Michel Herr supervised the recording of this album in which the Holland Big Band plays compositions by its members, arranged by top Dutch arrangers.
Tracks :
1. Fast Ferry (Loet van der Lee / arr. Robbert Scherpenisse)
2. Push forward (Sebastian Ohm/ arr. Sebastian Ohm)
3. Garden of stones (Gerlo Hesselink / arr. Henri Gerrits)
4. Nile (Loet van der Lee / arr. Johan Plomp)
5. M.C. People (Loet van der Lee / arr. Rob Horsting)
6. Just me (Diederik Ruisch / arr. Johan Plomp)
7. Firestone (Willem Hellbreker / arr. Rob Horsting)
8. Booza me mucho (Bart Lust / arr. Henri Gerrits)
9. Babin zub (Jeen Rabs / arr. Thomas Welvaadt)
Musicians :
The Holland Big Band is led by trumpeter Loet van der Lee.
Conductor was Rini Swinkels.
Floris van der Vlugt, Gerlo Hesselink, Nils Van Haften, Willen Hellbreker, Sebastian Ohm - saxes
Erik Veldkamp, Florian Sperzel, Gerard Kleijn, Loet van der Lee, Diederik Ruisch - trumpet
Vincent Veneman, Freek Halsema, Bart Lust, Marcel Schot - trombone
Jeen Rabs - guitar
Daan Herweg - piano
Cord Heineken - bass
Haye Jellema - drums
Producer : Michel Herr.
Recorded on September 8 & 9, 2013 at the Fattoria Musica studio in Osnabrück (D).
Released in November 2013.
CD (Jazzshop Records JSR06016)
More infos at website of the Holland Big Band.
See a couple of photos taken during the recording session.
4 stars in the magazine "Jazzism!" (NL)