Terrie EX

Terrie Ex is the stage name of the Dutch guitarist Terrie Hessels, who co-founded the band The Ex in 1979 and has played guitar in it since the start. Next to the group's work he has a long parallel activity in free improvisation, in duos and small groups with jazz musicians such as Han Bennink, Ab Baars and Ken Vandermark, and he runs the label Terp for his improvised projects and for African music. Hessels made duo albums with Ab Baars and with Han Bennink, and he plays in the quartet Lean Left with his Ex bandmate Andy Moor, Ken Vandermark and Paal Nilssen-Love.