Snarky Puppy

San Jose, one of the most advanced tech hubs in the world—home to tech giants like eBay, PayPal, and Cisco—usually marches to the beat of 0’s and 1’s, but August 8th-10th, the heart of Silicon Valley beat with the pulse of the harmonic melodies, venerable voices and musicians, and the …

Snarky Puppy is truly a different kind of musical animal. The once Texan, now New York-based quasi-collective has gone from the best-kept secret to one of the most respected names in instrumental music. Although still “underground” in many respects, the band has earned high praise from critical stalwarts like the …

“Snarky Puppy” is a pretty hard name to forget. But it was not too long ago that the mysterious title of the Brooklyn-based band was only being thrown around amongst its fervent cult following. That all changed in December when the collective was nominated for a Grammy Award in the …

I remember hearing Bitches Brew for the first time. I was new to the Jazz scene and it seemed appropriate to first navigate Miles Davis. Up to this point in my travels, I had made stops at Kind of Blue, ‘Around Midnight,’ and Sketches of Spain, but the moment I …

Brooklyn is the current headquarters of fusion outfit Snarky Puppy. It’s where many of their revolving members primarily reside and it’s where they recorded their latest album, 2012’s groundUP, at Park Slope’s Shapeshifter Lab. Ironically enough, it’s a place where they perform the least. Their reputation as a collective with …