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Benita Haastrup Benita Haastrup (born 1964) is a drummer, percussionist, educator and composer in Denmark.[1] She studied at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, graduating in 1992. In 1998, she received the Ben Webster Prize. Haastrup has been a member of Marilyn Mazur's Percussion Paradise and of the all-female jazz group Sophisticated Ladies. She has also performed with Richard B. Boone, Idrees Sulieman, Johnny Griffin, Muhal Richard Abrams, Duke Jordan,[1] Bent Jædig, John Tchicai, Fred Hopkins and Jesper Thilo, among others.[2] She has performed in the United States, China, Africa and throughout most of Europe.[3] Haastrup teaches at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory.[3] References
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