What do you get when you mix the talent of José James with one of the world's best orchestras? Sheer musical magic. Some lucky folks who attended a special concert in Amsterdam this week got to experience a bit of that magic firsthand as José and The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra joined forces to perform a few tracks from José's recent album No Beginning No End as well as a few George Gershwin classics, including "Summertime" from Gershwin's well-known score for Porgy and Bess. For those of us whose passports haven't recently been stamped from trips to the Netherlands, one attendee was kind enough to tape a bit of the performance and share it online. In the clip, we get to see what José and Robert Glasper's "Vanguard" sounds like with a full orchestral arrangement. While the album version is, itself, perfection, this takes that perfection up a few notches with lush strings, soft woodwinds and brassy horns that make the song like a dream. Check out the video and be sure to listen to the full show here. [H/T: OKP]
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