Sylva (album)

2015 live album by Snarky Puppy and Metropole Orkest

Sylva

Live album by

Snarky Puppy and Metropole Orkest

Released| May 26, 2015
Recorded| April 19–20, 2014
Venue| Energiehuis, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Genre| Jazz fusion
Length| 54:29
Label| Impulse!
Snarky Puppy chronology
| We Like It Here
(2014)  | Sylva
(2015)  | Family Dinner – Volume 2
(2016)

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Metropole Orkest chronology
| Karmaflow
(2015)  | Sylva
(2015)  | Clear Day
(2015)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
The Guardian| [1]

Sylva is an album by American jazz fusion group Snarky Puppy that was released on May 26, 2015.[2] 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.[3][4] According to Michael League, each song on the album is about a different forest.[5]

## Track listing

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All tracks are written by Michael League and arranged by Michael League & Jules Buckley.

No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Sintra"| 3:32
2.| "Flight"| 6:03
3.| "Atchafalaya"| 6:04
4.| "The Curtain"| 15:09
5.| "Gretel"| 4:21
6.| "The Clearing"| 19:23
Total length:| 54:32

## Personnel

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### Snarky Puppy

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* 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

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* 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

## References

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1. ^ Fordham, John (May 7, 2015). "Snarky Puppy/Metropole Orkest: Sylva review – refined, playful orchestral suite". The Guardian. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
2. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Sylva". AllMusic. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
3. ^ "2015 Grammy Winners". Recording Academy. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
4. ^ Pieters, Janene (February 16, 2016). "Grammy Win Has Dutch Metropole Orchestra Feeling 'Enormously Proud'". nltimes.nl. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
5. ^ Fordham, John (May 7, 2015). "Snarky Puppy/Metropole Orkest: Sylva review – refined, playful orchestral suite". The Guardian. Retrieved March 19, 2019.

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Albums|

* The Only Constant (2006)
* The World Is Getting Smaller (2007)
* Bring Us the Bright (2008)
* Tell Your Friends (2010)
* groundUP (2012)
* Amkeni w/ Bukuru Celestin (2013)
* Family Dinner – Volume 1 (2013)
* We Like It Here (2014)
* Sylva w/ Metropole Orkest (2015)
* Family Dinner – Volume 2 (2016)
* Culcha Vulcha (2016)
* Immigrance (2019)
* Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2020)
* Empire Central (2022)

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