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Han Bennink
jazz drummer
Since 1942
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Han Bennink (born 17 April 1942) is a Dutch drummer and percussionist. On occasion his recordings have featured him playing soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, trombone, violin, banjo and piano.
Though perhaps best known as one of the pivotal figures in early European free jazz and free improvisation, Bennink has worked in essentially every school of jazz, and is described by critic Chris Kelsey as "one of the unfortunately rare musicians whose abilities and interests span jazz's entire spectrum." Known for often injecting slapstick and absurdist humor into his performances, Bennink has had especially fruitful long-term partnerships with pianist Misha Mengelberg and saxophonist Peter Brötzmann. Han is a brother of saxophonist Peter Bennink.
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Han Bennink est un percussionniste et batteur néerlandais, multi-instrumentiste de jazz, de free jazz et musique improvisée, né le 17 avril 1942 à Zaanstad.
Han Bennink est né d'un père percussionniste classique. Il apprend les percussions et la clarinette à l'adolescence.
Dans les années 1960, il joue avec les jazzmen américains de passage aux Pays-Bas: Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins, Wes Mongomery et Eric Dolphy.
Bennink se tourne vers la scène émergente du free jazz européen. En 1963, il forme un quartet avec le pianiste Misha Mengelberg et le saxophoniste Piet Noordijk, avec des bassistes variés. En 1967, il cofonde le Instant Composers Pool, avec Mengelberg et Willem Breuker.
À la fin des années 1960, il joue dans le trio de Peter Brötzmann, au côté du pianiste Fred Van Hove, qui devient un duo après le départ de Van Hove en 1976.
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Discography
Albums
- 1967 New Acoustic Swing Duo
- 1968 Instant Composers Pool
- 1970 Balls
- 1970 The Topography of the Lungs
- 1971 Han Bennink & Derek Bailey
- 1972 Derek Bailey & Han Bennink
- 1974 Solo
- 1975 Lumps
- 1975 Outspan No 1
- 1975 Tschüs
- 1977 Schwarzwaldfahrt
- 1977 Ein Halber Hund Kann Nicht Pinkeln
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- 1978 Fragments
- 1978 Groupcomposing
- 1979 3 Points and a Mountain
- 1980 Atsugi Concert
- 1982 Tempo Comodo
- 1983 Regeneration
- 1984 The New Acoustic Swing Duo In Japan 1984
- 1985 Change of Season (Music of Herbie Nichols)
- 1987 Directly to Pyjamas
- 1992 Dutch Masters
- 1994 Azurety
- 1995 Cheer Up
- 1996 Eleven Ghosts
- 1996 Serpentine
- 1998 Bellagram
- 1998 Han
- 1999 Dissonant Characters
- 1999 Post Improvisation, Volume 1: When We're Smilin
- 1999 Post Improvisation, Volume 2: Air Mail Special
- 2000 Jazz Bunker
- 2001 Nerve Beats
- 2001 The Laughing Owl
- 2001 21 Years Later (Train Kept a Rollin’)
- 2002 The Grass Is Greener
- 2003 Brötzmann / Van Hove / Bennink
- 2003 Tinderbox
- 2003 Chat Room
- 2004 Home Safely
- 2004 Free Touching (live in Beijing at Keep in Touch)
- 2004 3
- 2004 Han Bennink
- 2006 Spring Odyssey
- 2007 Zeng!
- 2008 The Tempest
- 2010 Fingerprints
- 2010 Let's Go
- 2011 2 for 2
- 2012 Coconut
- 2015 Welcome Back
- 2017 Quartet-NL
EPs
- 1973 Free Jazz und Kinder
Singles
- 1973 Einheitsfrontlied