Full live concert by Snarky Puppy with the Metropole Orkest, conducted by Jules Buckley, at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam (Maas stage, Rotterdam Ahoy) on Friday 8 July 2016. This meeting extends onto the stage the ‘Sylva’ project, the acclaimed orchestral album born from the collaboration between the jazz-fusion collective led by bassist Michael League and the renowned Dutch orchestra. This filmed full concert unfolds lush arrangements in which the horns, the virtuoso keyboards of Cory Henry and Bill Laurance and Mark Lettieri’s guitars converse with the orchestra’s strings and winds. Between hypnotic grooves, cinematic build-ups and improvisation, this live captation illustrates the power of a repertoire conceived for the large ensemble. A reference document for fans of jazz, fusion and orchestral music, this 2016 live concert captures a peak in Snarky Puppy’s career, at a time when the band was collecting awards, including several Grammys, ‘Snarky Puppy Metropole Orkest North Sea Jazz 2016 full concert’.
Personnel & credits
- Jules Buckley — direction
- Chris Bullock — flûte, saxophone ténor
- Mike Maher — trompette, bugle
- Justin Stanton — trompette, claviers
- Bob Lanzetti — guitare
- Chris McQueen — guitare
- Mark Lettieri — guitare
- Bill Laurance — claviers
- Cory Henry — claviers, orgue Hammond B3
- Michael League — basse
- Larnell Lewis — batterie
- Marcelo Woloski — percussions
- Metropole Orkest — orchestre
