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May 6, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 226 – Snarky Puppy, Wellington, 2019
Something clever happened here – Snarky Puppy sold a version of jazz to an audience of hipster-indie fans and boofheads (and some genuine jazzers too I guess…) and I wanted to know a bit more about that, having only heard some of their recordings and having missed their previous visits to the country. It blows me away they can sell so […]Archive
April 16, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Ghost-Note: Swagism
Ghost-Note Swagism ROPEADOPE If Kamasi Washington is exploring the Albert Ayler/Coltrane connections in a modern landscape then Ghost-Note is doing something similar with templates created by Quincy Jones and Herbie Hancock…which is to say on Swagism they hint at the late-80s/early-90s hip-hop influenced and inflected funk and R’n’B jams of those masters whilst also adhering to the types of grooves Hancock and Jones […]Archive
March 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Fearless Flyers: The Fearless Flyers (ep)
The Fearless Flyers The Fearless Flyers (ep) Vulf Records An off-shoot of Vulfpeck, The Fearless Flyers features guitarist Cory Wong and bassist Joe Dart along with friends of that band and collaborators Nate Smith (master session drummer) and Mark Lettieri (Snarky Puppy). The onus is on fun on this brief, fast and funky workout of an EP where “The Fearless Flyers” tear […]Archive
April 11, 2016 by Simon Sweetman