Sachal Studios Orchestra has been played on NTS shows including Throwing Shade, with Take Five first played on 30 January 2016.

Global YouTube sensation Sachal Jazz interpretation of Take Five combines the sitar, sarod, tabla and dholak ( drum), with a 42 member string section, piano, drums, guitars.

The Lahore-based, veteran Pakistani ensemble infused new life into well-known Bossa Nova and Jazz standards including Dave Brubeck’s Take Five, which he said was ‘the most interesting and different recording of Take Five that I’ve heard.’

Their recent innovative jazz album prompted comparisons with Buena Vista Social Club’s rediscovery of a lost generation of Cuban musicians.

‘Listening to this exotic version of Take Five brings back wonderful memories of Pakistan where my Quartet played in 1958. East is East, and West is West, but through music the twain meet. Congratulations!’ - Dave Brubeck