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SUMMARY:Friday Night Live ft. Benjamin Herman
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DESCRIPTION:Benjamin Herman (London 9-5-1968)\n\nFor the past 35 years saxo
	phonist and musical omnivore Benjamin Herman has been\none of Holland’s mo
	st productive musicians of his generation. After taking part\nin the 1991 
	Thelonious Monk Competition and studying with Dick Oatts in New York\nBenj
	amin\, to date\, has released over 50 albums as a solo artist and as front
	 man\nof his groove orientated ensemble New Cool Collective.\n\nHis solo w
	ork varies from postmodern interpretations of classic Dutch\navant-garde w
	ith drum icon Han Bennink and pianist and composer Misha Mengelberg\nto co
	llaborations with poets\, pop stars and hip hop artists. Aside from left\n
	field punk jazz projects like Bughouse\, Nostalgia Blitz and The Itch his\
	nrecordings have ventured into lush seventies Creed Taylor inspired produc
	tions\n(Deal\, Project S\, True Love’s Flame) and pleasantly understated r
	enditions of\nclassic evergreens (Trouble\, Café Solo). His latest album ‘
	The Tokyo Sessions’\nwas recorded in Tokyo and released in April 2026.\n\n
	One of Holland’s most visible jazz musicians\, Benjamin Herman also writes
	\ncolumns and has had a radioshow for the past 15 years on national radio.
	 He has\nbeen presented with many musical awards and is secretly most prou
	d of being\nvoted best Dressed Dutchman by Esquire Magazine…twice. \n\nBen
	jamin Herman - alto saxophone\n\nTimothy Banchet - Piano\n\nTies Laarakker
	 - Double Bass\n\nYoran Vroom - Drums
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/friday-night-live-ft-benjamin-herman
GEO:52.3691458;4.8950558
LOCATION:Contra - Oudezijds Achterburgwal 235\, 1012 DL Amsterdam
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CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,burgwallen,hip-hop,jazz,live,punk
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Benjamin Herman (London 9-5-1968)</p><p>For
	 the past 35 years saxophonist and musical omnivore Benjamin Herman has be
	en one of Holland’s most productive musicians of his generation. After tak
	ing part in the 1991 Thelonious Monk Competition and studying with Dick Oa
	tts in New York Benjamin, to date, has released over 50 albums as a solo a
	rtist and as front man of his groove orientated ensemble New Cool Collecti
	ve.</p><p>His solo work varies from postmodern interpretations of classic 
	Dutch avant-garde with drum icon Han Bennink and pianist and composer Mish
	a Mengelberg to collaborations with poets, pop stars and hip hop artists. 
	Aside from left field punk jazz projects like Bughouse, Nostalgia Blitz an
	d The Itch his recordings have ventured into lush seventies Creed Taylor i
	nspired productions (Deal, Project S, True Love’s Flame) and pleasantly un
	derstated renditions of classic evergreens (Trouble, Café Solo). His lates
	t album ‘The Tokyo Sessions’ was recorded in Tokyo and released in April 2
	026.</p><p>One of Holland’s most visible jazz musicians, Benjamin Herman a
	lso writes columns and has had a radioshow for the past 15 years on nation
	al radio. He has been presented with many musical awards and is secretly m
	ost proud of being voted best Dressed Dutchman by Esquire Magazine…twice.&
	nbsp;</p><p>Benjamin Herman - alto saxophone</p><p>Timothy Banchet - Piano
	</p><p>Ties Laarakker - Double Bass</p><p>Yoran Vroom - Drums</p>
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