Sylva (Snarky Puppy album)
Sylva is an album by American jazz fusion group Snarky Puppy that was released on May 26, 2015. 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. According to Michael League, each song on the album is about a different forest.Track listing
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 Searight – drums
- Nate Werth – percussion
Metropole Orkest
- Conductor - Jules Buckley
- 1st Violin - Arlia de Ruiter, 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, and 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
