Cutout by Jorrit Dijkstra, Jeb Bishop, Pandelis Karayorgis, Nate McBride, Luther Gray

released February 17, 2020

CUTOUT
Jorrit Dijkstra | soprano and alto saxophones
Jeb Bishop | trombone
Pandelis Karayorgis | piano
Nate McBride | bass
Luther Gray | drums

Total time 68:38

Neumes, Shadow, Sand Pile, Hyphen - Pandelis Karayorgis (Stray Line Publishing, ASCAP)
Chainsaw Pedicure - Jorrit Dijkstra (Buma/Stemra)
Bird Call, Tenet - Jeb Bishop (BMI)
Chickadee, Cutout - Nate McBride (ASCAP)
Jowls - Luther Gray (Lugrayther Music, BMI)


Recording on January 5, 2019 at Wellspring Sound, Acton, MA by Eric Kilburn.
Mixing and mastering by Antonio Oliart
Cover art, by Lisa Carroll
Design by Hidde Dijkstra
Photos by Stephen Malagodi

Cutout is a Boston-based quintet whose members have deep and decades-long collaborative roots in groups such as The Whammies, Breakaway, Pandelis Karayorgis’ Pools trio and the Bathysphere big band. Cutout has been touring and playing monthly concerts at the Cambridge venue The LilyPad for the last three years. All members are active in the international improvisation scene as well. Original compositions are interspersed with improvisations, and use “instant-arranging” techniques inspired by free-jazz forms from North America and Europe. Often two or three pieces segue into each other forming a longer “suite” with connecting improvised segments. In this recording from January 2019, all members contribute compositions.