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Also known as Hendrikus Johannes Bennink

Dutch musician (born 1942)

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Netherlands
Active from
1942-04-17
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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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Instance of
human
Gender
male
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
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Han Bennink
date of birth
1942-04-17
has works in the collection
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
floruit
1971-01-01
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