Cory Wong // St. Paul

Cory Wong - guitar
Jon Batiste - piano
Kevin Gastonguay - B3
Louis Cato - bass
Nate Smith - drums
Tivon Pennicott - sax
John Fields - mix
Joe Laporta - mastering

[AbimSan]

I feel like what's happening now with vulfpeck, snarky puppy, nate smith, cory wong, etc is going to be written down in history as a jazz funk renaissance. These guys are living legends.

[starbuk]

Whoever got Nate Smith on this album was a genius. What a great combination of musicians!

[VitoMusic]

Nate, my man, how are you ever going to climb out of such a deep pocket?

[hrysivjt]

Jon Batiste takes the cake here, but Nate Smith is just one hell of a drummer - what a wealth of ideas.

[connorneidig]

I work in retail and I played this album through my department in the store once. My manager kept humming that ascending line to be goofy but boy did we have fun that day at work.

[brian]

This would make a tight theme song for a classic sitcom. 😎💗👍🏽

[martifischer]

Wwoowww! When I first showed you my demo and you said Give that to me, I didn’t think it would turn out this way! 😅 Duuuude! You made the song complete. It’s an honor to me to have you guys perform a former idea that has become such a blazin banger!!! I love 🔥✨💖

[Davidkaisermusic]

There's an obscene amount of skill and artistry in this band. Had no idea Tivon Penicott was playing sax on this track until now. Even Kevin Gastonguay, a local Minneapolis cat, is absolutely killing.

[munzutai]

Jon Batiste is absolutely killing it, along with everybody else

[tomcutts]

Nate' has that rare ability to develop long and interesting phrases over many bars, while simultaneously keeping the groove going flawlessly. It's breathtaking.

[DannyWoodMusic]

Tighter than tight!! Half the fun of Cory Wong videos is to see his reaction at the end of the song. 😂

[conzy]

To this day this is my favorite wong studio session.

[tevisridge]

LOVE Jon Batiste (a genius and living saint) and discovered this video with Cory Wong and musicians
- how much fun and especially now.

[MrBezbezik]

Had the pleasure of meeting Cory and Kevin Gastonguay a couple of years back. They did a masterclass at Band on The Wall in Manchester UK for Salford Uni. Top notch and very nice guys!
There should be a FOOKING LOVE IT button.

Just

[skierpage]

Cory Wong in (sensational) "Frogville // Airplane Mode" : "Alright Kev, let's show them we went to music school."
Jon Batiste at 3:06 here, with one chord flourish: Juilliard School FTMFW!

This and "Lunchtime" are standouts on a great album. Can't wait for the tour!

[butacream]

It’s so funky and Low volume, c’mon. yeah.

[Gianluca]

This makes me want to be part of a band and jam all day

[theratbrothers]

Nate Smith's solo here is so musical and in-sync with the melody, it almost sneaks bye as just chorus (without the video). So extremely talented.

[tokelauallstar]

Shut it all down, this is the pinnacle of human achievement

[hristi.yanche]

Cory Wong is my favourite guitarist and St. Paul is my favourite apostle! God is good.