Album Notes

"...It goes without saying that this project is as sound as a bell. Ineke van Doorn guides herself singing through the material, yet uses her voice as an autonomous instrument within the music. The richness of the CD is immense. We are kept in suspense where predictability is held at bay. In other words: directors Vince Mendoza and John Clayton and the duo van Vugt/van Doorn are at absolute peak performance."
"...Van Vugt’s fantastic, colourful chamber-music-meets-jazz compositions translate really well into big band power and symphonic orchestral timbres. Van Doorn proves a strong singer in funky, sharp pieces."

INFO
Dutch singer/lyricists Ineke Vandoorn and guitarist/composer Marc van Vugt term themselves as 'lyrical singer-songwriters to whom improvisation is of paramount importance '. Although they present them self as jazz musicians, listeners with an ear for them will pick out important influences, such as Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, Betty Carter, Bill Frisell, Gil Evans or Brazilian music. The international press has called their music adventurous, while their concerts have been described as exciting. Some of their credits are a Dutch Grammy, international tours and the release of 10 CD’s.

Beside their collaboration with the Dutch Metropole Orchestra they did a project with Het Nederlands Kamerkoor (the Dutch Chamber Choir), and created an improvised opera. As real musical chameleons they perform their original music internationally with their small jazz ensemble Van Vugt/Vandoorn (aka Vandoorn), with Big Bizar Habit: an 11-piece chamber jazz ensemble, and in solo and duo concerts.

LINE-UP
The Metropole Orchestra conducted by Vince Mendoza and John Clayton
Ineke Vandoorn - vocals/lyrics
Marc van Vugt - guitars/composition/arrangements

ABOUT THE METROPOLE ORCHESTRA
The Metropole Orchestra is a true phenomena in jazz for more than half a century. The orchestra is acclaimed for its large-scale television productions in The Netherlands and abroad and its collaboration with big stars. Besides jazz, they play musical, film, pop, cabaret and contemporary music like no other orchestra in the world. Since a decenium, Vince Mendoza is their chef conductor.

LINKS
www.metropoleorkest.nl