Sean Bergin

Sean Bergin (Durban, 1948) has been musicly active in Amsterdam & around the world since 1975. He is saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and band leader. He has played & still plays with many of the best improvisors of music & other creative forms. Born in South Africa he was naturally influenced by the rich South African jazz and being in Amsterdam in the 1970’s the creative ideas of the improvisors got under his skin. These different elements led to an original sound of his own. In 2000 he won the Boy Edgar prize, a top Dutch jazz award. He is the initiator of M.O.B.(My Own Band) with Han Ben­nink (drums), Eric Boeren (trumpet), Tobias Deli­us (sax & clarinet), Frankie Douglas (guitar), Ernst Glerum (bass), Jan Willem van der Ham (sax & bassoon), Alex Maguire (piano), Mary Oliver (violin), Wolter Wierbos (trombone) - a group he started as a way of featuring his compositions. M.O.B.CD’s: Kids Mysteries (Nimbus Records); Live at the BIMhouse (BV Haast), Copy Cat (BV Haast), MOB Mobiel (Data Records).