” Odyssee “
One day when the urge to start creating this (quasi) debut album became too strong to suppress, something profound occurred to me. The mere existence of music, with its unrivaled ability to point toward hope, meaning and redemption even in the darkest of times suddenly seemed reason enough to make even the most cynical person ponder upon the reason of our existence. What if music betrayed a genuine hope and purpose for mankind in stead of an illusory one in an otherwise gloomy universe? If so, music might actually be telling us a cosmic love story reminiscent of the one contained in the world’s most famous collection of ancient writings. Furthermore if I was created with the ability and desire to create, all credits of my music would belong to the initial Creator who actually proved Himself determined to redeem this world by becoming our living hope in an ultimate act of love. When this chain of thought crystallized it unintendedly removed a burden to hunger for acclaim and instead trust in the One who was able to create T-Rexes, trees and tenor sax players. The making of this album seemed destined to become a true Odyssey away from the shores of cynicism, fear and indifference in search of the narrative of hope we al long for and which route, like nothing else, music seems to be able to guide.
Paul van der Feen
- Paul van der Feen Piano, Wurlitzer, Clarinet and Saxes.
- Clemens van der Feen E Bass and Double Bass
- Anton Goudsmit Guitar
- Roy Dackus Drums
Non exhaustive Discography
Metropole Orchestra/Bigband
2014 Snarky Puppy w Metropole Orchestra (Not released yet)
2014 Robert Glasper X with Metropole Orchestra (To be released on Blue Note)
2014 Laura Mvula Sing to the Moon
2013 Gregory Porter live
2013 Sabrina Stark (Blue Note)
2012 Al Jarreau and the Metropole Orchestra Grammy nomination
2012 Tribute to Charles Mingus/ Better get hit in the soul
2011 Alain Clark/Live with the Metropole Orchestra
2011 Edu Lobo and the Metropole Orchestra
2010 John Scofield/54 Grammy Award
2010 Ruth Jacott/Billy Holiday tribute
2009 Stef Bos/ In een ander licht
2009 Ivan Lins and the Metropole Orchestra Latin Grammy Award
2009 Velu Halkosalmi/ Solo flight
2009 Metropole Orchestra w Vince Medoza Joe Zawinul Tribute Fast city
2008 Jim Beard/ Revolutions
2008 Barry Hay/ The big band theory
2007 Peter en de Wolf/Prokofiev w Gunther Schuller
2006 Marco C de Bruin/ La vie est belle
2005 Elvis Costello/ My flame burns blue
Paul van der feen
2016 Inception feat Alex Sipiagin (Vinyl)
2013 Odyssee
2006 Dances
2005 Vanderfeen Kwartet
2005 Live at the Beetle
Clemens van der Feen Band
2013 14PM
2011 High Places
Feenbrothers
2005 Conversations w Paula Morelenbaum
1995 Free
Jeroen Vrolijk
2010 New Morning NY w Oz Noy
Clazz Ensemble
2010 Frederico on broadway
2011 Delta suite
Jula Aimee
2011 Let go
Konstantin Ruchadze
2011 Upstream Hermit
2010 Around the world in space and time
2009 The Hymn forever
Seven Eleven
2004
Live in Paris