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Han Bennink
Han Bennink is credited on 524 releases across 134 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1963–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
524
Pressings credited
134
Albums
7
Decades active
17
In collections
Biography
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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Credited work
524 releases · 134 albums · active 1963–2025
- Performance · 1,132
- Other credits · 275
- Engineering · 5
- Production · 3
- Mastering · 1
Studios: Bimhuis · Paradiso Amsterdam · Lila Eule · Barigozzi Studio
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Brötzmann / Van Hove / Bennink
- Various
- Misha Mengelberg
- Dexter Gordon
- Don Cherry
- Brötzmann / Bennink
- Peter Kowald
- Eric Dolphy
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