Snarky Puppy is a Grammy-winning instrumental fusion band from Denton, Texa… Read Full Bio ↴Snarky Puppy is a Grammy-winning instrumental fusion band from Denton, Texas led by bassist, composer and producer Michael League. Formed in Denton, Texas in 2004, the band features a collective of nearly 30 musicians, referred to as "The Fam" on their recordings and tours. The musicians perform on a variety of instruments including guitars, keyboards, saxophones, brass, percussion and strings. Many of the current and former band members were once students at the University of North Texas.
The band released their debut album "Live at Uncommon Ground" in 2005 and began touring extensively after their second album "The Only Constant" in 2006. Snarky Puppy's first four albums were released under Sitmom Records. Their fifth album, "Tell Your Friends" was released in 2010 under Ropeadope Records.
In 2013, Snarky Puppy embarked on their biggest project yet with the "Family Dinner Volume One." They teamed up with some of their favorite vocalists in the world for a live recording at the Jefferson Center in Roanoke, Virginia. Their Performance of the song "Something" with Lalah Hathaway has earned them a 2014 Grammy for Best R&B Performance.
Snarky Puppy's leader, Michael League, was interviewed and written about in the 2010 book release "The New Face of Jazz: An intimate look at today's living legends and the artists of tomorrow" by Cicily Janus. The author cites League's self-termed music as "jafunkadansion" for its genre-bending qualities of instrumental and dance music. Cicily Janus also comments the "group Snarky Puppy is one of the most inventive in sound and funk since Maynard Ferguson's fusion years."
Band Members:
Michael League – bass guitar, oud, percussion
Jay Jennings – trumpet, flugelhorn
Mike Maher – trumpet, flugelhorn
Chris Bullock – tenor and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, alto flute, bansuri, percussion
Bob Reynolds – tenor saxophone
Zach Brock – violin
Bill Laurance – piano, keyboards
Shaun Martin – keyboards
Bobby Sparks II – keyboards
Justin Stanton – keyboards, trumpet
Bob Lanzetti – guitars
Mark Lettieri – guitars
Chris McQueen – guitars
Larnell Lewis – drums
Jamison Ross – drums
Jason "JT" Thomas – drums
Keita Ogawa – percussion
Nate Werth – percussion
Marcelo Woloski – percussion
The band released their debut album "Live at Uncommon Ground" in 2005 and began touring extensively after their second album "The Only Constant" in 2006. Snarky Puppy's first four albums were released under Sitmom Records. Their fifth album, "Tell Your Friends" was released in 2010 under Ropeadope Records.
In 2013, Snarky Puppy embarked on their biggest project yet with the "Family Dinner Volume One." They teamed up with some of their favorite vocalists in the world for a live recording at the Jefferson Center in Roanoke, Virginia. Their Performance of the song "Something" with Lalah Hathaway has earned them a 2014 Grammy for Best R&B Performance.
Snarky Puppy's leader, Michael League, was interviewed and written about in the 2010 book release "The New Face of Jazz: An intimate look at today's living legends and the artists of tomorrow" by Cicily Janus. The author cites League's self-termed music as "jafunkadansion" for its genre-bending qualities of instrumental and dance music. Cicily Janus also comments the "group Snarky Puppy is one of the most inventive in sound and funk since Maynard Ferguson's fusion years."
Band Members:
Michael League – bass guitar, oud, percussion
Jay Jennings – trumpet, flugelhorn
Mike Maher – trumpet, flugelhorn
Chris Bullock – tenor and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, alto flute, bansuri, percussion
Bob Reynolds – tenor saxophone
Zach Brock – violin
Bill Laurance – piano, keyboards
Shaun Martin – keyboards
Bobby Sparks II – keyboards
Justin Stanton – keyboards, trumpet
Bob Lanzetti – guitars
Mark Lettieri – guitars
Chris McQueen – guitars
Larnell Lewis – drums
Jamison Ross – drums
Jason "JT" Thomas – drums
Keita Ogawa – percussion
Nate Werth – percussion
Marcelo Woloski – percussion
BAD KIDS TO THE BACK
Snarky Puppy Lyrics
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Free Your Dreams I′m ready to live this thing called life I'm take′n it…
I Asked I asked my love "What do you need To make your wild…
Something Ooh, ooh, ooh, it's something You and I have something How…
Too Hot to Last Take it off and take me in I am not your…
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Bob Schoepen jr
Special credit to the people we always forget : Nic Hard ( engineering) & Dave Mc Nair (Mastering)
Recording & mixing 3 OUTSTANDING drummers is not easy.
Dominic Madden
YES ABSOLUTELY must take ages to mix and master these tracks
Jedi Maafi
yes the mixing was awesome.
Nicolas Giliberti
Those are real heroes for me.
I.E. Tass
Thank you bob
Kelly C
That's why they didn't hire Nic Easy
J. Cordero
Larnell Lewis shooting lasers out of his eyes is the highlight of my day
Albert Suhett
True! Hahahaha
David Obaniyi
haha. Yep. We always knew his powers would develop eventually.
Masaki Hayashi
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