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Quick Facts
Biography
Eric Ineke (born Haarlem, April 1, 1947) is a Dutch jazz drummer who started his career in the 1960s. In 1969 he made his first record with tenor saxophonist Ferdinand Povel and through the years he has played with the Rob Agerbeek Quintet, the Rein de Graaff/Dick Vennik Quartet, the Ben van den Dungen/Jarmo Hoogendijk Quintet and the Piet Noordijk Quartet. During his career he has also played with numerous international, mainly American soloists like Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, George Coleman, Shirley Horn, Dizzy Gillespie, Al Cohn, Grant Stewart, Jimmy Raney, Barry Harris, Eric Alexander and Dave Liebman, recorded numerous CD’s and appeared at many national and international jazz festivals (North Sea Jazz Festival, Nice Jazz Festival, Pescara Jazz, San Remo, Athens, Toronto Jazz Festival, Montreal International Jazz Festival and New York). For more than 35 years he has been the drummer of the Rein de Graaff Trio and since 2006 has led the Eric Ineke JazzXpress, a quintet in the hard-bop tradition. With this quintet, Eric Ineke got invited in 2011 by the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City with jazz singer Deborah Brown where they did a few performances, including one on Kansas Public Radio and a CD recording produced by Bobby Watson. In October 2016, the JazzXpress presented its latest album Dexternity on the Dutch television in "Vrije Geluiden" of the VPRO.
Eric Ineke also teaches at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. Eric Ineke is giving masterclasses all around the world. In April 2012 he released his first book The Ultimate Sideman, in conversation with Dave Liebman.
Discography
As leader
- The Eric Ineke JazzXpress
- Flames’n’Fire, 2006, Daybreak/Challenge
- For The Love Of Ivie – with Deborah Brown, 2007, Daybreak/Challenge
- Xpressions In Time, 2008, Daybreak/Challenge
- JazzXL, Blues, Ballads and Other Bright Moments, 2009, Daybreak/Challenge
- Cruisin', 2014, Daybreak/Challenge
- Dexternity, The Music of Dexter Gordon, 2016, Daybreak/Challenge
As co-leader
- The Wolfert Brederode/Eric Ineke Quintet
- Trinity, 1999, A-Records/Challenge
- Pictures of You, 2001, A-Records/Challenge
- Liebman/Ineke/Laginha/Pinheiro/Cavalli Quintet
- Is Seeing Believing?, 2016, Daybreak/Challenge
As sideman
- With Deborah Brown
- All Too Soon - with The Eric Ineke Jazzxpress/Bobby Watson, 2011, CD.Baby.com
- Brown Beats - with The Beets Brothers, 2012, Maxanter
- With Dave Liebman
- Lieb plays Alec Wilder, 2003, Daybreak/Challenge
- Lieb plays Kurt Weill, 2008, Daybreak/Challenge
- Lieb plays The Blues a la Trane, 2008, Daybreak/Challenge
- Lieb plays The Beatles, 2013, Daybreak/Challenge records
- With Al Cohn
- Rifftide, 1987, Timeless
- Rifftide, 2016, Timeless Jazz Master Collection (Japan)
- With Barry Harris
- Post Masterclass Concert, 1991, Blue Jack
- With Jimmy Raney
- Raney 81, 1981, Criss Cross
- With Ronnie Cuber/Beets Brothers
- Infra Rae, 2009, Maxanter
- With Dave Pike/Charles McPherson (musician)
- Blue Bird, 1988, Timeless
- With George Coleman
- On Green Dolphin Street, 1974, Blue Jack
- With Dexter Gordon
- All Souls, 1972, Dexterity
- Afterhours/The Great Pescara Jam Sessions Vol 1&2, 1973, Ports Song
- Fried Bananas, Live recording VPRO radio 1972, Gearbox label LP( vinyl) GB1535 ( U.K.) 2016
- With Ben Webster
- Live in Hot House - with Tete Montoliu, 1972, Hot House
- The Brute and The Beautiful – with Tete Montoliu, 1972, Storyville
- With Don Friedman
- Togetherness, 1989, Limetree
- With René Thomas (guitarist)
- Guitar Genius, 1972, RTBF
- With Rein de Graaff
- Chasin’ The Bird, 1981, Timeless
- Bebop, Ballads and Blues, 1981, Timeless
- Alone Together - with Frits Landesbergen, 1987, Timeless
- Blue Greens and Beans - with David "Fathead" Newman /Marcel Ivery, 1990, Timeless
- Tenor Conclave - with Teddy Edwards/Von Freeman/Buck Hill (musician), 1992, Timeless
- Thinking of You - with Conte Candoli/Bob Cooper (musician), 1993, Timeless
- Bariton Explosion – with Ronnie Cuber/Nick Brignola, 1994, Timeless
- Nostalgia – with Barry Harris/Gary Foster (musician)/Marco Kegel, 1994, Timeless
- Blue Lights, The Music of Gigi Gryce – with Herb Geller/John Stanley Marshall, 2005, Blue Jack
- Now Is The Time - Compilation, Timeless
- Confirmation - Compilation, Timeless
- Ornithology - Compilation, Timeless
- Good Bait – with Ferdinand Povel/Pete Christlieb, 2008, Timeless
- Indian Summer – with Sam Most, 2011, Timeless
- With Rein de Graaff/Dick Vennik Quartet/Sextet
- Departure, 1971, BASF
- Point Of No Return, 1973, Universe
- Modal Soul, 1977, Timeless
- Cloud People, 1984, Timeless
- Jubilee, 1989, Timeless
- Modal Soul, 2016, Timeless Jazz Master Collection (Japan)
- With Scott Hamilton and Rein de Graaff trio
- Live at the Jazzroom, Breda the Netherlands, 2013, Jazzroom
- With Rob Agerbeek
- Home Run, 1971, Blue Jack
- Keep the Change, 1975, Munich
- Little Miss Dee, 1980, Limetree
- With Rob Madna
- I Got It Bad And That Ain’t Good, 1976, Atelier Sawano
- Broadcast Business ’76 – with Ferdinand Povel, 1976, Daybreak/Challenge
- The Music of Rob Madna – with Dutch Jazz Orchestra, 1994/’95, Challenge
- En Blanc et Noir – with Ferdinand Povel, 2000, Daybreak/Challenge
- With Ferdinand Povel
- Calling Joanna, 1969, Cat Jazz
- Live at Café Hopper – with Rob Madna, 2000, Daybreak/Challenge
- With Piet Noordijk
- Piet Noordijk Quartet Live, 1988, Varagram
- The Song is You, 1993, Timeless
- Piet plays Bird, 1997, Via Records
- With The Dutch Jazz Orchestra
- Jerry van Rooyen – On the Scene, 1993, Timeless
- The Music of Billy Strayhorn, 1995/2002, 4 CD Box, Challenge
- The Lady Who Swings The Band, 2005, Challenge
- Moon Dreams, 2006, Challenge
- Out of the Shadows Billy Strayhorn, 2014, Storyville records
- With Irv Rochlin
- Quirine, 1980, Limetree
- Line for F.P, 1982, Munich
- With Charles Loos
- Quelque Part, 1983, LDH
- With The Ben van den Dungen/Jarmo Hoogendijk Quintet
- Speak Up, 1989, Timeless
- Run For Your Wife, 1991, Timeless
- Double Dutch, 1993, PTSD/EMI
- With Wolfert Brederode
- Alternate Views, 1997, A-Records/Challenge
- Far Enough – with Nimbus, 1999, Buzz/Challenge
- Festina Lente – with Nimbus/Dave Liebman, 2001, Buzz/Challenge
- En Blanc et Noir – with Jasper Blom, 2003, Daybreak/Challenge
- With Arnold Klos
- Heart Strings, 2002, Atelier Sawano
- One To Get Her, 2003, Atelier Sawano
- Beautiful Love, 2007, Atelier Sawano
- Elsa, 2008, Atelier Sawano
- Peace Piece, 2011, Atelier Sawano
- It could happen to you, 2014, Atelier Sawano
- With Sanna van Vliet
- A Time For Love – with Ferdinand Povel, 2005, Maxanter
- Dance On The Moon – with Joe Cohn/Sjoerd Dijkhuizen, 2009, Maxanter
- With Triplicate
- Three and One, 2010, Self
- With Free Fair
- Free Fair, 1978, Timeless
- Free Fair 2, 1979, Timeless
- Free Fair +8, 1981, Limetree
- With Rik van den Bergh/Bart van Lier Quintet
- High slide, Low blow, 2013, Maxanter
- With B.J. Ward/Don Trenner
- Vocalise, 1970, Catfish
- With Yvonne Walter
- Bittersweet, 2012/2013, September
- With Gerry van der Klei/Boy Edgar
- Multifaced Gerry, 1975, Poker
- With The Four Freshmen, Top Dutch Jazz Trio - with Stan Kenton Orchestra/Ann Richards (singer)
- Road Shows, 1994, Tantara records
Masterclasses
- Dworp Summer Jazz Clinics Dworp 1984/1985
- IASJ Meeting New School New York 1994
- IASJ Meeting Accademia Nazionale del Jazz Sienna 1997
- IASJ Meeting Conservatoire de Paris 2000
- New Park Music Centre Dublin 2001
- Conservatoire de Paris 2013
- IASJ Meeting Royal Academy of Music Aarhus 2013
- Universidade Lusiada Lisbon 2014/2016
- Ionian University Corfu 2013/2014/2015/2016
- SedaJazz School Valencia 2014
- IASJ Meeting Universidade Lisboa 2015
- Metropolia University Helsinki 2015
- Newpark School Dublin 2016
- Lemmens Institute Leuven 2016
- Karelia University Joensuu 2016