Hans Kentie

“Kentie says he used to play the saxophone and had hesitated what to choose: becoming a graphic designer or a professional jazz musician. He looked up to guys like Coltrane, Shepp, Mingus and Parker. And now, suddenly, I understand more about the Dutch and at the same time not so Dutch atmosphere of his work. The necessary base of a strict pattern that allows for a solid sense of freedom. The jazz musician Kentie we lost has raised graphic design to the art of improvisation.”