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Guitarist Reinier Baas and saxophonist Ben van Gelder have already worked together frequently. This often happened in Baas bands and on his albums like (2014) and the widely acclaimed (2016). But Van Gelder is also a gifted band leader who signed up for the not less well received (2016). On the live album Smash Hits they now work together as a fully-fledged duo with the entire Metropole Orchestra… conducted by Christian Elsässer. The recordings took place at the Transition Festival in Utrecht, among other places. Mostly compositions were edited from the above albums. This is done with a lot of bravado, wild orchestral arrangements and the musical humor that we are used to especially from Baas. These two young Dutch jazz heroes sometimes demand the utmost from the orchestra, such as playing the fierce dissonant chaos with which opener Stuiter starts. Smash Hits is the result of a more than successful and colorful project. (MR)more
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