How it started..
In 2002 Udo got together with the best musicians he could find. "I had a very clear idea of how the band should sound." says Udo, "Then I approached the musicians." Players with different styles and characters, but with a mutual bond. It was magic from the first note. "Everything fell into place," Udo explains, "the combination of people and this music couldn't be better." With its many references to the music of Wayne Shorter and Weather Report, the music is heavily influenced by the seventies. Still, the sound of the Pitch Pine Project is unlike any other band because of the original compositions of Udo Pannekeet.

Read reviews of live gigs here (Dutch only):
Jazzenzo - Jazzpodium - Volkskrant

CD Quarantine (2004)
The first album QUARANTINE was recorded at the famous Wisseloord Studios in December 2003. It resulted in a very tight sound, full of complementing colors and ideas. Tom Beek’s lyric sax, the precision guitar playing by Martijn van Iterson (winner of the Bird-award at North Sea Jazz Festival 2004). The virtuoso performance of Rob van Bavel. The deep groove of Chris Strik. Complemented by Martin Verdonk’s tasteful percussion and Udo Pannekeet’s distinctive bass playing. All great musicians as individuals, now with one very strong thing in common. The album received rave reviews from all over the world, and the Pitch Pine Project was invited to perform at the North Sea Jazz Festival 2005, and in the 2005/2006 Jazz Impuls theatre concert series in Holland.

Read reviews of the first cd here (Dutch only):
Parool - NTB Muziekwereld - Volkskrant

CD Unprecedented Clarity (2008)
Following a great gig with Randy Brecker in June 2006, the Pitch Pine Project invited the trumpet legend to be the featured soloist on the band's second outing UNPRECEDENTED CLARITY, distributed and marketed by CHALLENGE RECORDS in 2008. The second album was very well received in Germany, and displays the band's maturity, grace and playfullness.

Read reviews here:
(Dutch): Tubantia - Bassist
(German): Jazzthetik - JazzThing - Jazzpodium

Plans for 2009 ...
After a thrilling concert on the North Sea Jazz Festival 2008 with Randy Brecker, the band decided to take a break, enabling each member to focus on other projects and also to get new inspiration for the band.