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Christiaan Herbert "Chris" Hinze (born June 30, 1938,
Hilversum
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flautist.
Life an work
Hinze initially performed publicly as a pianist until the mid-1960s, when he began studying flute at the
Royal Conservatory of The Hague
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and then at
Berklee College of Music
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As a pianist, he played with
Boy Edgar
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until 1966, but by 1967 was playing flute professionally with the bassist
Dick van der Capellen
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...
. His first releases as a leader were issued in 1969, and in 1970, Hinze was awarded the Best Soloist prize at the
Montreux Jazz Festival
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In the 1970s, he formed his own ensemble, the Chris Hinze Combination, which included players such as
Gerry Brown
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, and which saw some success with arrangements of
Baroque music
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in a jazz setting.
He also founded the record label
Keytone Records in the mid-1970s.
In the 1980s, Hinze played for several years in a duo with
Sigi Schwab and continued touring with a new version of his Combination.
He began studying the
music of Tibet
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and
South Asia
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in the middle of the decade, forming a
world music ensemble which shifted toward more
New age
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and
electronic music
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styles rather than jazz.
Discography
As leader
* ''Telemann My Way'' (CBS, 1969)
* ''Vivat Vivaldi!'' (CBS, 1970)
* ''Stoned Flute'' (CBS, 1970)
* ''Live at Montreux'' (CBS, 1971)
* ''Virgin Sacrifice'' (CBS, 1972)
* ''Who Can See the Shadow of the Sun'' (CBS, 1972)
* ''Hinze Plays Bacharach'' (CBS, 1973)
* ''Mission Suite'' (MPS/BASF, 1973)
* ''Sketches On Bach'' (CBS, 1974)
* ''Sister Slick'' (CBS, 1974)
* ''Variations On Bach'' (CBS, 1976)
* ''Bamboo Magic'' (Atlantic, 1978)
* ''Wide and Blue'' (Musicians, 1978)
* ''Summer Dance Live at Montreux Vol. II'' (Keytone, 1978)
* ''Impressies'' (CBS, 1979)
* ''Live at the Northsea Jazz Festival'' (Keytone, 1980)
* ''Flute and Mantras'' (Keytone, 1980)
* ''Barocco Con Fuoco'' (Ariola, 1981)
* ''Bamboo Reggae'' (Keytone, 1981)
* ''Backstage'' (Melosmusik, 1982)
* ''India Chintan'' (Keytone, 1983)
* ''Mirror of Dreams'' (Keytone, 1983)
* ''New Age Meditation Flute and Mantras Vol. 2'' (Keytone, 1984)
* ''Saliah'' (Keytone, 1984)
* ''Meditation and Mantras'' (Keytone, 1986)
* ''Nazali'' (Keytone, 1986)
* ''Chelsea Bridge'' (Keytone, 1987)
* ''The Hunter'' (CBS, 1987)
* ''Inner Reflections'' (Keytone, 1989)
* ''China Dream'' (Keytone, 1990)
* ''African Dream'' (Keytone, 1991)
* ''Music for Relaxation'' (Keytone, 1992)
* ''Passage'' (Keytone, 1992)
* ''Princess of the Sea'' (Keytone, 1993)
* ''Tibet Impressions Featuring Tsurphu Home of the Karmapas'' (Keytone, 1994)
* ''Namaskar'' (Keytone, 1994)
* ''Senang'' (Keytone, 1996)
* ''Highlights'' (Keytone, 1996)
* ''Tibet Impressions Volume II'' (Music Tibet, 1997)
* ''Zen Silence'' (Keytone, 1998)
* ''Zen & the Art of Dance and Meditation'' (Keytone, 1998)
* ''Peaceful Mind - Music For Inner Balance'' (MasterTone, 1998)
* ''Power of Mind'' (MasterTone, 1999)
* ''Akar Akar'' (Keytone, 2002)
* ''Live in Concert'' (Keytone, 2008)
As sideman
*
Rob de Nijs
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1962–1968
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, ''Chansons'' (EMI, 2008)
*
Joachim Kuhn
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&
Sigi Schwab, ''Solo's and Duo's'' (Keytone, 1981)
*
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&
Gerry Brown
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, ''Infinite Jones'' (Keytone, 1974)
*
Charlie Mariano
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Biography
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, ''Charlie Mariano with the Chris Hinze Combination'' (Intercord, 1973)
* Charlie Mariano, ''Cascade'' (Keytone, 1974)
*
Sigi Schwab, ''Guitarissimo'' (Nature, 1978)
* Sigi Schwab, ''Total Musik'' (Keytone, 1982)
* Sigi Schwab, ''Solo's Duo's and Trio's'' (Keytone, 1982)
*
Zbigniew Seifert
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Seifert was born in Kraków, Poland. He played alto saxophone early in his career and was influenced by John Coltrane. He devoted himself to jazz violin when he b ...
, ''Zbigniew Seifert'' (Capitol, 1977)
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Sly & Robbie
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, ''Hot Dub'' (Keytone, 1984)
*
&
James Moody, ''Flute Summit'' (Atlantic, 1973)
*
Toots Thielemans
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&
Philip Catherine
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Philip Catherine was born in London, England, to an English mother and Belgian father, and was raised in Brussels, Belgium. His grandfather was a violinist in the ...
, ''Toots Thielemans/Philip Catherine & Friends'' (Keytone, 1974)
* Toots Thielemans & Philip Catherine, ''Two Generations'' (Limetree, 1996)
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Rick van der Linden
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, ''Solo'' (Keytone, 1981)
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Louis van Dyke &
Thijs van Leer
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, ''Metamorphose'' (CBS, 1972)
*
Laurens van Rooyen, ''Silly Symphony'' (CBS, 1979)
References
Bibliography
*Wim van Eyle, "Chris Hinze". ''
The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed.
Barry Kernfeld
Barry Dean Kernfeld (born August 11, 1950) is an American musicologist and jazz saxophonist who has researched and published extensively about the history of jazz and the biographies of its musicians.
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In 1968, Kernfeld enrolled at U ...
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1938 births
Living people
Dutch jazz flautists
People from Hilversum