilypad Cambridge MA, August 2024.