Snarky Puppy performs Alma

[@j.ciloafasho]

6 years later...still haven’t heard this song enough!

[@Rudare916]

I love how the percussionist and drummer play together and dont clash. That was awesome snare work.

[@j.ciloafasho]

They don't just play music, they create atmosphere! Never seen a band so technically sound and that has so much fun at the same time.

[@samcooke343]

It's such a shame they don't play their first or second albums live any more, there's some real golden tracks on both.

[@b0geman117]

recently they've been playing songs from the second and third, but not the first. it'd be cool to hear the new line-up's take on those old tunes though.

[@robinthebobin6537]

@@b0geman117 Intelligent design along with alma seem to have been popping up a lot lately

[@fyk365]

language, please...

[@congahead]

Glad everyone vibing with Snarky. They are a phenomena

[@lennyfreitas8084]

Jjyg

[@FelipeBorges]

"Alma" means "Soul" in Portuguese (Br). This music is full of the Brazilian Music Soul. (Samba and Maracatu) Thanks guys for that music!!!

[@jazzfusioner9840]

Nice one bro....

[@showler1132]

Sempre bom achar mais um musico br no yt kkkkkkkkkkkkk

[@rayfriedman6107]

Didn't discover these guys 'till late 2018; they all look like babies in this video from seven years back! So great to see how they've progressed, grown as a band, and all started to shave now ;- )

[@ocbfdog]

Snarky Puppy should be a genre

[@bunnys1980]

Can't get enough Snarky Puppy. Must have ALL albums as soon as possible!!! Their grooves are sick!!!

[@makenzileg]

Love the energy between Nate and Sput!

[@bananafingerrrs]

If someone gets me tickets to see Snarky Puppy I'll marry them (and I'm quite a catch..so it'll be worth your while!) I just love these guys. Can't get enough of them in my life. Thank for posting!

[@ViniVPinheiro]

Nate is such a great percussionist

[@HaHa_________________________]

Nate's groove is insane

[@jazzfusioner9840]

Truth.....

[@AkilHenry]

I really really wish they would play some of their old stuff on gigs...the only one they do now is pretty much 'Strawman'...but stuff like this, Celebrity, Native Sons, Phoebus, Thorn, Loose Screws...okay basically their whole second and third albums...are just awesome! Also, how can Sput do that so casually at 3:26?? Like...I just don't get it!!! And the tempo change at the end...WHAT. Literally, these guys have opened my musical eyes that I never thought was possible. Michael League is my actual hero in life

[@fledsup]

+Akil Henry Yeah. although, musicians have to keep moving forward, so playing old songs isn't naturally as appealing especially for musicians at this level who base everything they do on creativity. Most artists i appreciate are always moving forward. Often times new material has to grow on me, then I find my self saying the same thing another 4 albums down the road.

[@torgo4ever]

+Akil Henry As a guitar player this is just a guess but I really think it's the same principal that guitarists ( and bassists) use where in order to play faster stuff you REALLY have to concentrate on playing with as much of a light touch and economy of motion as you can in order for the faster stuff to sound fluid and musical.

[@gaddmatt]

+Akil Henry That Sput lick is tasty, isn't it? Practicing sixes with diddles around the kit against a quarter- or eighth-note pulse and you'll start hearing places for those fills, too. Sometimes it helps to move in and out of sixes with 16ths or 32nds, so you can train your ear to really hear how the syncopation.

[@robinthebobin6537]

Saw them a week ago in Nottingham and they played Intelligent Design which I had never heard before - it was probably one of my favourite songs of the night! GroundUp and We Like it Here are probably their most popular albums but their new stuff, as well as the old songs are just as good, if not better.

[@gord.w.p]

They can't play Thorn, Briar, Loose Screws, Strange Dream or any of those because Brian Donohoe and Sput left.

[@saranghae1saranghae]

This makes me so happy.

[@mushtikla1]

+Sarang Saranghae :))))))))))))))))

[@chillidrum]

This band is something else. I wish there were more bands like them out there. Everyone sounds great and Nate Werth definitely shines here. Its great to see the band let him have this. Well done

[@OllieSouthwood]

Only discovered this band about a week ago and have not stopped listening to them since! Genius doesn't even begin to describe these guys!

[@Ch1ckenKatsu]

how does sput make it look so easy

[@ConstantXplorer]

Awesome and tights. The percussionist and drummer are sick....I'm totally jealous. I've gotta pick up some chops from them.

[@Six3rdy]

Ya just gotz ta reach out and GRAB em!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂 Don't let anyone tell ya that that's not possible. Lol.

[@shinpetrucci1]

god that guitar tone is so awesome!!!!!!!!

[@jazzfusioner9840]

Truth.....

[@tbrucewittet4139]

These guys ain't quite right. Thanks for this, Martin, long time no see; thanks for the card. I'm at gmail, forget all other addresses. Drove 15 miles from my home into town last summer, right around midnight, to catch Snarky. My jaw always drops at their sense of community: like what you used to say when you hung round the Palladium. Love the bassist with the drummer here, who is tighter than a duck's ~ but also with Sput and with ummmm Dana Hawkins.Isn't music going to nice places these days: not just vamps on the 1? Real songs.

[@cjdixon1995]

The Very Very first thing i ever heard by Snarky Puppy!!! I got hooked ever since man!!

[@volpe_sol]

Yesss, percussion solo!!! Nate is easily one of my favorite percussionists out there right now. His musicality is just mind blowing.

[@TrickysBen]

Nate works wonders on that Tom snare... Absolutely spot on this tune!

[@NYTNinAmerica]

Just saw this band in Atlanta last week and again back in April. Love these guys. Snarky Puppy is an exceptional band, and will be noted as probably one of the most important groups in the last 10-20 years.

[@timmystabler1231]

Great prediction

[@StewartGartland]

God I love this band. Awesome tune, awesome playing.....just awesome!! The percussionist is awesome too, I think he's a Nateural:-)

[@jeremiahprice2025]

My big brother introduced snarky puppy to me and I've been a fan ever since, just mind blowing

[@Six3rdy]

Michael had a ponytail?!???? 😮😮😮😮😮 He was hiding the slickback from us. Lol. But forreal this was fire! Percussion and drums really did so much here. And damn Mark! Letting that guitar sang!!!

[@iamadog]

tight ... drums and percussion as one ... but then again, the whole band plays seamlessly as a unit ... good stuff, Maynard!

[@drumz47]

I absolutely love this band ..They are amazing live as well.

[@Naturalsistah]

Crazy...I've never heard anything like that before in my life!

[@frankiecostello8304]

Very soothing probably since 2013 I have listened to this it inspires me sometimes it's not about the lyrics themselves the beat talks as well you just gotta listen feel it 🌌🎧🎶

[@gvmrpg]

I am just SO glad that they played this so recently at the Royal Albert Hall, It's on Spotify and the live version from there is simply amazing. One of my favorites, if not my favorite song from them! I am biased for being Brazilian but ya know this sounds too good from the get-go already...

[@Wi11B]

Parabéns, samba brasileiro :) muito bom !!!

[@ocbfdog]

Great conga vocabulary during Nate's solo.

[@junyah1]

Sput looks like he is havn so much fun

[@jamesriles3]

That drummer is nice...the entire band is. I would lve t have a Gospel band like this!!!!

[@Danielcrspo]

Im feeling this modern samba joint!!!

[@sissif7038]

You are such a delight for our "Alma" !!!! Thanks !!!! J'M

[@cjdixon1995]

man this song is CRAZY right here man. I Love it...I need to find some more stuff from these guys.

[@blockhax6146]

what's this? snarky puppy with one keyboardist? extraordinary...

[@spacejazz6272]

Block hax and one guitarist

[@pedrinhodrums]

03:26 bela divisão do baterista .

[@ronaldzijffers6531]

like all others good stuff greatings from the netherlands. lots off listeners here ...

[@LusoVIDEOcam]

this sound is a trip!!!! snarky trip funky jazzy session ;-)

[@loking5039]

One of my favorites

[@EugeneCambos]

not enough words!Cool!

[@joshjeggs]

it made me cry

[@godot973]

GREAT GREAT GREAT MUSIC, FANTASTIC ARR. E PERFORMING, I LIKE SO MUCH!

[@jamesgreening3266]

I saw them at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival and was really impressed. Great work.

[@israelsantos4628]

Good music to starting week.......uuuuuuuoooolllll

[@jarmovalmari3377]

Top notch!

[@DanielDenisDrayroccoco]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@godot973]

Fantastic super grooooooooveeeee

[@MrDrummerboy87]

Wow! Just clean!

[@bigtoine45]

Bro, you have the best KZbin vids. Hands down

[@digitaldips]

love the sound of the toms

[@congahead]

Great!

[@marcello359]

Amazing

[@marksimmonsjr.4520]

Sputs feel on this is crazy

[@CoCMember]

As usual: smooth, funky, & jazzy...love it.

[@mickywatnots3700]

WOW!!

[@Magicmusictum]

Siempre conga head por delante.... Felicidades muy buena pagina

[@jojobeastmo28]

GREAT DYNAMICS

[@caspercotton]

Glad I stumbled on this!

[@Magicmusictum]

Excelente que calida sonora que grandes musicos que gran interpretacion y feeling good...

[@drumr6198ish]

Wow!

[@paulalexanderjohnson]

Beautiful! I love Sput's look lol

[@FinesseFatz]

My Favorite✔️✔️

[@ykcinasak]

Numero uno :)

[@saxgal125]

so beautiful!!!!

[@G4boooo0]

insane drummer

[@kschallert3569]

Stellar!

[@8450427]

Nice!!!

[@kbdrumz713]

this is drugs!! i love it

[@JuZeNetoRJ]

Música Brasileira!!! Excelente!!! Nice Job!

[@Eden241991]

This is just amazing!!!

[@wruceb1llus863]

amazing stuff

[@thelordofducks3496]

3:26 that drum lick :o

[@joshjeggs]

thanks its the best answer i got

[@Ilovetoplayjazz]

What a beautiful intro.

[@jamesriles3]

That crescendo at 1:10 gives you the chilllssss......

[@SheehyMusic]

what is this new ketboard instrument?! it sounds fantastic! Justin Stanton is the man, i bet he plays keyboards twice as good!

[@simonwilliams6300]

Dang Justin Stanton looking YOUNG

[@NicholasDickinson]

Video is from before he was an endorser (back in 2011).

[@MrDrumstreet87]

Great

[@oh_rhythm]

oh how I love me some flugelhorn :)

[@mnky47]

fusion!

[@mbooth117]

Damn that Beat is Fucked up and Funky!

[@bigtoine45]

I was wondering when they were gonna give the percussionist some shine. He took every bit of it. I now know who Nate Werth is.

[@AyeJustFrank]

nate solo is so tasteful.

[@ElianeCorreaMusic]

martincongahead is doing such a wicked job! congahead.com = some of the most epic live music videos on youtube... well done man, keep supporting REAL music! (oh and speaking of job... it must be a cool job to have... if you ever want to start recording congahead stuff in London, contact me! ;)

[@joshjeggs]

i only asked the question in order to recognise other similar groups

[@themightychabunga2441]

This song gives me mental images of a bunch of dogs hanging out at a swimming pool drinking cocktails and enjoying 'people' life.c Oddly enough none of them are puppies or are acting 'snarky'. 'Man is Dog's best friend,.. ... sometimes.'

[@phonz14]

that bongo solo was nice!!!!!

[@davidhallsr.173]

***** you are absolutely right, "Snarky" is the real deal "Hollifield", they play their "ASSES OFF" !!!

[@TheWolfganglittle]

isn't Robert Searight an endorsee of Meinl? I see him playing Sabian in the video.

[@rowinsho]

Anybody know what App Michael is playing on his iPad???

[@aidandoesmusicthings]

*kind! Also, Snarky Puppy is more or less a Funky Jazz Fusion group with influences from R&B and gospel.

[@joshjeggs]

what is this cind of music called

[@2112drummerboy]

Sput looks like Tech N9ne in this video. :P still killing it be hind the set.