Conductor Vince Mendoza leads the celebrated Metropole Orchestra in a much-anticipated stage collaboration with Herbie.
The venue’s website adds this:
In 2004, the Metropole Orkest played a truly surprising concert with the legendary Herbie Hancock in the famed music venue Paradiso in Amsterdam. It was a historic evening that was much talked about. Later, with leader-conductor Vince Mendoza, the top-class Dutch orchestra played with stars like Joshua Redman, Al Jarreau, Gregory Porter and Todd Rundgren. The Metropole Orkest is perfectly suited to breathing new life into Hancock’s compositions. Reason enough for the American pianist to be thrilled with their earlier shows. “This orchestra makes my songs more beautiful,” he commented afterwards.