Snarky Puppy is a jazz rock world fusion collective from Denton, Texas that’s primarily based in New York City. It’s led by multi-instrumentalist Michael League.
Snarky Puppy in New York City
Snarky Puppy collaborates with 4 nice Latina voices: Silvana Estrada (Mexico), Silvia Pérez-Cruz (Spain), Gaby Moreno (Guatemala), and Fuensanta (Mexico); for the World Music Institute at Kings Theatre in Flatbush, Brooklyn; on Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 8pm. From $35. worldmusicinstitute.org 🇬🇹 🇲🇽 🇪🇸 🇺🇸
Each of those artists is notable for his or her skill to transcend the boundaries of musical labels. All are well-known on their very own, but additionally collaborate with many nice artists.
Silvana Estrada is a Latin different singer-songwriter from Xalapa, Veracruz, México. Veracruz, Mexico’s Caribbean gateway metropolis, is thought for its Son jarocho call-and-response and dance traditions. 🇲🇽
silvanaestrada.com | @silvanaestradab
Sílvia Pérez Cruz is a Catalan Spanish pop, jazz, and people singer-songwriter from Palafrugell, Spain on the Mediterranean Coast north of Barcelona. Being Catalan, her music is beloved in each Spain and France. She additionally works in movie and theatre. Uruguayan Academy Award and Grammy Award-winner Jorge Drexler known as her “a voice that marks a generation.” 🇪🇸
silviaperezcruz.com | @silviaperezcruzzzzz
Gaby Moreno is a Grammy-winning Latin different singer-songwriter from Guatemala City, Guatemala. She sings in each English and Spanish. Gaby lately produced Buena Vista Social Club legend Omara Portuondo’s farewell album and tour. Omara can work with anybody, however stated she felt an awesome reference to Gaby. 🇬🇹
gaby-moreno.com | @gaby_moreno
Fuensanta Méndez is a singer-songwriter and bassist from Veracruz, Mexico, now primarily based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She is thought for her poetry. 🇪🇸fuensantamendez.com | @fuensanta.mendez
Women’s voices are tremendous necessary as a result of girls are the guardians of tradition. These are Latin girls so that they draw from many musical traditions. And this can be a good time for ladies, who’re main the inventive fields. Women don’t simply make music, they make tradition, and build prompt neighborhood. It’s fairly putting actually.
New York Venues
Snarky Puppy
Michael League; now performs bass, guitar, and keyboards; however says he based Snarky Puppy in faculty as a result of he wasn’t ok (then) to get into any of the University of North Texas bands. That’s in all probability an excellent factor as a result of Snarky Puppy retains profitable Grammys and influences the music world far past their very own music.
They are kind of a storage band that turned out to be nice, and retains on going. In the style of an enormous salsa orchestra, some 20 band members rotate out and in.
In 2012 League began his personal label GroundUP music. In 2017, they began the GroundUP Music Festival. GroundUp works with an eclectic group of jazz, rock, flamenco, and Latin artists.
A Texas jazz rock band is one factor, however Snarky Puppy is extra like a World Music jazz rock band, and business power of nature. Their following remembers the Deadheads. Fans actually love this band.
Albums
These are Snarky Puppy’s Grammy profitable albums:
- “Empire Central” (2022) received the 2023 Grammy for “Best Contemporary Instrumental Album.”
- “Live at the Royal Albert Hall” received the 2021 Grammy for “Best Contemporary Instrumental Album.”
- “Culcha Vulcha” received the 2017 Grammy for “Best Contemporary Instrumental Album.”
- “Sylva” received the 2016 Grammy for “Best Contemporary Instrumental Album.”
- “Something” (2014) from the album “Family Dinner – Volume 1,” debuted at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, Jazz Album chart, and Contemporary Jazz Album chart. It received the 2014 Grammy for “Best R&B Performance.”
More Information
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