Sylva (album) explained
Sylva is an album by American jazz fusion group Snarky Puppy that was released on May 26, 2015.[1] It was a collaboration between the band and the Metropole Orkest from the Netherlands. It won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards.[2] [3] According to Michael League, each song on the album is about a different forest.[4]
Personnel
Snarky Puppy
- Michael League – bass guitar, Moog bass
- Mike Maher – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Jay Jennings – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Chris Bullock – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet
- Cory Henry – Hammond B3 organ, Moog, clavinet
- Bill Laurance – piano, Wurlitzer, Moog
- Justin Stanton – Fender Rhodes, Moog, clavinet, piano, trumpet
- Bob Lanzetti – electric guitar
- Mark Lettieri – electric guitar
- Chris McQueen – electric guitar
- Robert "Sput" Searight – drums
- Nate Werth – percussion
Metropole Orkest
- Conductor - Jules Buckley
- 1st Violin - Arlia de Ruiter (concertmaster), Vera Laporeva, Denis Koenders, David Peijnenborgh, Pauline Terlouw, Casper Donker, Ruben Margarita, Tinka Regter, Seijia Teeuwen, Ewa Zbyszynska
- 2nd Violin - Merijn Rombout, Herman van Haaren, Wim Kok, Feyona van Iersel, Pauline Koning, Polina Cekov, Merel Jonker, Christina Knoll
- Viola - Mieke Honingh, Norman Jansen, Julia Jowett, Isabella Petersen, Iris Schut, Lex Luijnenburg
- Cello - Maarten Jansen, Emile Visser, Jascha Albracht, Annie Tangberg, Charles Watt
- Double Bass - Erik Winkelmann, Arend Liefkes, Tjerk de Vos
- Flute - Janine Abbas, Mariël van den Bos, Nola Exel
- Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Contrabass Clarinet, and Saxophone - Paul van der Feen, Leo van Oostrom, Leo Janssen, Werner Janssen, Max Boeree
- Horn - Pieter Hunfeld, Rob van de Laar, Fons Verspaandonk, Elizabeth Hunfeld
- Trombone - Jan Oosting, Vincent Veneman, Jan Bastiani
- Bass Trombone - Martin van den Berg
- Tuba - Ries Schellekens
- Percussion - Murk Jiskoot, Frank Warndenier
Notes and References
- Web site: Jurek . Thom . Sylva . AllMusic . 19 March 2019.
- Web site: 2015 Grammy Winners . Recording Academy . 1 March 2020.
- Web site: Pieters . Janene . Grammy Win Has Dutch Metropole Orchestra Feeling 'Enormously Proud' . nltimes.nl . 19 March 2019 . 16 February 2016.
- Web site: Fordham . John . Snarky Puppy/Metropole Orkest: Sylva review – refined, playful orchestral suite . The Guardian . 19 March 2019 . 7 May 2015.
