Han Bennink

Person · Open Library

Works

1

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Film & TV

Known for

• 80 jaar, reeds - op de T bij Wim Schippers — Self (archive footage)2022
• Matthijs gaat door — Self2020
• The Experimental Rock of Instants Chavirés (Or How to Put an End to Jazz) — Lui-même2018
• Soldier of the Road: A Portrait of Peter Brötzmann — Himself2012
• AFIJN (Misha Mengelberg) — Himself2006
• Last Date — Self1991

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Netherlands

Active from

1942-04-17

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

3,468

Total plays

27,234

Han Bennink (born April 17, 1942) is a Dutch jazz drummer, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist. Bennink was born in Zaandam, the son of a classical percussionist. He played the drums and the clarinet during his teens. Through the 1960s he drummed with a number of American musicians visiting the Netherlands, including Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins and Eric Dolphy (he can be heard on Dolphy's final studio recording, Last Date (1964)). He subsequently became a central figure in the emerging Eu

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Citizenship

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Place of birth

Zaandam

Occupation

musician

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

Genre

jazz

Instrument

drum kit

Official website

www.hanbennink.com

Image

Han Bennink-38.jpg

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