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THE MORE SOCIALLY RELEVANT JAZZ MUSIC ENSEMBLE Not your average jazz music ensemble.
mark schilders ben van gelder reinier baas maarten hogenhuis sean fasciani
drums alto sax guitar/compositions alto sax bass ‘The More Socially Relevant Jazz Music Ensemble’ is a brand new ‘all-‐star’ quintet, featuring five of the most interesting young musicians to hail from the upper North-‐Western corner of the mainland of Europe. Except for the bass player, who is from Massachusetts. The ‘Ensemble’, the brainchild of Amsterdam based guitarist Reinier Baas, has a fresh, distinctive, raw and slightly peculiar sound. With influences as diverse as Ravel, Lennie Tristano, Arctic Monkeys, Ornette Coleman, Flying Lotus and Human Feel, their music ranges from the intricate and sophisticated, to the downright danceable. The unusual, full-‐stereo line-‐up (featuring two alto saxophonists), edgy compositions and the relentless pulse of drummer Mark Schilders and bassist Sean Fasciani, provide the context for experiment and improvisation.
Coming up in the spring of 2011 is the release of their debut album ‘Homunculus’, recorded at Fattoria Musica studios in Osnabrück. ‘Homunculus’ will feature an eclectic mix of Baas’ compositions, an arrangement of a piece by Maurice Ravel, and brutally disfigured adaptations of some of the formerly most harmless American Songbook repertoire.
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BIO Reinier Baas (1985) is the guitarist, composer, cook and spiritual leader of the ‘More Socially Relevant Jazz Music Ensemble’. Recently graduated from the Conservatory of Amsterdam with the highest honors and a finalist for the Deloitte Jazz Award (2010), he is fast gaining a reputation as one of Holland’s most promising young players. Other recent highlights include an extensive UK tour with the Ben Bryden quartet, Belgium tour with New York-‐based collective ‘Bright Noise’, and performances with Hein van de Geyn, Jasper Blom and Dave Douglas. He is the brand new guitarist of Stefan Lievestro’s renowned, testosterone fueled powerhouse ‘Mona Lisa Overdrive’.
Ben van Gelder (1988) is “the biggest young Dutch jazz talent of this moment” (Amanda Kuyper, de Volkskrant) and winner of the prestigious Deloitte Jazz Award (2008). Despite his age, he has played at many important venues in New York and Europe alike with very hip cats, such as David Binney and Ambrose Akinmusire, and performed at the BIMhuis, Concertgebouw and North Sea Jazz Festival with his own groups. Ben is currently working on his debut album featuring Blue Note recording pianist Aaron Parks. He adds to the ‘Ensemble’ an immense musical presence, which can be felt even when he’s not playing his horn.
Maarten Hogenhuis (1986) is one of Holland’s most in demand alto players. He recently appeared with more or less everyone: New Cool Collective, Ruben Hein, Wicked Jazz Sounds Band, Pete Philly & Perquisite, Renske Taminiau, Jesse van Ruller, Amsterdam Jazz
Orchestra, Alain Clark and Benjamin Herman, to name a few. His stunningly powerful and intuitive playing has his peers shake their head in disbelief, cry with joy and laugh desperately at the same time, and has been a crucial part of Baas’ projects over the past years.
Sean Fasciani (1979) is in charge of the lower spectrum of the ‘Ensemble’. His rock-‐solid bass playing and dapper manner have also led him to share the stage with other famous people, like David Berkman, Jesse van Ruller, Ferdinand Povel. In 2010, he toured Europe with Will Vinson and Lage Lund. As a member of the Franz von Chossy trio, he has won the Dutch Jazz Competition in 2005. Mr. Fasciani has played everything from hip-‐hop (Pete Philly & Perquisite), via Turkish folk jazz (Fidan) to comedian Hans Teeuwen’s insanely brilliant impressions of the Sinatra repertoire.
Mark Schilders (1988) provides the highly explosive, freight train-‐esque grooves that are the fundament of the ‘Ensemble’. The most unlikely phenomenon to come out of Waalwijk (North-‐Brabant) since world-‐champion of billiards Rini van Bracht, this incredible, young drummer has a style all his own. While he is still struggling to pass his music theory exams at the conservatory of Rotterdam, he is one of the most sought after drummers on the Dutch scene and appears regularly with Stefan Lievestro, Harmen Fraanje and Wouter Hamel. He has won the Prinses Christina Concours in 2008 and, as a member of the Castell/van Damme quartet, the Dutch Jazz Competition in 2010.
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AUDIO/VIDEO Listen to material from our upcoming album ‘Homunculus’: http://www.reinierbaas.com/?page_id=294 Watch live footage of TMSRJME: http://www.reinierbaas.com/?page_id=28
CONTACT
Bookings and information:
Reinier Baas +31 6 424 191 73 [email protected]
http://www.reinierbaas.com