Jules Buckley

Jules Buckley (born 8 January 1980) is an English conductor, composer and arranger.

Jules Buckley
Born (1980-01-08) 8 January 1980
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England
GenresEclectic, Classical, Folk, Jazz, Film score
Occupation(s)Arranger, conductor, composer
Associated actsMetropole Orkest, Heritage Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra

Personal

Buckley was born and grew up in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire in the UK.[1] He is the son of Keith Buckley (a doctor) and Joan Buckley, and attended Aylesbury Grammar School. Buckley started playing the trumpet age 9 at the Aylesbury Music Centre.[2] 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. His initial ambition was to be a jazz trumpeter, but at the Guildhall School his interests grew to include musical composition and conducting. He now lives in Berlin, Germany.

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, and chief conductor from 2013. From 2020, he is Creative Artist-in-Residence with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and also presents the BBC Radio 3 programme Classical Fix, in place of Clemency Burton-Hill,[3] who suffered a brain haemorrhage in January 2020.[4]

Collaborations

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; Michael Kiwanuka; Jonathan Jeremiah; Basement Jaxx; Massive Attack; Arctic Monkeys; John Cale; Paul Weller; Emeli Sandé; The Cinematic Orchestra; Jamie Cullum; Beardyman; 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 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.

Notable recent performances

August 2016: BBC Prom 49 with the Metropole Orkest, celebrating the music of Quincy Jones.

February 2017: Conducted The National Symphony Orchestra with Snarky Puppy at the JF Kennedy Center, Washington DC (USA).

August 2018: Returned to the BBC Proms with the Heritage Orchestra for a late-night Prom, New York Now, celebrating the changing soundscape of the Big Apple 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.

August 2019: BBC Prom 45 with the Metropole Orkest in a homage to Nina Simone, with Ledisi and Lisa Fischer to a packed Royal Albert Hall.

September 2019: BBC Prom 64 with the Heritage Orchestra and Soul Mavericks, featuring Terra & Eddie, Sunni and Lagaet, at the Royal Albert Hall.

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 Hall London.

Discography
YearProductionCooperationLabel
2006The Heritage Orchestra (CD)Heritage OrchestraBrownswood Recordings
2006 Secret Garden Natalie Williams East Side Records
2006 The Beauty Room Kirk Degiorgio Peacefrog
2006Baby, I'm Yours (Single)Arctic MonkeysDomino 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
2008Black Symphony (CD)Within Temptation and Metropole OrkestRoadrunner 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
2010Moke & Metropole Orkest (CD)Moke and Metropole OrkestPias
2010Alive 'till I'm Dead (CD)Professor GreenVirgin Records
2010 The Answer EP Unkle Surrender All
2010 Where Did the Night Fall Unkle Surrender All
2010El Encuentro (CD)Dino Saluzzi, Anja Lechner and Metropole OrkestECM
2011At Your Inconvenience (CD)Professor GreenVirgin
2011 A Solitary Man Jonathan Jeremiah Island
2011 Tangent Trish Clowes Basho
2011 A Little Brighter Pete Lawrie Island
2011Basement Jaxx vs. Metropole Orkest (CD)Basement Jaxx and Metropole OrkestXL Recordings
2011Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra – Live at The Royal Albert Hall (DVD)Tim Minchin and Heritage OrchestraUniversal Pictures UK
2012No Beginning No End (CD)Jose JamesBlue Note
2012In Motion No.1 (CD)The Cinematic OrchestraPiccadilly Records
2012Adventures in Your Own Backyard (CD)Patrick WatsonSecret City Records
2012Our Version of Events (CD)Emeli SandéVirgin
2012 Through the night Ren Harvieu Island
2012Gold Dust (CD)Jonathan JeremiahUniversal
2012 The Beauty Room II Far Out Recordings
2012Home Again (CD)Michael Kiwanuka and Metropole OrkestPolydor
2012 Clown Emeli Sandé Virgin
2012 See You on the Ice Carice van Houten EMI
2012Flavor (CD)Tori AmosDeutsche Grammophon
2012 Gold Dust Tori Amos Deutsche Grammophon
2012 No Beginning No End José James Blue Note Records
2012 Tangled Up Caro Emerald Grandmono
2013The Shocking Miss Emerald (CD)Caro EmeraldGrand 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
2015Sylva (CD)Snarky Puppy and Metropole OrkestImpulse! Records
2015Clear DayEmilie-Claire Barlow and Metropole OrkestEmpress Music Group
2016Classic HousePete Tong and Heritage OrchestraUniversal
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

References
  1. "Meet the Maestro: Jules Buckley". Rhinegold.
  2. "Grammy award for Aylesbury Grammar School alumni Jules Buckley". Bucks Herald. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  3. "Classical Fix". BBC Radio 3. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  4. "BBC presenter recovering from brain haemorrhage". BBC News. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  5. "GRAMMY Award Results for Jules Buckley". GRAMMY.com. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
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