Home » Jazz Musicians » Reinier Baas Discography

Smash Hits

Reinier Baas

Label: Basta
Released: 2018
Views: 3,424

Tracks

Stuiter; Silver/Grey; Introduction to 2nd Coming; 2nd Coming of Homunculus; Do You Know Ben van Gelder?; Guiding Principle, Palace; In Retrospect; Smooth Jazz Apocalypse; The Dramatic Demise of Princess Discombobulatrix.

Personnel

Reinier Baas

guitar

Ben van Gelder

saxophone, alto

Metropole Orkest

band / ensemble / orchestra

Additional Personnel / Information

Reinier Baas: guitar; Ben van Gelder: alto saxophone; Metropole Orkest conducted by Christian Elsasser.

Album Description

‘Smash Hits’ is a collaboration between Reinier Baas, Ben van Gelder and the Grammy-winning Metropole Orkest (conducted by Christian Elsässer). The album is a live recording of performances in Amsterdam in 2016 and Utrecht in 2017. ‘Smash Hits’ stands as an absolute highlight in Baas’ musical career. He describes the feeling of having 50 world-class musicians blow the wind in your sails as “so much fun that you almost go insane”. The arrangements are by Daniel Jamieson, Gerd-Hermann Ortler, Rob Horsting and Christian Elsässer. The ‘Smash Hits’ program was one of the headliners of the 2019 North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.