{{short description|Dutch jazz saxophonist (born 1940)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Hans Dulfer | image = Hans Dulfer 1969.jpg | caption = Hans Dulfer in 1969 | background = person<!--Use either person or group_or_band as the value--> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1940|5|28}} | birth_place = [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands | genre = Jazz | occupation = Musician | instrument = [[Tenor saxophone]] | years_active = 1957–present | label = }} '''Hans Dulfer''' (born 28 May 1940) is a Dutch [[jazz]] musician who plays [[tenor saxophone]].
== Biography == [[File:NorthSeaJazz2022-12.jpg|thumb|Hans Dulfer (left) and Candy Dulfer (center) in 2022]] Hans Dulfer was born in 1940 in [[Amsterdam]]. His website states that he has been playing saxophone since 1957 and is self-taught.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hansdulfer.com/dulfography |title=Dulfography |website=hansdulfer.com |accessdate=March 21, 2025}}</ref> 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 (jazz musician)|Frank Wright]] entitled ''"El Saxofón"''.
Dulfer has performed a considerable amount of [[crossover jazz]] and [[jazz fusion]] and has also worked with [[punk rock]]ers. He has been referred to as "Big Boy" because of his 1994 album of the same name.
Dulfer has comparatively high popularity in Japan<ref>[http://www.bauwhaus.nl/bio.htm Attie Buaw] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009131133/http://www.bauwhaus.nl/bio.htm |date=9 October 2007 }}. Bauwhaus.nl. Retrieved on 2013-08-07.</ref> 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 (film)|Mind Game]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Raf Katigbak |url=http://www.montrealmirror.com/2005/070705/film1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060517043821/http://www.montrealmirror.com/2005/070705/film1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 May 2006 |title=Whale of fortune |journal=Montreal Mirror |date=7–13 July 2005 |volume=21 |issue=3 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
Hans Dulfer is the father of saxophonist [[Candy Dulfer]] (born 1969). The two worked together on the 2002 album ''Dulfer & Dulfer''.
==Discography== * ''The Morning After the Third'' (Catfish, 1970) * ''Candy Clouds'' (Catfish, 1970) * ''El Saxofon'' (Catfish, 1971) * ''Maine'' with Roswell Rudd (BV Haast, 1977) * ''I Didn't Ask'' (Varajazz, 1981) * ''Big Boy'' (Monsters of Jazz, 1994) * ''Express Delayed'' (Limetree, 1995) * ''Dig!'' (Monsters of Jazz, 1996) * ''Papa's Got a Brand New Sax'' (EMI, 1998) * ''Skin Deep'' (EMI, 1998) * ''El Saxofon Part II'' (EMI, 2000) * ''Dulfer & Dulfer'' (Eagle, 2002) * ''Scissors'' (JJ-Tracks, 2003) * ''Duo Dulfer Directie'' (Zip, 2018)
===As sideman=== '''With [[Theo Loevendie]]''' * ''Mandela'' (Catfish, 1970) * ''Chess!'' (BASF 1972) * ''Theo Loevendie 4tet'' (Universe 1974) * ''Orlando'' (Waterland 1977)
'''With others''' * [[Susanne Alt]], ''Saxify'' (Venus 2016) * [[Willem Breuker]], ''Contemporary Jazz from Holland Litany for the 14th of June 1966'' (Relax 1966) * [[Herman Brood]], ''Hooks'' (CBS, 1989) * [[Claw Boys Claw]], ''Hitkillers'' (Megadisc, 1988) * [[Jules Deelder]], ''De Deeldeliers'' (Embrace, 2012) * [[Defunkt]], ''Allergy for the U.S.'' (Defunkt Music 2014) * [[Candy Dulfer]], ''What Does It Take'' (N-Coded/Warlock/BMG, 1999) * Candy Dulfer, ''Live in Amsterdam'' (Ariola, 2001) * [[Saskia Laroo]], ''It's Like Jazz'' (Laroo 1994) * Saskia Laroo, ''Jazzdance'' (Laroo 1996) * [[Lils Mackintosh]], ''Black Girl'' (Quintessence, 1999) * [[Masayoshi Takanaka]], ''Guitar Wonder'' (Eastworld, 1996) * [[Hallo Venray]], ''The More I Laugh the Hornier Due Gets!'' (Van, 1992) * [[Henk Westbroek]], ''Vrij'' (Columbia, 1994)
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==External links== {{Commons category|Hans Dulfer}} * [http://www.hansdulfer.nl/ Hans Dulfer] (official website) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071012113458/http://hansdulfer.jp/ Hans Dulfer] (official Japanese website)
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