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We Like It Here
''We Like It Here'' is an album by American jazz fusion group Snarky Puppy that was released on February 25, 2014. The track "Lingus" includes a solo on the synthesizer performed by Cory Henry.Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine Track listing Personnel * Michael League – bass guitar, Moog bass * Mike Maher – trumpet, flugelhorn * Jay Jennings – trumpet, flugelhorn * Chris Bullock – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, flute * Bob Reynolds – tenor saxophone * Yannick Hiwat – violin * Tessel Hersbach – violin * Mara Tieles – viola * Susanne Rosmolen – cello * Bill Laurance – piano, keyboards * Justin Stanton – keyboards, trumpet * Cory Henry – keyboards * Shaun Martin – Moog talkbox, keyboards * Bob Lanzetti – electric guitar * Mark Lettieri Mark Lettieri (born c. 1984) is an American guitarist, composer and producer. He is a member of the jazz fusion band Snarky Puppy, funk band The Fearless Flyers, and also performs with his quartet, th ...
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Snarky Puppy
Snarky Puppy is an American instrumental band led by bassist Michael League. Founded in 2004, Snarky Puppy combines a variety of jazz idioms, rock, world music, and funk and has won four Grammy Awards. Although the band has worked with vocalists, League described Snarky Puppy as "a pop band that improvises a lot, without vocals". History The band was formed as a 10-piece group by Michael League in Denton, Texas, after his second year at the University of North Texas, in 2004, “Because I was so bad,” he claimed, “I didn't place into any of the school ensembles. So Snarky Puppy was my way of getting to play.” The group has grown into an international super-band made up of "...a wide-ranging assemblage of musicians known affectionately as 'The Fam'." In more than 17 years since its founding, about 40 players have performed in "The Fam" on guitar, bass, keyboards, woodwinds, brass, strings, drums, and percussion, but six of the 10 members on the first studio album ''The Only ...
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Jazz Fusion
Jazz fusion (also known as fusion and progressive jazz) is a music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and jazz improvisation, improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric guitars, amplifiers, and keyboards that were popular in rock and roll started to be used by jazz musicians, particularly those who had grown up listening to rock and roll. Jazz fusion arrangements vary in complexity. Some employ groove-based vamps fixed to a single key or a single chord with a simple, repeated melody. Others use elaborate chord progressions, unconventional time signatures, or melodies with counter-melodies. These arrangements, whether simple or complex, typically include improvised sections that can vary in length, much like in other forms of jazz. As with jazz, jazz fusion can employ brass and woodwind instruments such as trumpet and saxophone, but other instruments often substitute for these. A jazz fusion band is less likely to ...
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Ropeadope Records
Ropeadope Records is an American record label known for recordings in a variety of genres including jazz, hip hop, gospel, and electronic music. The label, now led by Louis Marks, was founded in 1999 by Andy HurwitzAndy Hurwitz"Ropeadope carves identity out of eclectic mix" ''Chicago Sun-Times'', November 12, 2004. in New York City and later moved to Philadelphia. In January 2014, Ropeadope artists Snarky Puppy and Lalah Hathaway were awarded the Grammy for Best R&B Performance. Roster & Releases Current and former artists: * Adam Smale * Alison Wedding * Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra * Joey Arkenstat * Ben Arnold * Benevento/Russo Duo * Bodega * Bullfrog * Brainbheats * Cabinet * Frank Catalano * Carlon * The Campbell Brothers * Consider the Source * Critters Buggin * Hal Crook * Darnell Little * The Detroit Experiment * DJ Klock * DJ Logic * Dirty Dozen Brass Band * fDeluxe * Mike Gordon * Great Peacock * The Harlem Experiment * Taku Hirano * Charlie Hunter * HUW * Ki ...
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Family Dinner – Volume 1
''Family Dinner – Volume 1'' is an album by the American jazz fusion group Snarky Puppy that was released in 2013. On January 26, 2014, Snarky Puppy and Lalah Hathaway won a Grammy Award in the Best R&B Performance category for their rendition of the Brenda Russell song "Something". The album was recorded and filmed in the Shaftman Performance Hall at Jefferson Center in Roanoke, Virginia in March 2013. The intent was to draw attention to the Jefferson Center's non-profit arts organization. A portion of sales supports the Music Lab at Jefferson Center. Track listing DVD bonus tracks ''(On the DVD set, Track #8 on the LP is the first track on the second disc.)'' Personnel Snarky Puppy *Michael League – bass guitar, keyboard bass, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar *Mike Maher – trumpet, flugelhorn *Jay Jennings – trumpet, flugelhorn *Chris Bullock – tenor saxophone, flute, bass clarinet *Bob Lanzetti – electric, acoustic and baritone guitars *Mark Lettieri – e ...
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Sylva (album)
''Sylva'' is an album by American jazz fusion group Snarky Puppy that was released on May 26, 2015. It was a collaboration between the band and the Metropole Orkest from the Netherlands. It won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards. According to Michael League, each song on the album is about a different forest. Track listing Personnel Snarky Puppy * Michael League – bass guitar, Moog bass * Mike Maher – trumpet, flugelhorn * Jay Jennings – trumpet, flugelhorn * Chris Bullock – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet * Cory Henry – Hammond B3 organ, Moog, clavinet * Bill Laurance – piano, Wurlitzer, Moog * Justin Stanton – Fender Rhodes, Moog, clavinet, piano, trumpet * Bob Lanzetti – electric guitar * Mark Lettieri Mark Lettieri (born c. 1984) is an American guitarist, composer and producer. He is a member of the jazz fusion band Snarky Puppy, funk band The Fearless Flyers, and also performs with hi ...
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Jazz Fusion
Jazz fusion (also known as fusion and progressive jazz) is a music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and jazz improvisation, improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric guitars, amplifiers, and keyboards that were popular in rock and roll started to be used by jazz musicians, particularly those who had grown up listening to rock and roll. Jazz fusion arrangements vary in complexity. Some employ groove-based vamps fixed to a single key or a single chord with a simple, repeated melody. Others use elaborate chord progressions, unconventional time signatures, or melodies with counter-melodies. These arrangements, whether simple or complex, typically include improvised sections that can vary in length, much like in other forms of jazz. As with jazz, jazz fusion can employ brass and woodwind instruments such as trumpet and saxophone, but other instruments often substitute for these. A jazz fusion band is less likely to ...
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Cory Henry
Cory Alexander Henry (born February 27, 1987) is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, organist, and record producer. A former member of Snarky Puppy, Henry launched his solo artist career in 2018 with ''Art of Love'', his first independent release. On October 30, 2020, he released his sophomore full-length project called ''Something to Say'' which included Marc E. Bassy written track "No Guns" . That same year he released ''Art of Love Live'' and ''Christmas With You'' both under Culture Collective management and records. Henry was selected by Quincy Jones to headline his curated ''Soundtrack of America'' series opening of The Shed in NYC. On August 5, 2021, Beats Electronics premiered a commercial featuring athlete Sha'Carri Richardson featuring the track "Run to Glory" which was co-produced and written by Cory Henry, Kanye West and Dr. Dre. Henry was later credited as a producer and composer for the song " 24" from West's tenth studio album ''Donda''. On September 6, 202 ...
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YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the List of most visited websites, second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's Google AdSens ...
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Michael League
Michael League (born April 24, 1984) is an American composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He is the bandleader of New York-based instrumental band Snarky Puppy and the international music ensemble Bokanté. He also founded the band Forq with keyboardist Henry Hey, and is also an owner and founder of the record label GroundUP Music. League has won four Grammy Awards. Early life League was born in California on April 24, 1984.https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/michael_kellyrea_league_born_1984_16396955 He had an attraction to music from an early age and began playing guitar at 13 years old. He started playing bass at age 17, when he was requested to do so in his senior high school jazz band. He was raised Catholic. League went on to study jazz at the University of North Texas, then spent three years playing in Dallas's Gospel and R&B scene under the unofficial mentorship of keyboardist Bernard Wright. There he performed with gospel artists like Walter Hawkins ...
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Bob Reynolds (saxophonist)
Bob Reynolds is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. A solo recording artist since 2000, he has been a member of the popular "genre-bending" instrumental group Snarky Puppy since 2014, winning Grammy Awards with the band for the albums ''Culcha Vulcha'' and ''Live at the Royal Albert Hall,''. Career Born in Morristown, New Jersey, his family moved to Jacksonville, Florida. He started playing saxophone at age 13 and attended high school at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts with a well-known jazz band. After graduating, he attended Berklee College of Music where he studied with George Garzone and Hal Crook. He has played with John Mayer's band for five years, and has also worked with Brian Blade, Aaron Goldberg, Gregory Hutchinson, and Tom Harrell. His 2006 album ''Can't Wait for Perfect'' was voted Best Debut in the ''Village Voice'' jazz poll. Reynolds received a Grammy Award with Snarky Puppy in 2017, four ASCAP Young Jazz Composer awards, and Berklee's Billboard Magazine En ...
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Bill Laurance
Bill Laurance (born 2 April 1981) is an English composer, producer, and multi-instrumental musician. Laurance is a member of jazz fusion and funk band Snarky Puppy, as well as founder and CEO of London-based record label Flint Music. Biography Bill Laurance was born on 2 April 1981 and raised in North London, England. As a child he attended William Tyndale primary school, during which he began learning piano and playing with his school band. At age 9 Laurance performed on organ during a school trip to London's renowned live-music venue Union Chapel, a locale he would later again perform at as an adult during the recording of his fourth studio album ''Live at Union Chapel''. Having been trained on ragtime and swing, Laurance first began playing jazz at the age of 14 when he became the resident performer for a small restaurant in the Soho district on the West End of London. As an adult Laurance attended and graduated from the University of Leeds, studying classical music, ...
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Shaun Martin
Shaun Martin is an American composer, arranger, producer, and multi-instrumental musician. Martin is a member of the jazz fusion band Snarky Puppy, as well as music director for Gospel music star Kirk Franklin, and former Minister of Music at Dallas’ Friendship-West Baptist Church. Martin has been awarded four Grammies for his work with Franklin and two as a member of Snarky Puppy. Early life A native of Dallas, Texas, Martin's mother started him on piano lessons when he was only four years old, learning classical music and jazz. Through his church, he also learned gospel music. He attended Dallas' Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts before attending Weatherford College and the University of North Texas . Martin began working with Gospel music superstar Kirk Franklin while still in high school. He earned a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree from North Texas. While still a student at North Texas, he was involved in the production and re ...
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