Parken (album)

On the album, Bennink is joined by clarinetist Joachim Badenhorst, pianist Simon Toldam, and, for one track, vocalist Qarin Wikström.

[1][2] In review for AllMusic, Michael G. Nastos wrote: "Always entertaining, on the edge and humorous, Bennink's trio creates not so much a new sound as a broader range of expressionism for the drummer to take off and zoom through both familiar and challenging new territory.

"[3] Peter Margasak, writing for DownBeat, stated that Bennink "plays with jazz fundamentals like putty, warping his for the tradition in service of spontaneous inspiration... Bennink flips between crisp, infectious swing and explosive chaos; sometimes fluidly, sometimes jarringly... Like so much of the best Dutch jazz, this trio lovingly reveals its affection for the tradition while simultaneously rejecting any suberservience to it.

It is an album that perfectly embodies its leader's multidisciplinary skills... and is played with restraint and recklessness and an interaction that at points borders on telepathy.

"[5] A reviewer for The Free Jazz Collective stated that the album is "one on which the trio shows their broad background in jazz, ranging from blues and swing to wild excursions into uncharted territories," and remarked: "A really nice album, full of creative craftmanship, respect for music and an inherent sense of fun and joy in every note being played.