His recent projects include his quintet Cutout, quartet BOLT, The Porch Trio, and the large ensemble Bathysphere in Boston, and his Music for Reeds and Electronics, his Solo project with electronics, and The Whammies play the Music of Steve Lacy. In 2009 he received the composition commission from the North Sea Jazz Festival for his nonet Pillow Circles. Dijkstra uses the Lyricon – a vintage electronic wind instrument from the 1970’s – to extend his musical palette into an idiosyncratic mix of cool jazz, free improvisation, and electronic minimalism.

As a composer he has received commissions from the David Kweksilber Big Band, Tetzepi Big Band, Amstel Saxophone Quartet, The Harvard Jazz Band and saxophonist Ties Mellema. Dijkstra has released over twenty CDs as a leader, and has participated in projects ranging from Anthony Braxton’s Ghost Trance, and Guus Janssen’s opera Noach to a rare live performance of Texas outsider musician Jandek. He is a co-founder of the independent record label Driff Records, and an Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music.

“He takes his audiences on a quirky, energetic, captivating journey through a world of sound and emotion…Jorrit Dijkstra has already distinguished himself as a man to watch. A highly accomplished musician, he is a cerebral improviser who nevertheless plays with warmth and rhythmic excitement.”–Kevin Lowenthal, The Boston Globe

Former faculty of Arnhem Conservatory, Netherlands, Rivers School Conservatory, Umass Dartmouth. Currently Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music. Recordings on Driff, Clean Feed, Skycap, Evil Rabbit, Trytone, Geestgronden, Songlines, BVHaast, and Disckus.