John Ruocco, Rik Mol, Peter Beets, Wolfert Brederode, David Liebman
'Oleo' with Eric Ineke, live at Arthur's
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.
Tribute to Adrian Rollini - San - Bert Brandsma swing combo 2018 - with Eric Ineke
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
Eric Ineke Meets The Tenor players,
Let There Be Life Love and Laughter, 2017, 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
