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- Watch Snarky Puppy play "Tarova" and "Xavi" at the Tiny Desk.
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Nov. 20, 2019 | Colin Marshall -- Seconds before we hit record, Snarky Puppy's bandleader, Michael League leaned in to ask if he could "do a little crowd work." I suspect he waited until the last second on purpose, but it's been easy to trust this band when they have an idea, judging by the three Grammy Awards they get to dust off at home after every tour run.
What resulted was a Tiny Desk first: League divided the audience into two sections, one side clapping out a 3/4 beat and the other half a 4/4 beat, creating a polyrhythm that I'm sure a handful of coworkers didn't feel so confident trying to pull off. But this band pulls you in with simple instruction and a little faith.
Snarky Puppy has been a force for a while now, earning the ears of millions for more than a decade. And their secret sauce? A long-simmered recipe of jazz, funk and gospel. The band started as college friends in the jazz program at the University of North Texas back in 2003. But the formative era came a few years later, after League became a part of the gospel scene in Dallas and eventually brought the jazz students to church, where music plays a different role than it does in the classroom. In the pulpit, it's a channel for spiritual healing, a communal experience between players and congregation. As an experiment, League pulled his jazz friends and his gospel bandmates into one ensemble, where the two groups bonded together and established ground-zero for building the sonic identity of Snarky Puppy.
Thirteen albums later, you can still hear these gospel and jazz orbits crashing into each other. They're masters of theme and variation, offering anyone with a listening ear a place to grab hold. And people do. They're a band whose lyric-less melodies are still yelled (sung back) to them at their concerts around the world, as a shared catharsis for everyone in the room.
SET LIST
"Tarova"
"Xavi"
MUSICIANS
Michael League: Bass; "JT" Thomas: drums; Nate Werth: percussion; Shaun Martin: keys; Bobby Sparks: keys; Justin Stanton: keys, trumpet; Jay Jennings: trumpet; Chris Bullock: saxophone, flute; Chris McQueen: guitar; Zach Brock: violin
CREDITS
Producers: Colin Marshall, Morgan Noelle Smith; Creative Director: Bob Boilen; Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Videographers: Bronson Arcuri, Jack Corbett, CJ Riculan, Morgan Noelle Smith; Associate Producer: Bobby Carter Executive Producer: Lauren Onkey; VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann; Photo: Emily Bogle/NPR - เพลง
Want to play your own Tiny Desk concert? Unsigned musicians, enter the 2024 Tiny Desk Contest between Jan. 23 and Feb. 21. Learn more: npr.org/tinydeskcontest.
I think tiny desk is finally understanding who their demographic is: musical nerds that want to hear music tighter than our budgets
for real
Hey, I resemble that comment!
which is a bit of a shame, i think. Tiny Desk should be about discovery
_im in this picture and I don't like it_
@@HueNost while I certainly feel like Jack's comment applies to me, I also love the thrill of finding a new act I would never expect to like. Tiny desk has a knack of scratching many different kinds of itch for me, I just appreciate that this type of music is one of them!
This is like a band entirely consisting of all of the cool substitute teachers you've ever had
UNDERRATED COMMENT
LOL
20Lush LOL!!!!
where is the lie
LOL
The hidden hero here is the sound engineer.
Every SINGLE live of Snarky Puppy sounds great as if it was recorded in a studio!
Because their studio albums were recorded live anyway!
So good in fact, that their performance of Xavi got copyright claimed, lol
I'd love to see the NPR Tiny Desk house engineer and the Snarky Puppy engineer swap notes
@@OdaKa That's worth to see
@@designtechdk by The Snarky's, right?
trying to teach the audience a 4:3 polyrhythm live is the ballsiest thing ive ever seen on tiny desk
eat your daggum spinach
@@davidgarlitos8848 go away popeye you arent welcome here anymore
Exactly!!!!!!!!
@@weemsmusicgroup7546 pass the melting butter?
@JM Coulon J’imagine trop bien un public français qui se foire totalement à cet exercice 🤣🤣🤣😩
The audio engineer DESERVES A RAISE! There's like 15 people up there and I can hear every single one
No kidding. NPR's sound mixing is usually good but mixing SP properly is some next level ishh because they have like... well, you see all of them 😩
Obi Wan Rogosin...he is our only hope!!!
i'm pretty sure someone comments this on every video lol. you're not wrong tho!
Yeah snarky puppy has no experience recording live performances, they really needed the help.
Allen Lark Now THAT’S snarky!!!
Each day we're getting closer to a Vulf Tiny Desk.
Vulfpeck in da house man!!
Or a Theo Katzman one too
Wait. Didn't they play Lost My Treble Long Ago at Tiny Desk?
@@GBee-ti2qw what, when?
One day!!
„You get a solo, you get a solo, EVERYONE GETS A SOLO!!!“
That's right... That way you don't need a big set list lol
i think you just described jazz
Words cannot express how tasty that percussionist is. Adds just the right amount of crispy rhythms to the texture. I love it.
Nate Werth is so talented and not talked about enough. He's a fantastic kit player too. Great listening skills showcased in this video - like everyone michael league recruits for snarky puppy
Yes, CRISPY is the word I was looking for, thank you
Matthew Perry's doppelgänger.
Set list
"Tarova"
"Michael teaches a polyrhythm"
"Xavi"
shoulda put timestamps
The real struggle was on the Camera crew trying to find who was soloing!
Diego López lol my thought exactly 17:57
was about to comment the same thing lol not their best camera work
I've always been unclear on this, is it considered a solo if there is accompaniment and a single player is emphasized?
@@hunterseufert8066 yup
@@Andreas-cs6wg kk ty
For health reasons, I have to watch this video weekly.
Michael League may just be the coolest dork alive. Love his energy.
IKR? He is totally dorky and beyond cool 😎!!
Dork is the new kool!!!🎉
Shoutout to the engineers, techs, and sound guys. This mix is squeaky clean.
Such an awesome mix
Absolutely!
*Snarky clean!
Yeah snarky puppy has no experience recording live performances, they really needed the help.
The aduio engineer's name is Josh Rogosin, check out the videos of him explaining how he mics the set.
So I'm like oh a talk box I totally gotcha. Then black batman starts bending notes with a bicycle kickstand and I'm like what?
Devin Hanson 😂😂
I'm weak.
IM DYYYYYYYYYYIIIIIIIIIINNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG IM ON THE FLOOR MAN YOU REALLY PUT WORDS ON MY FEELINGS ABOUT THIS
This comment has me in literal tears!!!! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Devin Hanson kickstand 😂😂😂😂
Bruh, that guy has a whammy bar on his keyboard........I'm done.
never seen it and immediately want it
Whammy bar clavinet
@@marone0324 castlebars cost more than my car
I refer to it as "Wiggle Stick"
I would love to have been in the room when the engineer said, "You know we could put a whammy bar on the keyboard."
My god, man. That violinist popped OFF during Xavi.
Whoa snarky puppy a room full of talented af musicians.
How npr gonna sneak drop this BOMB man this band is galaxies apart from anything else
Facts!!! My eyes lit up!!!
They REALLY snuck it in there didnt they... Goosebumps
Go down the rabbit hole of a search for Snarky Puppy on TH-cam. It will consume your life, but it will be so worth it.
Yes sir, dropped the BOMB they did...straight GoGo from "Trouble Funk." A little E-U Freeze!
It’s been on their site for like a week lol
3 people on keys who never step on each other in the arrangement.
I love their funky sound even though they're missing 80% of the band.
0:00 - Tarova
11:53 - Xavi
Unreal! You can feel the chemistry and how perfectly they play together without trying to outshine each other. So many incredibly talented individuals
Jack Keruac that’s like the secret sauce with SP. don’t know how they do it. But I think it comes down to Michael Luegues leadership skills.
@@mogglie He's definitely the foundation of the band and possibly the best leader you could hope for when playing this type of music. I love watching Mike League watching his bandmates when they are soloing. He's been playing with most of these cats for years now and he still has that look of astonishment on his face when one of them is soloing as if he can't believe what he is witnessing.
@@gustafsone Cats? I thought this was Snarky Puppy?
KEY FACTORS!!!
Nice comment, racist.
how does snarky puppy make enough money to sustain having 130 members
Lol they tour A LOT.
I always wondered that as well, but I know they rotate every 3 months.
mxsxkxcrc these are music lovers not after the money.... they obviously spend all their money on new sound devices...... such nice instruments
I wanted to give you a thumbs-up but you're exactly at 130 so there's that
Most of them have other projects they are a part of or solo work or other bands
Me: "oh snap, how have I loved Snarky Puppy this long and not realized they did a Tiny Desk show?"
_puts it on in the background while doing homework_
_first 30 seconds_
Me: "oh snap, this isn't background music, this is a freakin' *experience* ."
Me: Yeah, I'll just put this on and be productive with something else.
* Me bops the entire time in ecstasy.
Yep me too - it's that good... every time...
LITERALLY. I have a chemistry lab open in front of me 😂
I'm supposed to be grading papers right now, but I CAN'T, i'm dancing too much.
This comment explains how all our brains can recognize greatness and how much attention needs to be paid to it to appreciate it. Love this! They say if it’s instrumental you can study to it, but this legendary funk proves otherwise. The brain is attracted to the complexities and melodies like a moth to a thousand flames.
True jazz with a layer of FUNKINESS. Playing off each other is so hip. Real musicians playing LIVE. No cute tricks in the editing room. JUST straight up jazz.
NPR: So you know the standard format. You have 20 minutes to play 3 songs and talk about your music, your process, anything you want.
SP: Yeah dawg, that's not gonna work for us. We're just going to play 2 songs and teach the crowd polyrhythm.
Yep.
Absolutely... talk is cheap.. Learning polyrhythm will provide a wealth that surpasses all understanding.. 😎
Loving the TH-cam comments segment for this.
@@koho Polyrhythms are the mystic beats that make the world go round. But i'm a percussionist sooooooo...
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Tiny Desks we NEED: Vulfpeck, Hiatus Kaiyote, California Honeydrops, Benny Greb, Broken Brass Ensemble
Connan mockasin too !
Great picks all, mat. Jazzanova! FKJ! Guaco!
Yes yes YeS!!!!
Benny Greb would be amazing
Aidan Ritchie - Hiatus all the way, could watch Nia/Perrin and the group all day long!! Good call!!
I always come back to this; Nate werth is an incredible percussionist.
I've been listening to Snarky Puppy for many years and they really are of the highest caliber of musianship. It still blows my mind to this day
then you might be ready for hiromis sonicbloom =)
oh I feel the drummer. Sitting way behind everyone else, doing his thing, carrying for no one, keeping everybody together, making every single soul in the audience on the same syncrony. Cameras don't even noticed him, but that's our life.
I feel you man
thats jason jt thomas back there. check him out he's a killer
Drummers get more attention than bass players
@@CouchEconomyTX true lol
It's Chandler
Guitarists, Bassists, Keys: We must be aware of chords, keys, provide harmony, and even melody at some points.
Drummers: Haha drum go brrrrrr
When hearing Snarky Puppy,
even the toughest man becoming Smitten Kitten.
Meow
The wit in this pit is legit.
My new band name... Dioe
I love kitten mittens
A cunning linguist!
i can't really describe it but this genre of music always feels like it's the last period of a great day full of energy
this is so amazing , that 4/3 poly rythm is actually called "Dekka Lmerrakchia"
Greetings from Marrakech, Morocco ❤️
This is african 3/4 polyrithem in general. Drum pattern is Moroccan Chaabi, Dekka Lmerrakchia is actually different from Chaabi. They nailed the naming part : Xavi
@@MsaybOMayl your not going to explain why? 😂👀 I’ve waited 6 months for this!!
Can you give examples of songs that use dekka or chaabi?? I would appreciate it a lot!
Slmlkm khoya.
This is a gnawa inspiration tune.
Sufi branch in Maroc
I’m assuming you would say that phrase in a 4/3 polyrhythm
Her: what instrument do you play
Me, an intellectual: wawa mouth tube thing
That's a GoldenThroat MouthTube by Electro-Harmonix just like Peter Frampton used on "Do You Feel Like We Do?" circa 1976.
Bassmangotdbluz Frampton sucks, so many other great musicians have used it
@@barmypharmacist there a clip of steve wonder using it
Roger Troutman used this too. Man, I miss that guy.
called the talk box too
"So my PTSD began after michael league asked me to clap the beat for a snarky puppy song"
Imagine how I felt when I met them at a gig afterparty and one of them asked me to sing. Spent two years after that trying to get decent pitch.
Oh trust me mate, I saw them in London and he went for the same exact experiment. The only difference was that there were 6000 people attending. At the Royal Albert Hall. I was in the 4/4 beat half, it was insane
@@Selectric251 that might be easier to do. More people around you doing the same rhythm to follow and not get thrown off by the other side.
That violin solo in the second song. Masterful
Severus snape do be chilling in the back
They didn’t leave a single chance for someone to comment “needs more cowbell” with a freaking cowbell solo in the first one 😂😍😍🚀
The fear was REAL on some of those faces during the clap!! 😂
This was dope from every angle 🔥🔥🔥
@Adam Thuman 💀💀💀, then what about the excellwnt band that was playimg
@@adamjones7701 Yeah exactly! Adam Thuman, what about all the white people playing such amazing music?
It's always a compliment when one of the most-replayed parts of a performance is the very beginning. I could listen to the first 2 minutes of this recording on loop.
How anyone can groove this hard so early in the morning is just beyond me.
I don’t think enough people appreciate how hard the percussion solos at 5:30 go
I can totally appreciate it. It's seriously goooood!!!!
SERIOUSLY!
I do
it has more cowbell than a texas cattle ranch
Best solo out of all of them. A lot of work and coordination went into that solo.
People tend to say that nowadays the music is garbage.. Yeah, i know the ''pop'' industry is different these days, but c'mon every decade has bad ''pop'' music too and you know what? That is okay... All the decades (talking about artists of the Ocident, that i know of, specially beautiful brazilian bands) had good music, for me especially the 70's, but man the 2010's are BOMBING with good music and artists, partly because of the gift of internet, it gave a lot of space to independent good artists and musicians to shine, and i think the tendency is just to get better, the new 20's jazz age is coming and we are just in the beggining of a whole new century.. Literally thousands, on every genre, specially genre bending music are reshaping the musical scenario. The human potential for creating beautiful music is so touching, it really is something powerful!
Exactly
beautifully said!
Reinaldo Azevedo great comment. 1million % agree
With each day that goes by there will always be more to influence to current musicians, beautiful!
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
I'm not sure when they had the idea to add a violin player, but he really brings something special to the overall sound 🔥
He's actually been with them since the beginning. If you go back and watch their earliest vids like 'Flood' you'll see him.
@@AnthonyJones-xk8ue wow I didn't know that, but maaaaan he adds that extra spice I didn't know I needed!!
@@Dan-jz3ui His solo is particularly oozing Jean Luc Ponty vibes this time around, so tasty
I saw them live last year, I met the bassist and violinist, they are as friendly as their music is groovin
Every musician seems utterly relaxed, yet, plays with ABSOLUTE surgical precision and function with purity AS A TEAM.
The magic in playing in a band is that you follow the drums/bass, and for the rest you do your own thing. If everybody does that - not thinking about the rest but focus on your own piece - you get a cohesive sound.
Slight cues from certain riffs aid in this, but it's trusting each other to do your thing that enables the magic.
woro truly
Relaxed? My man on Clavinet (batman shirt) looked like he was at his minimum wage day job. Ridiculous.
Kyle Adams haha. EXACTLY
The drummer looks like he walked into the wrong office, accidentally ended up on the drums and is just making the most of his opportunity
😂😂😂
😂👐
JT kills it....!
Best comment
@Caleb JT is probably my fave drummer in the band, mad mad skills, pure pocket and then a fuckton more
the sound engineering on this is superb. things layer in and fade out so seamlessly
Snarky Puppy is the music I never knew I absolutely loved. Loved.
Love the percussionist...at the 5:32 mark he is like "who me, solo???...ok" then he proceeds to nail it with a groove all his own....great music, great group..
Nate Werth working his magic
6:20 Look at Michael's face
Just when i was thinking would Snarky Puppy ever feature on NPR and voila !!!
It’s a violin
Can we just all understand how this has to be the best tiny desk of all time?
The audio is always at top levels.
Love this format.
Big props to the sound and video crew, from an Italian collegue not as talented as you.
Bass and violin are undermiced
@@andrewrafferty1194 There wasn't a hint of cowbell either.
This is the most musical skill they've ever fit behind this tiny desk.
Love Snarky a TON but the Tedeschi Trucks Band would beg to differ
@@zachlogan2058 Among others...
What an arrogant comment. Have you even heard of Chick Corea? That guy is more impressive and original by himself than all of snarky puppy combined.
What about Jacob Collier though
@@dylandecker_music True that ^
Can’t get enough of Snarky Puppy!
JT holds it down like no other drummer on earth. He's incredible
Larnell gets so much (deserved) attention, but JT, Jameson, and Sput are all fantastic too. Not to mention Nate and the other percussionists.
I just saw this pop up while on the train and let out a little scream of excitement 😂
Don't mind me people, ima just enjoy me some snarky puppy
same same here
Hope you washed your hands when you got home boy
For real
Oh man, feel like a kid at a candy store
@Samuel Miller Should have shared it with them. Turn the whole train into clapping happy people.
Everyone in this set is really feeling themselves. Meanwhile, my dude in the Batman shirt jamming out like a line cook. 😂 Looking stoic-looking af!
omesius 😭😩😂
Yeah! Bobby Sparks killed it here!!
😂fr, he’s probably just counting or focusing hard
I still can't believe I saw them live. It's in my top three live shows. And Michael League is the coolest guy ever...
Everyone is so insanely talented that I genuinely can't pick a favourite. What an incredible group of musicians
So there is a hope for Hiatus Kaiyote after all?
Please NPR, get them in there, they deserve it!
DogZy yesssssss 👏🏻👏🏻
There's also hope for Cranky Canine
The world deserves to be blessed by HK.
FIRST THING I THOUGHT
pleeeeeeaaaaaaasee for my Life!!!!!!
Tiny desk: what instruments do ya'll play?
Snarky Puppy: yes
Nah, they're missing lots of different instruments.
@@Zraknul nope
@@Zraknul Tuba? Pan flute? Accordion? C'mon, man. There's a Fleugelhorn and keys with a whammy bar.
Yes! This literally made me laugh out loud.
@@tbee1575 Me too...Hilarious!
so we just gone skip the most legendary violin solo ever ?!!!!!!
No, we will not skip this
So happy to see someone noticed that too! Blew my mind
If you like violins in Rock/Jazz music, like i do ^^, then listen to the Dixie Dregs. One of my all time favourite Bands :)
Violinist almost poked the trumpet players eye out at 15:50 lol
mahavishnu worthy. camera shot mostly skipped it but the notes are all there... lordie
Not enough video of Zach Brock the violinist during his solo. Absolutely face-melting
Such dirty funk got my enjoyment stinkface onnnn!!!
Paritossh Sukumar stankface
mine too
bass face
Dude, hardly ever hear anyone use the term dirty with funk. It’s my favorite kind. So fricken dirty.
Dirty Jazz funk fusion.
The trumpet guy almost exploded while performing his solo at the first music.
I lol´d
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣fax
The engineer did an amazing job...omg. That phat bass and the snare sound. WOW! Amazing
the very best band of the word, nothing compares with these music monsters!
oh my god. THIS is the reason why I love Tiny Desk. Never heard of these guys, but come on, y'all are seriously awesome. Will listen to again, I guarantee that.
Check out Lingus, featuring Cory Henry, and Something featuring Lalah Hathaway. Cory's solo in Lingus is absolutely mind bending, and Lalah does some truly incredible things with her voice.
HOW?
Bobbias: Cory Henry, Larnell Lewis and Mark Lettieri: the holy trinity
"What about me" has a top 5 nastiest drum solo I've ever seen
Welcome
Violin player is straight up shredding, incredible. 15:40
You might want to check out the Mahavishnu Orchestra with Jean-Luc Ponty on violin, if you like violin shredding, you'll be served.
The way he’s shredding it is obviously a chin guitar. Sounds like a guitar to me therefore CHIN GUITAR
man the sounds he was able to make is crazy
Tom misch has a live performance with a mean violin solo you would definitely like 👍
@@frankmayerstudios2161 this
Who wants to give 3 big hands for the sound engineer (s)? 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 WHAT AN AMAZING BAND! 🙀
I give 4 against it. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😼
The violin solo was mental 🤯🤯
we definitely like it here!
nothing compares to a well orchestrated live arrangement.
Caught that haha!
Snarky Puppy and Jordan Rakei soon... you guys are spoiling us!
Oh nice Jordan Rakei! someone at NPR is paying attention
I cannot wait for Jordan Rakei's episode oh my gosh!!!!
So much yes ! I was expecting Rakei but Snarky Puppy caught me by surprise - so glad it happened !
Jordan is coming?? ahh no way!! :D
0:01 Tarova
6:44 introduction
8:16 Michael explains the polyrthym
11:52 Xavi
my fav band!!!
this guys are truly amazing BUT the recording deserves a GRAMMY! so clean, so balanced! everything there! Bravo NPR!
I like: 1) Their nod to D.C's Go-Go music in the first track 2) How Michael League is your friendly science teacher who nevertheless is serious with his instructions and wants the class to get it right.
I was going to say, they are sounding like my City, Chocolate City, DC!
Had to give the nod to DC! Respect! Give me that Go Go beat....
There are no words to describe the quality of this band.
In case you didn't know, Shaun Martin (playing keys in this video) is also playing for Kirk Franklin in his Tiny Desk
They go waaaaaayyyy back. Shaun has been composing with Kirk since as far back as 1997 with God's Property.
I would consider this “Controlled Chaos” there’s so much going on at once yet they stay on beat and you can hear everything clearly
Welcome to jazz/fusion! It’s the best!
You've hit it! Yes sir.🙂
doesnt seem chaotic at all
Nah its just great musicianship.
seems appropriate to wear the Batman shirt with that weird whammy gadget 💙
That right there my friend is a gospel musician legend Bobby Sparks!
it's a castlebar whammy mod for the clavinet
@@stocchinet it's a beautiful thing. Gotta love a whammy bar that moves an entire piano harp.
super apropiate after that performance i'll say.
That's the best I've ever seen anyone play the paper trimmer.
Wow, they nailed this performance 😁🙏
Love how they are all bopping in their own styles but perfectly in sync.
One of the best things about about Snarky Puppy is that the band members themselves are obsessive fans of music.
When the violin solo finally came around, I realised why I was struggling to hear the violin in the mix - because it's processed to sound like a guitar. Very cool!
17:42 piano line awesome!!!!
I love that there’s so much going on the camera operators don’t know where to point.
15:50 :
Matt Mercer almost kills trumpet Jesus
Hahahaha 🤣
"Oh no!"
i laughed way too hard cos i have critical role open on another tab💀
A worthy sacrifice for tearing a hole through space with that solo.
this version of tarova seriously blows me away
Had one of my first spiritual experiences in the audience at a Snarky puppy concert.
They're too good! There's acid jazz and funk in a tremendous band. I feel lucky to have seen them live a few years ago!
That Violin Solo! He sounds JUST like Jean Luc Ponty it is amazing
Thank God I found this!
The songs feel like the biggest adventure i've ever had
One of the most complete BANDS that I've ever heard. Their musicianship and compositions are AMAZING!!! They always sound great.
I accidentally walked into there session at a studio I work at. Didn't know anything about them but what I heard that day was spectacular!!!
Just attended a live recording of these guys last week in Deep Ellum. They were all nothing short of amazing and the violinist, OMG!🖤🖤🖤
Jazz is not dead it just has a new baby called Snarky Puppy. Awesome happening performance.
The world is a better place since this guys started this band.