Snarky Puppy have announced the release of a new album, Sylva, which will drop on May 26th via Impulse!/Universal Music Classics. Not only will Sylva be the band’s first release on a major label, but it will also be their first to feature the Metropole Orkest from Holland, who joined Snarky Puppy for a live recording of the album.

Founded in 1945, the 52-piece Metropole Orkest has worked with artists like Elvis Costello, John Scofield, Tori Amos and Steve Vai in the past.

Sylva was recorded in front of a live audience of 300 people, each of whom listened to the musicians through state-of-the-art headphones. For two nights, Snarky Puppy and the Metropole Orkest performed in a lusciously decorated room, with forest landscape sculptures throughout.

You can get a taste of the album with the recently-released video of “The Curtain,” below. As a bonus, anyone who orders the album Sylva will receive a making-of DVD packaged with it!

Until then, you can catch members of Snarky Puppy at the upcoming FUNK N’ BOWL concert at the Brooklyn Bowl on April 14th, along with Marco Benevento and members of Lettuce. Head here for more information.

Snarky Puppy has also announced the following tour dates:

4.24 – New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 
4.25 – Art of Cool Festival in Pinhook in Durham, NC 
4.26 – New Mountain Theatre in Asheville, NC 
5.22 – Jacksonville Jazz Festival 
6.10 – 6.13 – SFJazz in San Francisco, CA 
6.14 – Playboy Jazz Festival in Los Angeles, CA 
6.15, 6.16 – DC Jazz Fest @ The Hamilton in Washington, DC 
6.17 – Jefferson Center in Roanoke, VA 
6.18 – Neighborhood Theatre in Charlotte, NC 
6.19 – Friday Cheers at the Brown’s Island in Richmond, VA 
6.20 – Ferguson Center for the Arts in Newport News, VA 
6.21 – Vancouver International Jazz Festival in Vancouver, BC 
6.22 – Victoria Jazz Festival in Victoria, BC 
6.23, 6.24 – City Winery in Chicago, IL 
6.25 – Millennium Park Music Series in Millennium Park – Chicago, IL 
6.28 – Saratoga Jazz Fest in Saratoga, NY 
7.31 – Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, RI 
8.1 – Watermark in New York, NY 
9.18 – Red Rocks Amphitheater in Evergreen, CO 
9.20 – Monterey Jazz Festival in Monterey, CA 
9.24 – Royce Hall (UCLA) in Los Angeles, CA 
11.20 – Eastern Washington University Jazz Dialogue Festival