SNARKY PUPPY - LINGUS - Ryan Mear Reacts 

Yup that is the legendary Larnell Lewis (drummer). He is one of the best drummer out there. Just a beast musician.

Since I discovered this performance, watching other people's reactions to it has been an abiding pleasure. I know I'm not alone in that either. This is a generational performance that will go down in music history. Clearly, Cory Henry is plugged directly into wherever music comes from but all of the musicians here are masters of the highest level and they support him perfectly.

the drummer is larnell lewis hes probably one of the best there is

@5:09 That trumpeter with that initially drawn-out bending note and then his flurry, seems to be paying homage to Miles. Also, his processed sound, going through the flanger pedal is also very Miles. The sax wailing as it did also seems to be something borrowed, i suspect another homage there too. The great thing about these reaction videos is that most of us already know what's coming, so we are all thinking, if you like that, wait to till get a load of what's coming. ;0) And then there's how this piece ends. That hint of the Hammond organ. You just know there's another idea that should have, could have, would have followed. but that's all she wrote.

Great reaction. What impresses me with Snarky Puppy even more is I)this was written by the bass player ii) the song was written 2 days before being recorded for this video iii) the keyboardist Cory Henry was going to play drums because they didn't have a drummer for this session and iv) Larnell Lewis the drummer flew overnight from the US to Amsterdam to record this and only had one rehearsal then played like that. These guys are in another league.

The trumpet soloist has a wah pedal, dude! That's what gives it that bendy sound

Everyone talks about larnell or course but the guy next to the solo keyboardist is a grammy winner musician

Something rarely even mentioned is this is IN 5/4; the verse is a very slow 5 and the middle section is double the tempo of the verse. On one of the live versions, M. League says it’s their version of ‘dub-step’. The group was formed at what is now called University of Northern Texas (called North Texas State when I was a kid) and a Mecca for jazz musicians for decades. Another of theirs to catch is a love song in 14/4 called “Don’t You Know” featuring musical genius Jacob Collier (along with N.O. souzaphonist Big Ed Lee) …and another rabbit hole to fall into when you see what JACOB does. The goose bumps you feel experiencing this music don’t stop over time.

When the music is so good you have an existential crisis>>>

As a brass player for the last 20 years myself, trumpets can absolutely bend notes with their embouchure, and what you’re hearing here is a combination of bending with the lips, half valving, and a Wah pedal.

And that heartbeat sound while he plays the keys! ❤️

Nice reaction Ryan! The drummer Larnell Lewis is indeed a VERY humble and talented player. He has few interesting videos in Zildjian and Drumeo channels. Seems like there are few Band Maid fans here who also like this performance ( and Larnell), I love band maid too!

Between Michael League (SP Bass), Bill Beller (Aristocrat Bass) and Misa, that is the "holy Grail" of bass tone and groove I'm searching for. BTW, these are mostly college educated musicians, mostly out of Texas, lol! Corey Henry's solo, the best, and Larnel Lewis (Drums) was a fill-in. He learned all of the tracks recorded in this session while on the long flight to Amsterdam (recording site). Prior to his arrival, the band was "emptily" rehearsing, thinking this was not going to workout. The rest is Grammy history, Po! BTW, that is the same Larnel Lewis that listened to a track then played it on Drumeo. This is musicianship masterclass, Po! Oh, they just finished recording a "Live" like the one you're listening to, in Dallas.

The trumpet player has a foot peddle I think like a woowoo.

Yes, the trumpet player is bending notes. That is accomplished by a combination of pushing a valve or valves in halfway & moving his lips.

Trumpet player uses a guitar pedal board, wah, distortions, delays, chorus, etc...very original! If you can ever see them live, takes this to even a new level. These guys can change a bad day in one or two songs...

Music, the force that feeds the soul. In a room full of musicians, you can see the awe on their faces, the highest praise.

The keyboardist and the drummer are ridiculous! Like seriously. Ahh, I love a band with a great drummer, and the way he controlled the mood during the keyboard solo was so satisfying to listen to.

Actually one of the best reactions ever

A word that I rarely use....AWESOME!

You can do the bending of notes on the trumpet by adjusting the tightness of your lips as you play. He's also switching froma clean mic to a mic with effects when he solos.

I found this band 5 years ago(about the same time i found Band-Maid), the song "What about me?" from the same album and I end up bought every CDs they have, IMHO, this is definitely a new age of big band you can only find from this band. Snarky Puppy and Band-Maid is my heavily repeat playlist in my car.

I don’t even know how many times I’ve watched this in the past five years or so. Not bad for a last minute fill in drummer huh? Larnell is just next level. The bass player, Michael League, is the leader and composer.

Yours is one of the best reactions I've seen to this piece on RU-vid by anyone. It is fantastic to watch someone 'get it' right off the bat!! Thanks

Snarky Puppy was my rabbit hole just before I discover Band Maid. They are my favorite bands. This song opens my eyes to the role of the drummer during the solos and in general Larnell Lewis opens my eyes to drums. The album was recorded live, the musicians and the public uses headphones to listen to the mix. All this album is available on their youtube channel. If you like the drummer I recommend from this same session "What About Me?" (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fuhHU_BZXSk.html) The participation of Larnell in this session has his own history, instead of spoiling it here I recommend that you add to the reaction of the previous song the short clip "Snarky Puppy We Like It Here - Larnell Arrives" (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EvxN7wCjSis.html)

A very musical drummer like Ed Warby on Ayreon and Star One compositions by Arjen Anthony Lucassen.

Bro we all made that same brain-melt faces the first time we heard it too! 🤣 Welcome to the Snarky Puppy fan club, glad to have ya!

Glad you did this. As mentioned on your Patreon, this song is, oddly, what led my to "discovery" of Band-Maid. Shows the value of reactors in a way. I was watching a drummer guy react to Larnell Lewis and the Lingus song, when I noticed the drummer had also reacted to someone named Akane and Band-Maid. 4 months later and I can't stop listening to Band-Maid every day now. Band-Maid and Snarky Puppy will probably be the only 2 live shows I see this decade and they are so wildly different it's kind of funny. I love them both.

Great reaction video probably my favorite one for Lingus and I swear I've seen 30+ of them. The goosebumps at 6:34 say it all, a truly amazing performance. Guitar and trumpet and of course Larnell have to be my favorite parts.

The obvious standouts are Cory and Larnell but fair play to Nate Werth, the percussionist and Michael League the composer/bass player for amazing work.

5/4 done right!! They played this in one take. I've needed several takes to listen to it!

Trumpet soloist had a wah pedal on his mic

Dude saw into the musical dimension and let that shit flow onto us. We have been baptized by the sound.

Yess! It's finally here! And YES. that is THE drummer. A little tidbit about Larnell Lewis (the drummer) and this show. Snarky Puppy's regular drummer was sick and couldn't do this show so they contacted Larnell 2 days before. He learned THE WHOLE SET on the plane traveling from canada(?) to europe. The man is a beast, a legend. There's SO much fantastic FUSION music you haven't heared yet and Im'a gonna throw it all into your face. Much love, Shabbo

The rest of the show is just as awesome if not better.Great reaction!

I really appreciate your reaction Ryan. I saw this video many times and introduced it to my friends. These are elite musicians. And Larnell Lewis...one of my favorite drummers for sure! I have also binged watched many of his drum performances. You really should check out "What About Me?" by Snarky Puppy from the same concert. Larnell is incredible on this song.

You *can* bend notes a bit with your mouth on brass instruments, yeah. You can't go too far because of the way the instruments work on fixed resonances, but certainly enough to get this kind of pitch stretching, etc. Trombone obviously has a lot of tricks you can play with the slide, but even with keyed valves like trumpets have, you can get some pitch play out of fiddling the valves a little.

great reaction! i love that you praise the drums here.. most people tend to focus more on the Keyboard solo, which is amazing nonetheless but for me...yeah. drummer is on a different kind of planet!

It always makes me so happy to see someone who maybe doesn’t listen to this type of stuff on a regular basis, absolutely just have their mind melted. Not just by one musician, but everyone in the video. This song 100% will be referred to in modern music textbooks, if it’s not already. Keys, drums, bass, horns, guitars. There’s something for everyone here

Sometimes it's gratifying to see react videos acknowledge my taste in music. It's not often when react videos turn professional musicians into children again, listening with amazement and a sense of wonder. SP is music for musicians. And it takes a lot to not be stumped, in spite of being in the same business. I feel like I speak for many others when I say specifically an album of that magnitude is a once in a generation experience. The last time I had a sensation like this I was a child myself, listening to Wu-Tang, Fugees and Dr. Dre (well, my brother was, I just happened to hear it) and later to RHCP and Led Zeppelin.

A damn talented group of musicians!

What a sincere and moving reaction!

You should check out more Snarky Puppy songs or maybe even some of Larnell Lewis' originals

Did he play all those notes from nowhere?? Impressive Cory Henry! 🤝🏾

Ryan, this was F A N T A S T I C!!! I absolutely loved it. Like Band-Maid, musicianship is the key to exceptional music. Wow!

Hey, Ryan. These guys are good. If you'd like to also hear something special, look into Senri Kawaguchi. Senri has been one of the top drummers in the world since about the age of 12. She’s 25 now. All the top players want time with her and has recorded with many of the greats. She has a number of excellent jazz fusion albums and is always in 4 or 5 groups at a time. She even plays great hard rock prog fusion as well as straight on jazz. She did a lot of this while she attending college, too!! I've been following Senri Kawaguchi for more than a decade and consider her to be one of the best drummers in the world. In fact, I found Band-Maid through Senri. My list goes something like this: Senri the best all-round drummer (Akane the best hard rock drummer); Band-Maid is the best Hard Rock band; The Warning the best original rock band; Hiromi Uehara the best jazz fusion pianist; Yuja Wang the best classical pianist; and Tatiana Smailyuk from Jinjer the best Metal vocalist -- amazingly, all women! Here's a 1-minute, drum-thunder by Senri Kawaguchi: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uZMdWEQ5IG8.html&lc= Quaratuned Music Fest: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jO8VlSqw7do.html Triangle Live: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qRBiPqoXtdU.html

Daamn... what a groove. This is awesome. I´ve enjoyed a lot.

Does the end of this sound like The Price is Right to anybody else? That combination of horns and synth.

You like Larnell. How about Larnell with 2 other drummers. Snarky Puppy-Bad kids to the Back. Great reaction by the way.

A classic. Gets better and better every time

You're speechlessness is amazing!!!

Best honest reaction ever.

Thanks Ryan! 👍

Cory Henry, the keyboardist, has his own group now. There's a nice set by them on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert RU-vid channel. Somebody said the other keys player starts laughing because Cory isn't just wailing that keyboard lead with his faster right hand, he's doubling it with his left.

12:03 to 12:10. . . Your silence speaks volumes. . How can you describe this music? Sort answer. . . You can't! . . It's beyond mere *WORDS* . This music is an art form of it's own. . I'm sure people will be speechless (as you were) about it when they first hear it 200 years from now!

Amazing "band", with a handful of core members Michael League has put together some amazing music. Check out his video on the making of "We like it here" (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5p5sEewsYNM.html).

You HAVE to do What About Me by them next. The drummer goes OFF!!!! He's top 5 drummer ever in my book now. There's a top 5 drum moments by Larnell Lewis that's worth a reaction. His #3 on that video is right up there with Moby Dick. Total badass!

Sigh I wish I had even just the drumming talent of Mr Lewis's little toe 😄 Amazing, thanks Ryan 👍

LOVE this! 😁

Great reaction 👍

Yeah man. Yeahhhh.... Loved your reaction top to bottom. PEACE

6 minutes in, the real absurdity hasn't begun, and you're blown away. As you should be. Fasten your seatbelt

Trumpet Player here... Yes you can bend with half-key mutes and a little change in embouchure. It's more like a muting combined with going flat or sharp by opening/closing the throat and/or tightening the jaw/lips.

Drummer learned the set on the plane ride over lol...

I believe Mr Lewis learned drum part on plane flight to this performance.. He's making me concidering putting my kit up for sale🥁🤣🤘

You have been Lingused! Welcome! Corey goes to Andromeda.

Wah-wah pedal on the trumpet. "What About Me" from the same release to watch Larnell really have some fun. Also, as you watch it again (because you certainly will) try to keep an eye on the guys in the booth. :-)

Larnell (drummer) learned all the songs for this recording on the flight over to record them. He's absurd.

Great vid....awesome

Yup. Snarky with Jacob Collier is at least as impressive and he's quite the keyboardist, too even more so on his own recordings, although that's just one of the 20 instruments or so that he plays. And then there is that vocal range and precision. He's up to 5 Grammys now. Moon River is one of them. All Night Long: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nspqYGz-Z1s.html with Snarky: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kqHiMTwkrWs.html Moon River: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VPLCk-FTVvw.html

Loved your reaction video man, I've watched a hell of a lot of them to snarky puppy (because I never tire of hearing the music) and yours is one of my favourites. First time I have seen heard this track my reactions were similar, mind blowing stuff. Definately going to check out more of your content, you're really into music I can tell. Respect 👊🏻 P.s. Please have a listen to Larnell Lewis zildjian Live and react if you can, you will enjoy it for sure

There's a dude named Joshua Meader who does that key solo on a guitar and it's completely bonkers. This was the first song that went over my head musically. Like it sounds cool to me and i get that it's difficult stuff to play, but musicians talk about it like it's the 2nd coming and that made me feel left out because i don't speak the musical language from a player perspective. Usually i find difficult music to be fairly inclusive but this song makes me feel uninvited. It actually made me start learning more about music to bridge that gap. If any of that made sense lol

Welcome to the Snarky Puppy rabbit hole! I'm seeing them live a week from today!!! And now you're ready to learn how they did what they did during that session. Not to react...just enjoy! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5p5sEewsYNM.html

Around 2:40 I just wanted to say hang on brother Ryan. lol

This one always leaves me breathless. Someone probably mentioned, but Lionel Lewis was called about a day before to cover for their original drummer, and he learned all the songs on the album in something like a 17-hour flight. Here's a great short documentary on this tour: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5p5sEewsYNM.html

Do Dirty Loops!

He's bending the notes with the valves....VERY hard to do while maintaining proper air flow and volume of the notes without sounding flat or sharp.

Huge fan of Snarky Puppy, and especially this performance. They led me to Dirty Loops, another obsession, and watching a Dirty Loops reaction got me to your reaction today, LOL. I really enjoyed your reaction, will like/subscribe. If you aren't a Dirty Loops fan yet, have a listen. Work Shit Out is a great place to start. It's a whole different breed of insanity and unbelievable talent...

Love the channel .....check out Trinity by snarky puppy if you haven't and also zildgian live featuring larnell lewis ...FUCKING EPIC!!!!!

Point 1: Yes. There is only music. People want to divide music into this and that and the other; we like this and don't like that ... Jazz (Dixieland? Swing? Beebop? Modern? Free? Fusion?) or Classical (Baroque? Romantic? 20th Cerntury? Minimalist? Post-minimalist?) or Rock (Blues? Classic? Metal? Industrial? Death?). It's all bogus. There is only music. Point 2: Yes. It is a big world and there are many excellent musicians in it. Even if you could spend your entire life listening to music you could never hope to catch up to it all. It's just a bit humbling. Point 3: Yes, you can bend notes on brass instruments (actually, certain notes are inherently a little out of tune so you have to "pre-bend" them to play in tune with everyone else), same as reed instruments. He was also pushing the valves down part way. No, it is not easy; it's hard to control. Point 4: YES! Snarky Puppy! A Denton TX band! The music school at the University of North Texas is insanely competitive. It's not enough to be good; I became a software engineer.

Do you really need to over compress the audio so much? The music gets the worst part of this, it sounds horrible... :(