Chris Hinze

Christiaan Herbert "Chris" Hinze (born June 30, 1938, Hilversum, Netherlands)[1] is a Dutch jazz and New age flautist.

Hinze initially performed publicly as a pianist until the mid-1960s, when he began studying flute at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and then at Berklee College of Music.

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.

[1] In the 1970s, he formed his own ensemble, the Chris Hinze Combination, which included players such as Gerry Brown and John Lee, and which saw some success with arrangements of Baroque music in a jazz setting.

[1] In the 1980s, Hinze played for several years in a duo with Sigi Schwab and continued touring with a new version of his Combination.