Jules Buckley
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| Born | Julian Buckley 8 January 1980 Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England[1] |
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| Member of | Metropole Orkest, The Heritage Orchestra |
| Website | www.julesbuckley.com |
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Julian "Jules" Buckley (born 8 January 1980)[2] is an English conductor, composer, and arranger.
Career
In 2004, Buckley and producer/manager Chris Wheeler co-founded the Heritage Orchestra, with the intention of featuring an orchestra in a music club setting. In 2008, Buckley became principal guest conductor of the Metropole Orkest, a jazz and eclectic music orchestra based in Hilversum, in the Netherlands, and chief conductor from 2013. In 2020, he became Creative Artist-in-Residence with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and stood in as presenter of the BBC Radio 3 programme Classical Fix, in place of Clemency Burton-Hill,[3] who suffered a brain haemorrhage in January 2020.[4]
Collaborations
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Buckley has worked with the WDR Big Band; José James and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Patrick Watson and the Orchestre National d'Île de France; and arranged and conducted Caro Emerald's album The Shocking Miss Emerald and Jacob Collier's album Djesse Vol. 1. Other collaborations have included projects with Gregory Porter; Tori Amos; Markus Stockhausen; Emilie-Claire Barlow; Michael Kiwanuka; Louis Cole; Jonathan Jeremiah; Basement Jaxx; Massive Attack; Arctic Monkeys; John Cale; Paul Weller; Emeli Sandé; The Cinematic Orchestra; Jamie Cullum; Cory Wong; Beardyman; Cory Henry; Snarky Puppy; Becca Stevens; Andrea Motis and Dizzee Rascal.
Awards
In February 2016, the Snarky Puppy album Sylva, featuring Buckley and the Metropole Orkest, won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album.[5] At the end of 2016, Classic House with Pete Tong and the Heritage Orchestra reached No. 1 in the Album Charts. In 2020, the song "All Night Long" by Jacob Collier, featuring Take 6 and the Metropole Orkest, won an award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocal at the 62nd Grammy Awards.[5]
In 2018, Buckley and Metropole Orkest were awarded the Bremer Musikfest-Preis in special recognition of their contribution to the success of Musikfest Bremen.[citation needed]
Notable recent performances
- August 2016: BBC Prom 49, with the Metropole Orkest, celebrating the music of Quincy Jones.[6]
- February 2017: National Symphony Orchestra, with Snarky Puppy at the Kennedy Center, Washington DC.
- August 2018: BBC Proms with the Heritage Orchestra for a late-night Prom "New York Now", celebrating the changing soundscape of New York and featuring artists from that city, including Hercules and Love Affair.
- June 2019: "Soundtrack of the 80s with Quincy Jones", with the Metropole Orkest at London's O2 arena.
- August 2019: BBC Prom 45, with the Metropole Orkest in a homage to Nina Simone, with Ledisi and Lisa Fischer.[7]
- September 2019: BBC Prom 64 with the Heritage Orchestra and the Soul Mavericks, featuring Terra & Eddie, Sunni and Lagaet.
- February 2020: Seattle Symphony Orchestra, "The Best of Quincy Jones", at Benaroya Hall, Seattle.
- February 2020: BBC Symphony Orchestra, featuring Lianne La Havas, at the Barbican Centre, London.
- August 2021: BBC Proms, with BBC Symphony Orchestra, featuring Moses Sumney.[8]
- September 2024: BBC Proms, with his orchestra and Florence and The Machine for "Symphony of Lungs"
Personal life
Buckley was born and grew up in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire in the UK.[9] He is the son of Keith Buckley (a doctor) and Joan Buckley, and attended Aylesbury Grammar School. Buckley started playing the trumpet aged nine at the Aylesbury Music Centre.[10] He played in the Aylesbury Music Centre Dance Band and went on to study trumpet at the Guildhall School of Music in London, before changing to classical composition.[11] His initial ambition was to be a jazz trumpeter, but at the Guildhall School his interests grew to include musical composition and conducting. He lives in Berlin, Germany.[12][13]
Discography
| Year | Production | Cooperation | Label |
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| 2006 | The Heritage Orchestra (CD) | Heritage Orchestra | Brownswood Recordings |
| 2006 | Secret Garden | Natalie Williams | East Side Records |
| 2006 | The Beauty Room | Kirk Degiorgio | Peacefrog |
| 2006 | Baby, I'm Yours (Single) | Arctic Monkeys | Domino Recording Co |
| 2007 | If You've Found This it's Probably Too Late | Arctic Monkeys | Domino Recording Co |
| 2007 | Smoke and Mirrors | Tom Richards Orchestra | Candid Records |
| 2007 | Sky Breaks | Heritage orchestra | Brownswood Recordings |
| 2007 | Brianstorm | Arctic Monkeys | Domino Recording Co |
| 2008 | Live at the Albert Hall | The Cinematic Orchestra | Ninja Tune |
| 2008 | Junkyard Gods | Two Banks of Four | Sonar Kollectiv |
| 2008 | Slipway Fires | Razorlight | Mercury |
| 2008 | Wake Me 5.30 | Two Banks of Four | Sonar Kollectiv |
| 2008 | Black Symphony (CD) | Within Temptation and Metropole Orkest | Roadrunner Records |
| 2009 | Blackbud | Blackbud | Independiente |
| 2009 | Heimspiel | Die Fantastischen Vier | Sony BMG |
| 2009 | Utopia – An Acoustic Night at the Theatre | Within Temptation | Roadrunner |
| 2009 | Black Water Transit (movie) | Directed by Tony Kaye | Capitol Films |
| 2009 | Heritage Orchestra Feat. DJ Yoda Prokofiev Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra | Heritage Orchestra feat DJ Yoda | NonClassical |
| 2010 | What's a Guy Gotta Do | Jonathan Jeremiah | Island |
| 2010 | Moke & Metropole Orkest (CD) | Moke and Metropole Orkest | Pias |
| 2010 | Alive 'till I'm Dead (CD) | Professor Green | Virgin Records |
| 2010 | The Answer EP | Unkle | Surrender All |
| 2010 | Where Did the Night Fall | Unkle | Surrender All |
| 2010 | El Encuentro (CD) | Dino Saluzzi, Anja Lechner and Metropole Orkest | ECM |
| 2011 | At Your Inconvenience (CD) | Professor Green | Virgin |
| 2011 | A Solitary Man | Jonathan Jeremiah | Island |
| 2011 | Tangent | Trish Clowes | Basho |
| 2011 | A Little Brighter | Pete Lawrie | Island |
| 2011 | Basement Jaxx vs. Metropole Orkest (CD) | Basement Jaxx and Metropole Orkest | XL Recordings |
| 2011 | Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra – Live at The Royal Albert Hall (DVD) | Tim Minchin and Heritage Orchestra | Universal Pictures UK |
| 2012 | No Beginning No End (CD) | Jose James | Blue Note |
| 2012 | In Motion No.1 (CD) | The Cinematic Orchestra | Piccadilly Records |
| 2012 | Adventures in Your Own Backyard (CD) | Patrick Watson | Secret City Records |
| 2012 | Our Version of Events (CD) | Emeli Sandé | Virgin |
| 2012 | Through the Night | Ren Harvieu | Island |
| 2012 | Gold Dust (CD) | Jonathan Jeremiah | Universal |
| 2012 | The Beauty Room II | Far Out Recordings | |
| 2012 | Home Again (CD) | Michael Kiwanuka and Metropole Orkest | Polydor |
| 2012 | Clown | Emeli Sandé | Virgin |
| 2012 | See You on the Ice | Carice van Houten | EMI |
| 2012 | Flavor (CD) | Tori Amos | Deutsche Grammophon |
| 2012 | Gold Dust | Tori Amos | Deutsche Grammophon |
| 2012 | No Beginning No End | José James | Blue Note Records |
| 2012 | Tangled Up | Caro Emerald | Grandmono |
| 2013 | The Shocking Miss Emerald (CD) | Caro Emerald | Grand Mono |
| 2014 | Fireflies (feat. Tom Parker) | Richard Rawson | Island |
| 2014 | Laura Mvula and Metropole Orkest | Laura Mvula | RCA |
| 2014 | Growing up in Public | Professor Green | Virgin |
| 2015 | Sylva (CD) | Snarky Puppy and Metropole Orkest | Impulse! Records |
| 2015 | Clear Day | Emilie-Claire Barlow and Metropole Orkest | Empress Music Group |
| 2016 | Classic House | Pete Tong and Heritage Orchestra | Universal |
| 2017 | Ibiza Classics | Pete Tong and Heritage Orchestra | Universal |
| 2018 | Djesse Vol. 1 (CD) | Jacob Collier and Metropole Orkest | Hajanga Records |
| 2018 | What Heat | Bokanté and Metropole Orkest | Real World |
| 2019 | Chilled Classics | Pete Tong and Heritage Orchestra | Decca Records |
| 2019 | Melkweg | Jameszoo and Metropole Orkest | Brainfeeder |
| 2023 | This New Noise | Public Service Broadcasting (band) and the BBC Symphony Orchestra | Test Card Recordings |
| 2024 | nothing | Louis Cole and Metropole Orkest | Brainfeeder |
| 2024 | Starship Syncopation | Cory Wong and Metropole Orkest | Roundwound |
References
- ^ "Grammy award-winning Jules Buckley returns to Aylesbury to lead former students' tribute concert in memory of inspirational bandleader and mentor Nick Care". Wendover News. 19 January 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "Jules Buckley". www.schott-music.com.
- ^ "Classical Fix". BBC Radio 3. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ "BBC presenter recovering from brain haemorrhage". BBC News. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ a b "GRAMMY Award Results for Jules Buckley". GRAMMY.com. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ Whitehouse, Richard (22 August 2016). "Prom 49: Quincy Jones Prom – Metropole Orkest/Jules Buckley with Richard Bona, Jacob Collier, Laura Mvula, Alfredo Rodríguez, Cory Henry". The Classical Source. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "Prom 45: Mississippi Goddam: A Homage to Nina Simone". The Classical Source. 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Moses Sumney Meets Jules Buckley and the BBC Symphony Orchestra". Proms. BBC. 21 August 2021.
- ^ "Meet the Maestro: Jules Buckley". Rhinegold. 16 November 2023. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022.
- ^ "Grammy award for Aylesbury Grammar School alumni Jules Buckley". Bucks Herald. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ Beek, Michael (29 June 2021). "Jules Buckley: the inimitable conductor, composer and arranger serving up an infectious mix of classical, pop and jazz". Classical Music. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "Facing the music: Jules Buckley". The Guardian. 29 August 2016.
- ^ Sampson, Annabel (11 September 2024). "Why Jules Buckley is the conductor with the Midas touch bringing pure gold to the Proms". The Tatler. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
External links
- Metropole Orkest page on Jules Buckley
- Information about Jules Buckley on Serious News Archived 4 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- Homepage of the Heritage Orchestra
- A.P. Childs, 'Orchestra man and popster Jules Buckley on Holland’s Cross-Linx festival & more'. Art Rocker, 15 April 2015
