HAN BENNINK
Avant-Garde Jazz / Jazz Related Improv/Composition / Hard Bop • Netherlands
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Drummer and multi-instrumentalist Han Bennink was born in Zaandam near Amsterdam in 1942. His first percussion instrument was a kitchen chair. Later his father, an orchestra percussionist, supplied him with a more conventional outfit, but Han never lost his taste for coaxing sounds from unlikely objects he finds backstage at concerts. He is still very fond of playing chairs.
In Holland in the 1960s, Bennink was quickly recognized as an uncommonly versatile drummer. As a hard swinger in the tradition of his hero Kenny Clarke, he accompanied touring American jazz stars, including Sonny Rollins, Ben Webster, Wes Montgomery, Johnny Griffin, Eric Dolphy and Dexter Gordon. He is heard with Gordon on the 1969 album "Live at Amsterdam Paradiso" (on the Affinity label) and with Dolphy on 1964s "Last Date" (PolyGram). At the same time, Bennink participated in the creation of a European improvised music which began to evolve a new identity,
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Solo
Avant-Garde Jazz
1972
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Tiger Rag
Avant-Garde Jazz
2020
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Clusone 3
Avant-Garde Jazz
1991
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Parken
Avant-Garde Jazz
2009
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Adelante
Avant-Garde Jazz
2017
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Solo
Avant-Garde Jazz
2000
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Hazentijd
Avant-Garde Jazz
2009
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