The best "puppy" I know! 🐶| Snarky Puppy, Shofukan 

Just for funsies: Name your favorite dog breed. Purebred or mutt!

Snarky Puppy's song "Lingus" is a clinic in time manipulation by the drummer, and their most viewed song. That should be the next reaction.

Great, finally you find Snarky! Lingus has a keyboard solo that has gone into jazz history books. A must see! The Curtain is an other kind of Snarky experience

The "clapping sound" is a cymbal placed on top of a drum, Larnell is hitting it with his left hand

The whole album is a masterpiece. You're at the beginning of the rabbit hole and you won't regret it. Enjoy!

Don't feel bad about not knowing of Snarky Puppy until now. One of those things that it's better late than never. I'm hoping to go see them live if they perform in the UK again.

Loved the reaction, this is one of my favorites! Looking forward to many more. ☺️ Fun fact: Shofukan is actually the name of a hotel they stayed in while recording the album in the netherlands! The middle eastern vibe you get is absolutely correct, I think the base player/band leader Michael League said he got the inspiration from some Morrocan music playing in a mall somewhere but he thought the third beat was the one, or something like that!

Shofukan is often the last song they will play at a concert, with all the public singing along. And when the audience keeps singing while going out of the venue, you know they have spent a good time. So good. It does not generally happen for jazz concerts... "We like it here" is to my mind the best Snarky Puppy album. All musicians are at the top of their game. Larnell Lewis, the drummer, learned his parts in the plane going to this gig. And he is fantastic.

Michael League, the bassist, is the leader of the group and the principal composer. The core members were students at the University of North Texas. Stellar musicians from all over join the group from time to time. Did you notice that no one is reading a chart. Amazing! Your reactions are the best! I am learning a lot from you. Thanks!

the guitar is doing a 5/4 real quick over the 4/4 beat which gives the ending an awesome feel.

Great reaction! Listen to everyone yelling “Lingus,” but after that look for “Sleeper” for talkbox heaven. 😁

Justin Stanton (Trumpet, Keys) is my young cousin and I've seen The Pups 5 times. Great bunch of guys. I didn't see any egos, just incredibly talented friends having fun.

Oh yeah. And to top it all off? This drummer, Larnell Lewis (who has since joined the band) was a last-minute fill-in when the normal drummer had passport issues. He had about 48 hours' notice and literally learned the entire album _on the flight over._ They did a couple of quick rehearsals earlier in the evening, then just freaking played the live-recording album, and he did _that!_ I mean, they did do several shows, but yeah... bonkers. I'm _fairly_ sure I remember there being a flute solo or two in their catalog as well, but I can't recall off the top of my head.

Great reaction! Snarky Puppy is the holy grail for musicians imho :). The „electronic clapping“ sound btw is an analog one. Larnell Lewis (the drummer) has a little splash cymbal laying flat on his side-snare. When he hits the cymbal it produces this unique sound with the help of the snare.

there's life before Snarky Puppy and life after, welcome to your afterlife! 🙂 Love your reactions as a proper musician (cellist here). Make sure you add Sleeper to your shortlist for the next one, and after that and Lingus (which are both from this same 2013 session) maybe try Trinity from a year ago, see where the band is 10 years later.

I got to see them in Kalamazoo last year and it was amazing start to finish. There were some personnel differences (I missed seeing Larnelle) but it was fun seeing different brass players, guitar players, keyboard players switching out for different tunes. I felt like they had a fair number of players off stage just waiting their turn. Lots of musicians playing very well together to just make good music. They also had more audience engagement than I expected. It was a sold out theater of people who knew a lot more of their stuff than I did, but it was non-stop excellence for a very appreciative audience.

Great band, great reaction! Next "Lingus", please. 🐾

Thank you so much for pointing out that Nate Werth (percussion) is playing along with the drums during the vocal break. I wish they had shown what he was dojng. Everybody thinks it's just the drummer. I just came from watching your reaction to Jethro Tull and I think I'm gonna have to subscribe. I can't wait to see more Snarky Puppy reactions. Everybody is suggesting Lingus, but I'm going to suggest What About Me, Tio Macacao (it has flute!) and Skate U. Enjoy!

Welcome to Snarky Puppy. I've seen them twice, and it's mind blowing from start to finish. They have made the majority of their albums like this, with a select group of people as a live audience. They usually record everything twice and take the best run for the album. For a good while, they were recording each concert, and you could buy the recording at the concert, and download it the next day. It's pretty cool that I can go back and listen to a studio quality recording of a concert I attended. Snarky is centered around the bassist, Michael League, who more or less is the bandleader, albeit one who lets the brilliance of each player shine and work together. Michael will tell you that that is his strength, to bring the right people together to make magic. As others have said, "Lingus" is a must, and from this album "Sleeper" is also worth checking out. From Family dinner Vol 1, check out "Something" featuring Lalah Hathaway. Besides Snarky Puppy itself, they have their own record label, GroundUp Records. There is a lot of variety on the label, and all of it is worth checking out. Jazz with hammered dulcimer? House of Waters is fantastic (Try "Kites"). Venezuelan cuatro? C4 Trio ("Coroticos"). Becca Stevens and the Secret Trio (Oud, Kanuun, and clarinet), is lovely ("California"). One I'm very excited for is a new signee to the label, Varijashree Venugopal, jazz and Carnatic vocalist and traditional Indian flute (bansuri) player. "Harivaa Jhari" is beautiful with a stunning music video.

Awesome to see you find Snarky Puppy! Some flute action to add into the mix after checking out the mandatory Lingus: - Tio Macaco (We Like It Here, 2014) - Semente (Culcha Vulcha, 2016)

Oh, Man!!! If Only I could relive the First time I heard the Snarky Puppy! ❤❤ If Ever you get the chance to see them 'Live', it's completely worth the effort!

Larnell Lewis is an amazing drummer. Theres a fun video of him on drumeo where he hears a Metallica song for the 1st time with no drums and comes up with a terrific performance after a single listen.

That "la madre, it's so good" took my by surprise XD Yes, it's my first time watching a video of yours, so perdona que no lo supiera.

The drummer has such a high musical IQ! Watch his The City Lights - Drum Solo. It is so AMAZING!!!! He is my favorite drummer right now.

Saw them live several years back, if you see them touring go, just go you will have a great time !

Enjoyed your reaction to this . couple of mind blowing facts .the drummer larnel learnt this on the plane on the way to studio .and the trumpet solo is by a guy who is normally the keyboard player .I think you would like outlier next

LINGUS! LINGUS! LINGUS! 🙂

I’ve been listening to their last album « Empire Central » almost once a day for about one year and never get tired of it…

More Snarky ! I subbed for Snarky Puppie and Ren.✌️🇨🇦

Larnell Lewis is known for hearing a new song once, then playing it. Have you heard of Dizzy Gillespie? Look him up. I was fortunate to see him on a riverfront, a great backdrop for his style of music.

The eighth notes towards the end were a 5 note sequence, making a polyrhythm against the 4/4 time. Very cool.

your into the best rabbit hole ever!

What About Me? and Lingus should be next! The whole project is perfect!

2x Avid S6L consoles. 128 channels of input AND output, from what I remember. Every single audience member basically got the final mix LIVE in their headphones. Every single band member has their own preferred mix on top of that, and then the drum kit itself has like a dozen or so mics. Snarky Puppy's sound engineering is what allows them to be SO DAMN TIGHT and still sound completely open and loose. You can see the control room absolutely LOSING it in other videos where the band just goes off lol.

Love seeing someone discover the greatness of Snarky Puppy late in the game as I did. They are really peak musicianship...just saw them live, it was an experience. 😅 MORE SNARKY REACTIONS!

Hola NittPicc! The Warning are dropping a new Official Music Video for their new Spanish song "Que Mas Quieres" tomorrow. The credits show Pau, the drummer for Original Idea, Director and Screenplay. It's going to be LOCURA!!! You should check it out. The link is on their Official RU-vid channel. Thanks!

Welcome to the Snarky Puppy rabbit hole; enjoy your stay. Check the info box for a complete listing of musicians playing on this track. Background data: The band was formed at North Texas University in Denton, TX, which has been a mecca for the finest jazz musicians for literally decades. They are currently based in Brooklyn, NY. Michael League is the bassist/composer/arranger/ ring leader for this group. The arrangements are done in Logic and each musician learns not only his part, but every part, to hear how each part fits in the larger scheme of things. Fun fact: The drummer, Larnell Lewis, is a last minute substitution who literally learned basically the entire set on the plane ride over. I would wholeheartedly endorse reacting to “Lingus”, “Something” (feat: Lalah Hathaway), or “Binky”. The one who did the video production of this, sadly, passed away (I can’t remember his full name but I believe his first name is Andy).

Your breakdown is great! I'm here for more Snarky Puppy!

Welcome to the SP train! Love your commentary. For further departure into middle eastern & Asian influences (AND AN UPFRONT FLUTE LEAD LINE) - consider 'Semente', from their 'Culcha Vulcha' CD. Love your channel!

I love how much you loved this trumpet solo! Totally agree with it being sexy af! And then you find out that that trumpet player? Normally plays keyboard. \*mic drop*

I was a "semi-pro" trumpet player WAY long ago. At the beginning of this, I was thinking, "I could've played that. BUT.... after the early "straight-forward" play, he went into a whole different universe. Incredible improvisation! His bends and half-valving was SO well controlled that my jaw dropped. I had great sounding chops, but NEVER that level of "feel." He's outstanding. I was focused on HIM just based on my background. The REST of this huge ensemble was ALSO phenomenal. Great reaction, and GREAT artist choice!

Amo a Snarky Puppy son una maravillosa banda

This is the first "puppy" band I've heard of since Bubble Puppy.

There's also three (four?) other percussionists besides Larnell on the kit 😊

Love your reaction. Please please do all of this album and the newest empire central released last year won a Grammy. My playlist has over 60 snarky puppy songs on it. I will watch every review you do of Snarky puppy. I'm here for it.🎉🎉🎉

Snarky Puppy is my other favorite go to on my playlist - so much great music!

There is a short documentary on the making of this album (We Like It Here) on the youtubes. It's worth a watch.

More snarky breakdown please . fascinating 👍

It's a crush on the snare that give this slaping sound

Great reaction! You’d get a kick out of Dirty Loops and Polyphia as well if you don’t already know those bands! 😊

band maid - WITHOUT HOLDING BACK reaction please !!! 🔥

Open your mid-weeks videos is as open a box of good surprises.

Snarky also did "Don't You Know" with Jacob Collier which has a couple of masterful quiet improvised piano solos. And then you might want to react Jacob himself, starting with the early stuff and covers like "All Night Long", Moon River", "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" before moving on to his own songs like "Little Blue" (Mahogany Sessions) or "Hideaway". I understand the feeling about being embarrassed about not knowing about some great talents that have been around a while with a genius like Collier who then led me to Snarky, Chris Thile, Dirty Loops, Dodie, Mahala, Tori Kelly, Yebba, Daniel Caesar and several others. You should check out all of them. Here's an early sample from a teen Jacob that led Quincy Jones to sign him: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pvKUttYs5ow.html

Border Collie (obviously). Snarky Puppy is such a simple idea: A bassist and composer (Mike League) gathers the absolute elite of session musicians and multiple Grammy winners in a room and creates magic (notice that none of them ever use sheet music). The drummer, Larnell Lewis, was called into Amsterdam to play the drums on short notice, thus he learnt his drumming part while listening to demos while crossing the Atlantic. This is by the way how they record their (obviously) Grammy-winning albums - in a huge room with an audience all listening through headphones while recording one-takes. Because, of course, they do. Next, you want to listen to Lingus (from the same recording session). You will earn the finest keyboard solo performed in the 21st century (by a Grammy-winning keyboardist) making his Grammy-winning colleague on the instrument take off his headset and leave mid-session). You definitely want to hear them with Lalah Hathaway on vocals (Snarky Puppy feat. Lalah Hathaway - Something (Family Dinner - Volume One)) as her vocals make Lewis stop drumming in the middle of the song for reasons you will hear but not quite believe.

16:46 you can refer to this sound as the moog sound and everyone knows what you mean.

Please marry me, So lovely to witness people who get it.

Cool.

SiNGER GABRiEL HENRiQUE

wow AI so good now

I'm delighted you've found Snarky Puppy, and enjoy them. I'd hoped you'd enjoy their music. I feel their music is *Glorious.* It's cross genre, complex, yet very approachable. I'm even more delighted you started with "Shofukan", and didn't jump to "Lingus" first. "Lingus" has a 4 minute-ish synth solo. It's amazing, but maybe it's better to 'taste' more of the 'flavours' of Snarky Puppy before plunging into that? Maybe try _"Tio Macaco" (...)_ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-y0bcTSDFScg.html It's funky, with a Latin groove, and joyous. The percussionists 'work their butts off'. Or _"Kite" (...)_ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eFUOZ5PI3m8.html which begins full of light and air, but has drama. People will probably tell you the drummer, Larnell Lewis, 'learned' all the songs on a 7½ hour transatlantic flight. That is not true, and it's more complex. Larnell was a very late replacement for the drummer, 'Sput', that Michael League had invited to play on the album ('Sput' had a visa issue). Larnell only had a few days notice. Larnell had played with Snarky Puppy before, but AFAIK, only playing drum parts composed by others, eg. 'Sput'. Larnell took a 'red eye' across the Atlantic to The Netherlands, arriving on the first day of recording, and getting to the studio a couple of hours late (because the taxi they'd booked to pick him up at the airport didn't show up). The video _Snarky Puppy We Like It Here - Larnell Arrives_ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EvxN7wCjSis.html (2m:43s) explains some of this. It's worth watching, it explains some of the process and is funny, and impressive. The music wasn't 'finished'. Larnell had recordings of the core compositions, but they weren't complete. They didn't have the drum parts. Larnell 'learned' two songs, and composed the drum parts before boarding the trans-Atlantic flight. On the flight he 'learned' the remaining songs and composed their drum parts. To be transparent, Snarky Puppy rehearsed two songs during the day, then recorded those two songs each evening with the studio audience, for four days. It wasn't one marathon recording session. Larnell had to rehearse his drum parts with the rest of Snarky Puppy, because they hadn't heard them before. Larnell explains the 'learning songs' part on his Drumeo video _Larnell Lewis Hears A Song Once And Plays It Perfectly_ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vIW72VXMPHo.html (11m:31s). Larnell uses the term 'learned songs' in his explanation, so some people think the drum parts already existed, and Larnell was memorising them. However, if you listen to his Drumeo explanation and think carefully, 'learning' means learning the parts that exist then composing drum parts to complete the music. If you're unsure, you can even cross check that the drum parts didn't exist by listening to the "We Like It Here" interviews, specifically to percussionist Nate Werth who was playing a beat for the rehearsals before Larnell arrived. Best Wishes. ☮

Not my favorite track from this session, it's still good though. Lingus and What About me are stellar. And that low end hum thing you have going on in your audio, I don't know what that is, but you need to figure that out, and get it outta there.

Pls react to LOVEBITES new bassist Fami channel bass cover Alien Alien(viewed 11M) mind your jaw....

Let me nit pic your reaction. If you don't understand structure of Jazz Ensembles, you'd been better off just "reacting" rather than guessing at what is actually happening. Snarky Puppy isn't a band, it's a family of very talented musicians, all contributing and sharing. The whole album displays that shared complimentary performance throughout.