What About The Body - Donny McCaslin & Metropole Orkest conducted by Jules Buckley

In april 2019 Metropole Orkest invited saxophonist Donny McCaslin to play his music with the 50 piece orchestra. This live recording was shot in LantarenVenster, Rotterdam.

Donny McCaslin, saxophone
Metropole Orkest conducted by Jules Buckley

Ryan Dahle, vocals and guitar
Jason Lindner, keys
Soloist: Leo Janssen - tenor saxophone, Marc Scholten - alto saxophone

What About The Body
composed by Donny McCaslin, Ryan Dahle, Tim Lefebvre
arranged by Tom Richards

Backing vocalists: Lo van Gorp, Patty Lou

In his quest to explore new territories in music, tenor saxophonist Donny McCaslin joins the world’s leading pop & jazz orchestra Metropole Orkest for 3 genre-defying concerts in The Netherlands in April 2019.

Donny McCaslin is probably best known for his acclaimed work as a band leader on David Bowie’s ‘Blackstar’. Inspired by the late legend’s words and vision McCaslin explores a new artistic approach. “Before working with him, things like this didn’t seem possible to me,” McCaslin says. This becomes apparent in the music on his newly released album ‘Blow.’ (Motéma Music, October 2018), a fearlessly diverse album that blends jazz, alt-rock and electronics.

For the gigs with Metropole Orkest (led by then chief conductor Jules Buckley.) Donny is joined by the wonderful Jason Lindner on keys and singer/guitarist Ryan Dahle. The setlist will feature work from ‘Blow.’ and earlier work by McCaslin.

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METROPOLE ORKEST:

1st violin
Arlia de Ruiter
Vera Laporeva
Sarah Koch
Denis Koenders
David Peijnenborgh
Federico Nathan
Jasper van Rosmalen
Marta Lemanska

2nd violin
Merel Jonker
Herman van Haaren
Willem Kok
Ewa Zbyszynska
Ruben Margarita
Robert Baba
Xaquín Carro Cribeiro

viola
Mieke Honingh
Julia Jowett
Iris Schut
Isabella Petersen
Alex Welch

cello
Jascha Albracht
Thomas van Geelen
Susanne Rosmolen
Dionne Nijsten

double bass
Erik Winkelmann
Arend Liefkes

harp
Joke Schonewille

flute
Mariël van den Bos
Janine Abbas

oboe
Xabier Lijo Bilbao

Hoorn
Pieter Hunfeld

saxophone/clarinet
Marc Scholten
Paul van der Feen
Leo Janssen
Sjoerd Dijkhuizen
Nils van Haften


trumpet
Ray Bruinsma
Martijn de Laat
Nico Schepers
Rik Mol

trombone
Jan Oosting
Robinson Khoury
Jan Bastiani

bass trombone
Martin van den Berg

percussion
Murk Jiskoot

drums
Martijn Vink

guitar
Peter Tiehuis

bass
Aram Kersbergen


keys
Jasper Soffers

CREW:

Robert Soomer, artistic manager MO
Gert-Jan Blom, producer MO
Paul Pouwer, FOH and mixing
Dirk Overeem, sound and recording engineer
Da Capo, monitoring and mics
Michel Suk, lighting

Filmed by BigEars, Max Boeree