Han Bennink and Guus Janssen at Jazz em Agosto
Han's snare drum is enough to party. He knows what to do with it and was able to set up a perfect dialogue with Guus Janssen piano. A memorable show with two superior musicians.
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#Listening to Serpentine, by Han Bennink & Dave Douglas
A wonderful release from 1996 by Han Bennink and Dave Douglas on Songlines records . Two amazing players that have been in Lisbon several times for previous editions of Jazz em Agosto festival. American trumpeter Dave Douglas was one of the key names in the last year edition, with his amazing Brass Ecstasy project. Twelve years before, in 1997, Douglas played at Gulbenkian's festival with his sextet. Han Bennink will be celebrated in the 2010 edition .
Han Bennink at Jazz em Agosto 2010
Unconventional veteran Dutch drummer Han Bennink will be portrayed at Jazz em Agosto festival on a documentary film by Jellie Dekker and Dick Lucas - Han Bennink «Hazentijd» . The day after, Sunday the 8th of August, Mr. Bennink will play together with Dutch pianist Guus Janssen. Han Bennink has played at Jazz em Agosto, so far at least three more times - in the 2000 edition in a duo with Ellery Eskelin (sax) and as member of the portentous Instant Composers Pool Orchestra, funded in 1967 by Mr. Bennink and pianist Misha Mengelberg . In 2003, Bennink has visited Lisbon with the Boeren Double Quartet . Did I mentioned unconventional??