Singer Songwriter Reacts to Lingus by Snarky Puppy.

Christina and Bryan watch and react to and discuss Lingus by Snarky Puppy.

[dbasstij]

Larnell Lewis, the drummer, was a last minute fill-in. He learned the music on the plane to the session.

[jangelo]

In honor of Shaun Martin's passing it would be really cool to see you guys react to one of his originals. His presence in Snarky Puppy was massive and some songs of theirs will just never be the same without him. I think Yellow Jacket is a great song of his that shows some really lovely songwriting! If not just checking out Sleeper by snarky puppy, i would love to share in some thoughtful listening with you guys and your growing community.

[willyd]

Eventhough I've heard this many many times its so refreshing when someone who's reacting to this actually listens to the whole piece instead of stoppig and commenting in the middle.

[spdcrzy]

Oh BOY was it fun to watch a pair of experienced, highly educated musicians geek out about this song! 😊😊 This entire album was composed, arranged, rehearsed, engineered, recorded, and mixed in five days. It is one of THE best jazz fusion albums of all time in my opinion. When Mark Lettieri began playing his solo, all I could hear was South Indian classical music. Straight back to my childhood. And then Cory comes on... absolute bliss.

As for the mix: what you heard is what the audience heard. Mixed and mastered and recorded live. You can hear it. There is a TINY bit of room sound with the applause.

[semanticscribe]

it's refreshing to see someone who actually knows what they're talking about doing a reaction; well done!

[Trappercal]

The piano stabs matching Larnell's beat under Cory's solo are just amazing...so tight it seems like part of the same instrument.

[homiefromfl]

For this recording, their usual band drummer Sput couldn't fly to the Netherlands where this was recorded. The band leader called Larnell Lewis to see if he was available and down to join them. He flew out last minute, and on the flight, learned a few of the songs he was to play for the recording, and he was already familiar of a few others.
For a couple of days before they were able to get a drummer on sight, the band practiced the songs with the other percussionist keeping time.
There were I think 3 of 4 days of recording. They made a few recordings of each or most songs. This song has at least two other versions of Cory Henry's keyboard solo (which can be found on youtube). Also, apparently, Corey Henry would've stepped in to play drums had Larnell not been able to join them. This would've been a hell of a loss in terms of the keyboard solo!
The band leader and main composer is Michael League, the bassist. As far as I've learned, the way he composed the songs was mostly teaching the band where breaks were, where changes were, the timings, etc., and pretty much left each section to create their own piece within the music, and allowing each section of the band to make of the structure what they wanted, without stepping on any other section. It's a marvelous achievement to see how cohesive all the parts of the band can be within such a "chaotic" piece like this, without having the music written for them.

Also, if I remember correctly, none of the band members had any written music in front of them. The only ones who did, was the small string section that was brought on locally for a few of the other songs. They played these songs from memory.

It's a phenomenal thing, this band. I highly recommend the album from where this song is from, "We Like It Here".

[spiderbass]

I love that in the middle of that awesome keyboard part, Larnell does a little nod to Chick Corea’s Spain.

[yesloow]

I love this track and I really enjoyed your reaction video to it. Really great to hear people talking through this track with some real insights and knowledge. The song is actually pretty simple in terms of its structure and chord progressions are pretty simple. The riff that goes through the entire second half of the song is almost like a blank canvas for the solo to create on top of. And yes, the Sax solo was totally Michael Brecker with that massive reverb sounding like it's coming from down an alleyway.

[eibyod]

Watch the DVD of behind the scenes of these sessions. It's available on Youtube now, and it is Bonkers, what they did. It's impressive.

[tdoom]

Would LOVE you guys react to Snarky Puppy song Kite from the same session! More calm but really encanting like a beautiful movie score!

[miltonpound]

R.I.P. Shaun Martin. Such a legendary song.

[stevenmonte]

I'm not a trained musician, but it amazes me that there's no sheet music in front of them.

[brandonlbartlett]

They do all tour, but usually 10 at a time while members at individual members cycle in and out while they meet their other obligations. Some of them aren't on the road as much. Michael League and Justin Stanton are always there. Cory Henry is now strictly a solo artist (the keyboard soloist), and sadly Shaun Martin (the guy reacting next to him on the b3) recently passed away.

[d.s.]

Great reaction, but shame she looked away at the most impressive part - when the camera pulls away and you realize that Corey is playing the same solo in both hands on two different keyboards and it's not a "double octave" effect being applied ! Of all the amazing parts in this video, nothing amazes me more than that.

[Bobbias]

You nailed the Snarky Puppy sound when you described it as jazz trained studio musicians unleashed.

And the keyboard solo... That is a legendary solo. There are already musicians who if you asked them, they will cite that solo as being an important part of their misical maturation.

[thage]

The band was formed at North Texas University… a mecca for jazz musicians for decades. They now are based in Brooklyn. This was composed by Michael League, the bassist.

It should be noted the drummer was a ‘stand-in’; the usual drummer couldn’t attend (passport trouble) and the drummer you see learned the pretty much entire album ON THE PLANE RIDE OVER.

This was one of the last performances with the soloing keyboardist, because he left to form his own band.

The keyboardist shaking his head and walking away during the solo was a multi-grammy winning musician in his own right. He had an awesome solo piece on this album (see “Sleeper”), which he realized would now be eclipsed by the solo he was hearing.

[xondxonderson]

Appreciate the knowledgeable and thoughtful reaction. Well done.

[imuawarriors]

Corey Henry's solo is utterly fantastic - even the other keyboardist is like, "I'm out..."...

[willyd]

Eventhough ive heard this many many times its si refreshing when someone reacting to this actually listens instead of stoppig and commenting in the middle.