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, 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.
Ineke also teaches at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. Ineke is giving masterclasses all around the world. In April 2012 he released his first book The Ultimate Sideman, in conversation with Dave Liebman.
On April 1, 2017, Ineke turned 70 and celebrated this with a ‘Eric Ineke 70 Super Jam’ in the Bimhuis, Amsterdam. During the first half of the concert, Female Deputy Mayor of the Amsterdam city council Simone Kukenheim honored Ineke with a Knightage in the ‘Orde van Oranje Nassau’ for his unbridled dedication to the Dutch Jazz scene.
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
Eric Ineke Meets The Tenor players,
Let There Be Life Love and Laughter, 2017, Daybreak/Challenge
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
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 Records
Rifftide, 2016, Timeless Records Jazz Master Collection (Japan)
With Barry Harris
Post Masterclass Concert, 1991, Blue Jack
With Jimmy Raney
Raney '81 (Criss Croes, 1981) with Doug Raney
With Ronnie Cuber/Beets Brothers
Infra Rae, 2009, Maxanter
With Dave Pike/Charles McPherson (musician)
Blue Bird, 1988, Timeless Records
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 Records
Bebop, Ballads and Blues, 1981, Timeless Records
Alone Together – with Frits Landesbergen, 1987, Timeless Records
Blue Greens and Beans – with David "Fathead" Newman /Marcel Ivery, 1990, Timeless Records
Tenor Conclave – with Teddy Edwards/Von Freeman/Buck Hill (musician), 1992, Timeless Records
Thinking of You – with Conte Candoli/Bob Cooper (musician), 1993, Timeless Records
Bariton Explosion – with Ronnie Cuber/Nick Brignola, 1994, Timeless Records
Nostalgia – with Barry Harris/Gary Foster (musician)/Marco Kegel, 1994, Timeless Records
Blue Lights, The Music of Gigi Gryce – with Herb Geller/John Stanley Marshall, 2005, Blue Jack
Now Is The Time – Compilation, Timeless Records
Confirmation – Compilation, Timeless Records
Ornithology – Compilation, Timeless Records
Good Bait – with Ferdinand Povel/Pete Christlieb, 2008, Timeless Records
Indian Summer – with Sam Most, 2011, Timeless Records
With Rein de Graaff/Dick Vennik Quartet/Sextet
Departure, 1971, BASF
Point Of No Return, 1973, Universe
Modal Soul, 1977, Timeless Records
Cloud People, 1984, Timeless Records
Jubilee, 1989, Timeless Records
Modal Soul, 2016, Timeless Records 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 Records
Piet plays Bird, 1997, Via Records
With The Dutch Jazz Orchestra
Jerry van Rooyen – On the Scene, 1993, Timeless Records
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, with Charles loos/John Ruocco/Serge Lazarevitch/Ricardo Del Fra, 1983, LDH
With The Ben van den Dungen/Jarmo Hoogendijk Quintet
Speak Up, 1989, Timeless Records
Run For Your Wife, 1991, Timeless Records
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 Records
Free Fair 2, 1979, Timeless Records
Free Fair +8, 1981, Limetree
With Rik van den Bergh/Bart van Lier Quintet
High slide, Low blow, 2013, Maxanter
With B.J. Ward/Donn 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
With Laurence Fish
Sen's Fortress, 2017, O.A.P. Records
With Joan Benavent
Opening O3, with Matt Baker, Santi Navalon, Voro Garcia, Toni Beleaguer, 2017, SedaJazz Records
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 2013/2014/2015/2016/2017
SedaJazz School Valencia 2014/2016/2017
IASJ Meeting Universidade Lisboa 2015
Metropolia University Helsinki 2015
Newpark School Dublin 2016/2017
Lemmens Institute Leuven 2016
Karelia University Joensuu 2016
CIT Cork School Of Music, Cork 2017
Sibelius Academy Helsinki 2017
Pescara Conservatory 2017
