Jules Buckley | |
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 Buckley performing in 2024 | |
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| Birth name | Julian Buckley |
| Born | 8 January 1980 Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England [1] |
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| Member of | Metropole Orkest, The Heritage Orchestra |
| Website | www.julesbuckley.com |
Julian "Jules" Buckley (born 8 January 1980) [2] is an English conductor, composer, and arranger.
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]
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.
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 the "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.
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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]
| 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 |
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