John English (born in Groningen on May 13, 1935) is one of the best and most respected jazz drummers in the world. His first musical experiences he did in the famous Dutch quintet The Diamond Five, in which capacity he supervised numerous international jazz artists. A few of the names with whom he played Ben Webster, Sonny Stitt, Dizzy Gillespie, Betty Carter, Nina Simone and many others. He collected
… a number of awards including the Bird Jazz Award (1985), The Boy Edgar Prize (1986) and as many as six times a Edison. In 1997, John English was the first non-American who was awarded a Hall Of Fame Award.more