''Bring Us the Bright'' is an album by American
jazz fusion group
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 vocalis ...
that was released in 2008.
Track listing
Personnel
''Source:''
*
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 Fo ...
– bass guitar, double bass, vocals
* Mike Maher – trumpet, vocals
* Sara Jacovino – trombone, vocals (Tracks 1,2,3,6 & 7)
* Clay Pritchard – tenor saxophone (Track 6)
* Chris Bullock – tenor saxophone (Tracks 1,2,3,4,6 & 7)
* Brian Donohoe – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, vocals (Tracks 1,2,3,6 & 7)
* Mark Lettieri – electric guitar (Track 3)
* Chris McQueen – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
* Bob Lanzetti – electric guitar, vocals
* William Barnes – pedal steel guitar, dobro (Track 1)
* "Leftthand" Kevin Williams – bass (Track 2)
*
Bernard Wright
Bernard Wright (November 16, 1963 – May 19, 2022) was an American funk and jazz keyboardist and singer who began his career as a session musician and later released four solo albums.
Biography
Wright was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York. I ...
– keyboards (Tracks 3,5,6 & 7)
* Bobby Sparks – keyboards (Tracks 2,3,5,6 & 7)
*
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.
Bio ...
– keyboards, piano, vocals
* Justin Stanton – keyboards (tracks 1,5 & 6), trumpet (Tracks 1,2,3,5,6,7 & 8)
*
Zach Brock – violin (Tracks 1,4 & 8)
* Veronika Vassileva – viola (Tracks 1,4 & 8)
* Michelle Cho – cello (Tracks 1,4 & 8)
*
Robert Searight – drums, keyboards (Tracks 1,2,3,5 & 7)
* Steve Pruitt – drums, vocals (Tracks 1,2,4,5,7 & 8)
* Nate Werth – percussion
* Jorge Ginorio – percussion (Track 2)
* José Aponte – percussion, vocals (Track 2)
* Mikal Evans – vocals (Track 1)
* Michelle Aponte – vocals (Track 2)
* Jomar Ginorio – "kid noises" (Track 2)
References
2008 albums
Snarky Puppy albums
{{2000s-jazz-album-stub