Hans Dulfer


Hans Dulfer is a Dutch jazz musician who plays tenor saxophone.

Biography

Hans Dulfer was born in 1940 in Amsterdam. His website states that he has been playing saxophone since 1957 and is self-taught. At the end of the 1960s, he and organ player Herbert Noord founded a quartet that played saxophone/organ funk. Dulfer's first album, The Morning After the Third, was issued in 1970. In 1971, Dulfer recorded an album with fellow saxophonist Frank Wright entitled "El Saxofón".
Dulfer has performed a considerable amount of crossover jazz and jazz fusion and has also worked with punk rockers. He has been referred to as "Big Boy" because of his 1994 album of the same name.
Dulfer has comparatively high popularity in Japan where Hyperbeat was a top-selling CD by instrumental standards. Japanese film maker Masaaki Yuasa stated that he listened to Dulfer's music while working on the film Mind Game.
Hans Dulfer is the father of saxophonist Candy Dulfer. The two worked together on the 2002 album Dulfer & Dulfer.

Discography

  • The Morning After the Third
  • Candy Clouds
  • El Saxofon
  • Maine with Roswell Rudd
  • I Didn't Ask
  • Big Boy
  • Express Delayed
  • Dig!
  • Papa's Got a Brand New Sax
  • Skin Deep
  • El Saxofon Part II
  • Dulfer & Dulfer
  • Scissors
  • ''Duo Dulfer Directie''

    As sideman

With Theo Loevendie
  • Mandela
  • Chess!
  • Theo Loevendie 4tet
  • Orlando
With others