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Reinier Baas
His latest record – ‘Reinier Baas vs. Princess Discombobulatrix‘ – is a partly improvised mostly instrumental opera, for which he teamed up with world renowned illustrator Typex and a group of 14 classical and jazz musicians. For this album, Baas was awarded a second Edison in 2017.
Reinier has been granted composition assignments by November Music Festival and the North Sea Jazz Festival in 2015. In 2017, he was the Artist In Residence of the Südtirol Jazzfestival. In 2018, the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam gave him a carte blanche, which resulted in the ‘Gigantic Chamber Music Mini Festival’ – a program premiering his first String Quartet. As a soloist, he has performed with the Metropole Orchestra, New Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra, Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw and Pynarello. As a sideman, he has performed with Han Bennink, Gregory Porter, Hans Teeuwen, Ben van Gelder and Benjamin Herman. Baas is on faculty at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and Siena Jazz in Italy.
Awards
Finalist Deloitte Jazz Award (2010)
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Südtirol Jazzfestival Alto Adige 2022
by Libero Farnè
Bolzano e provincia Varie sedi 24.6--3.7.2022 Quarant'anni di vita non sono pochi per un festival. Questo è il traguardo raggiunto dal Südtirol Jazzfestival Alto Adige, che vede anche concludersi la solerte direzione artistica di Klaus Widmann, iniziata diciotto anni fa affiancando, poi subentrando a Nicola Ciardi, il fondatore della manifestazione bolzanina. Se nell'ultima decina di anni il festival altoatesino aveva privilegiato di volta in volta aree specifiche del jazz europeo (il ...
read moreAntoine Pierre: Suspended (Live at Flagey)
by Mario Calvitti
Although the Belgian music scene is rich and varied, it is much neglected outside its national borders, as evidenced by the case of Aka Moon, an extraordinary trio that has celebrated 25 years of activity, but is still practically ignored by the foreign media. Let's hope the same does not happen with this new young talent, the drummer Antoine Pierre, and his group Urbex, already among the main protagonists of the 2020 edition of the Brussels Jazz Festival.
read moreAntoine Pierre URBEX ELECTRIC: Suspended (Live at Flagey)
by Mario Calvitti
Nonostante la scena musicale belga sia sempre eccezionalmente ricca e variegata, è ancora troppo colpevolmente trascurata al di fuori dei suoi confini nazionali, come dimostra il caso degli Aka Moon, uno straordinario trio che ha recentemente festeggiato i 25 anni di attività, ma è tuttora praticamente ignorato dai media stranieri. Speriamo non succeda lo stesso con questo nuovo giovane talento, il batterista Antoine Pierre, e il suo gruppo URBEX, già tra i principali protagonisti dell'ultima edizione del Festival Jazz di ...
read moreDave Holland, Louis Moholo, Ben Van Gelder, Emma Frank & Other New Releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
After three weeks of thematic episodes, we have to get back to checking what's new and what's coming up... The piles of new and upcoming releases have been building up and we could not wait any longer. So here's to a great episode with new, upcoming and reissued gems, featuring the music of Dave Holland, Zakir Hussain, Chris Potter, Ben Van Gelder, Reinier Baas, Emma Frank, Craig Taborn, Louis Moholo and many other creative minds. Happy listening! ...
read moreReinier Baas, Ben van Gelder, Metropole Orkest: Smash Hits
by Vincenzo Roggero
Il chitarrista Reinier Baas ed il sassofonista Ben van Gelder pur essendo ancora in giovane età (trentatré anni il primo, trenta il secondo) vantano già diversi riconoscimenti internazionali, numerose collaborazioni prestigiose, e un'intensa attività concertistica che solo nell'ultimo anno li ha visti condividere il palco oltre duecento volte (tra le quali le apprezzate esibizioni allo Young Jazz Festival di Foligno e alla Sala Vanni di Firenze).I brani presenti in Smash Hits--già presenti in altra veste nei precedenti album ...
read moreForget Old Europe: 15 European Jazz Musicians You Need To Know About
by Enrico Bettinello
Since the first half of the 20th century, the Old Continent has played a pivotal role both in welcoming and supporting jazz artists from the United States. Over the following decades it has expressed generations of passionate musicians with increasingly original languages and ever greater improvisatory skills. In the 21st century there are countless excellent, professionally trained, jazz musicians all over Europe (as everywhere else in the world), ranging from the more mainstream boppers to the most radical ...
read moreSüdtirol Jazzfestival Alto Adige 2017
by Libero Farnè
Südtirol Jazzfestival Alto Adige Bolzano e provincia Varie sedi 30.6-9.7.2017 Klaus Widmann concepisce il festival che dirige sempre più come un laboratorio, un tavolo da gioco su cui mescolare le carte, favorendo la sperimentazione e la creazione di formazioni inedite. I musicisti invitati, spesso titolari di un progetto specifico, si sono fermati a Bolzano per una settimana, mettendosi alla prova e cercando soluzioni musicali diverse. Ovviamente hanno dovuto spostarsi ovunque sul territorio provinciale, in quanto ...
read more“An organic sound, teeming with pleasure. [..] In the daring solo and duo pieces, Baas’ musical idiom appears to be without limits. His soulful sound on the ballads wins over hearts.” - Tim Sprangers for DE VOLKSKRANT **** (July 2011)
“An adventurous record on which Baas displays not only a surplus of technique, but also humor, guts and a flexible mind.” ��" Mischa Andriessen for DE TELEGRAAF (July 2011)
“A lot better than I was expecting from a few white dudes from Amsterdam.” ��" Random guy at REDDIT.COM (September 2011)
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saxophoneMarco Moura
guitarTeis Semey
guitarMax Walker
guitarMario Castelberg
guitarJakub Klimiuk
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Music
In Tongues
From: Swart Waling KoolhaasBy Reinier Baas