Guitar Teacher REACTS: Snarky Puppy, Jacob Collier & Big Ed Lee - "Don't You Know" LIVE 4K

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[@Guitargate]

IT'S MICHAEL LEAGUE. IT'S MICHAEL LEAGUE. IT'S MICHAEL LEAGUE!!!!!

[@kaelinjoel9328]

You should check out his other band Forq. They've got a track called "Lymaks" which is just about the grooviest thing I've ever heard. You'll never forget the bassline. Once you hear it, it just lives inside your brain for the rest of eternity. Here's a performance: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXm1nGifgLp5frM By the way man, your channel has reinvigorated my love for music and the guitar. Thank you for doing what you're doing. Also, awesome show on Sunday with Moody Moose.

[@mattpritchard3137]

@@kaelinjoel9328 Forq is one of my favorite things coming out of Snarky Puppy/the entire GroundUp label. "Taizo" has one of the sickest grooves in the history of music.

[@TheBeeFactory]

He's got the jazziest jazz face ever as well. So jazzy.

[@_brocklee]

I literally cried the first time I watched that video

[@jonathanpark7245]

@@kaelinjoel9328 agreed however michael is not in this band anymore. So awesome. Album "Four" is great

[@ralphmunn1685]

I find it amazing that bass player Michael League founded this band in music school... because he didn't "make the cut" to get into ANY of the school's ensembles.

[@anthonywright3443]

That Jazz program at the Tx school is one of the best and hardest programs to get into. He just hadnt matured into his musical being at that time. He learned is craft well, now it really shows!!!!?

[@Scoots1994]

@@anthonywright3443 Having a kid in music school in Texas I can now totally see how it happens. Each school has their different "rules" ... it's almost religious. Michael probably just didn't fit UNT's religion at the time, so he found other outcasts to play with ... outside of THE "sound". UT, Baylor, UNT, all of them are very different.

[@M4xerr]

*Michael League* its his show he is the genius composer arranger and BASS player behind the snarky puppy. REMEMBER HIM

[@grelch]

Yup. And he's the one with the big black book of musicians. He's the hub of all of it.

[@Ian-oe9xn]

Well he didn’t compose this song tho

[@randoski2010]

Michael, a couple of things. The bass player, Michael League, is Snarky Puppy, it’s his band, he does almost all of the arranging and at least half of the writing. Don’t worry about being over your head. Chatting with a couple of the guitar players after a show and they both said when they joined the band they didn’t think they were good enough to play with Sput Searight the main drummer at the time.

[@Guitargate]

Dude. I love you. Thanks. I feel better already!

[@jhowe78]

Check out Sputs new band Ghost-note. Mononeon is killer on bass. When I saw him live my jaw was on the floor. I looked around and everyone else had the same look.

[@RightStickRob]

John Howe Mononeon has been my favorite bassist for the last 10 years. He is absolutely incredible

[@jhowe78]

@@RightStickRob You know you're good when prince sees your KZbin videos and invites you to come out and jam with him! He's starting to get some exposure. He laid down the bass for Nas's new song 'All Bad"

[@dillondavis4996]

@@jhowe78 I discovered them through the Zildjian Live stuff and they're incredible

[@juliojimenez9794]

This is Jacob Collier's composition arranged by Michael League. WHAT A COMBINATION! I still remember the first time I listened to this. IT LEFT ME SHAKING!!!!

[@MarvinOfCamelot]

The crazy thing is Jacob has gone into great depth answering our questions several times; yet no one can do what he does.

[@rmac1042]

The bassist-Michael League-is the leader of Snarky Puppy and he’s a mighty gifted guy as well!

[@chrisp1355]

Not the leader.

[@mariusmeyer3243]

I love the fact that you (and everyone else in this room) just can't stop smiling. It's just pure appreciation and raw joy. This oozes groove! Every single one of these musicians can be heard clearly and plays a huge part in this whle arrangement. NOTHING is over the top, no one is replacable. This is what music should be like!

[@sweetsavorypodcast2613]

Jacob Collier wrote the song. His version of it is on his album In My Room. This arrangement was heavily worked on between Jacob and bass player/composer League. It was loosely arranged with moments left for free expression. I think only such a consummate group of musicians could pull this off the way it was. Jacob’s original version is fun, but this is phenomenal.

[@rossleighton3976]

I like how you say the harmonies are "like a machines doing it" because a machine literally IS doing a lot of them. Jacob's keyboard plays his voice at different pitches, he uses it in all of his live shows and honestly it's one of maddest things to see live!

[@rossleighton3976]

If you want an amazing example, watch his cover of Danny Boy, or Blackbird at MIT. It's unreal!

[@michalmikolajmaslowski3994]

With artists like Jacob and the Snarky gang, the future of music looks very bright. Thanks for doing this, Michael. Blessings!

[@shortman4903]

Hey I was in the crowd on this one! Truly amazing to watch them record this album and see all the crazy talented guests they had.

[@jeremiedayglider1690]

You are full of luck! I hope your life continues to be so blessed!

[@dclarkmusic]

This song kicks ass! The piano solo towards the middle is just breathtaking. Not the world’s biggest Collier fan, but when he nails it he nails it!

[@thukdun]

I love when Michael reacts to Snarky Puppy stuff because his amazement really shows his love for music.

[@iamdodgepodge]

show vids!

[@briancross1973]

PLEASE, I cant stress this enough, PLEASE watch more Collier. Truly mind blowing.

[@Guitargate]

It will happen. It will happen.

[@briancross1973]

@@Guitargate if you get into that, highly recommend Dirty Loops. Feel like you would really enjoy the bass & drum work in either "next to you" or "work shit out".

[@phillipcarmack300]

@brian cross Can I say, your profile pic captures yours comment perfectly😆

[@softgdesigns]

Michael Palmisano ... and for fun check out this series, even for someone who is way out of their depth it’s delightful. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ep-lo2NtZduWhKc

[@RecentFuture]

@Gofaw I appreciate his knowledge and ability and all that but it just literally never sounded good to me. And I like experimental/atonal/whatever other kinds of music. I just don't get it.

[@christopherbaione5963]

Ahhhhh- you finally found THE Jacob Collier!! It's always magical!- Michael, watch more of him, you won't regret it.

[@christopherbaione5963]

Jack Alterman Possibly- but his 10 -part vocal harmonies recorded over one another have never been heard before. Also, his video production is borderline genius. There are many deep layers to Jacob Collier. And have you ever seen a jazz artist interact with a crowd the way he does? Truly a once in a generation human.

[@christopherbaione5963]

And the fact that he's in his early 20's? Your underselling my friend... Here's how you can always tell- "what do the worlds best musician and writers say about him?"

[@JamieMcJapan]

19:31 Jacob hears the organ improv and instantly echoes it back

[@jimward204]

Michael, when you do your reactions you always look like the little kid in the pet store who wants every puppy in the place! Thanks for what you do!

[@mitchlyman8878]

Jacob worked with MIT engineers to develop the Harmonizer. It takes input from his voice and keyboard and outputs a harmony of his voice. I think this occurred in his early 20s. You can hear him turn it off and then on in the song.

[@52ndWarhawkGerbil]

I’d really recommend checking out Larnell Lewis’s performance on Zildjian Live. It is incredible and the backing band is just as good, but it’s more easily digestible and drum focused (obviously).

[@harrysearia1784]

I recommended Zildjian live to him also. It has lots of nice musicianship.

[@blueb0ars]

That whole drum series with ghost note as the backing band is incredible

[@harrysearia1784]

Absolutely

[@AirGuitar]

Yes! I also think he should react to Ghost Note "Phat Bacc". So incredibly funky! Mono is a complete beast

[@cdevenney84]

The Steve Smith Zildian Live is the best I've seen. Mind blowing. I thought Larnell's was kind of lackluster in comparison :)

[@ralphmunn1685]

One of the [many] things I find mind-blowing here is how seeming digressions into off-script noodling resolve into various band members interjecting perfect bits in EXACTLY the right places - obviously there's nothing AT ALL random about the "improvisations" of the principals!

[@sebastienboisvert3268]

You know Jacob uses his keyboard as an harmonizer for his vocals right? The back up singers are tight and all but most of the weird vocal harmonies come from him using his keys

[@jacekjanicki2047]

finally somebody wrote this

[@smmyfoster]

vocoder

[@jthescruff]

Its his harmoniser, made for him by some guys at MIT apparently... kzbin.info/www/bejne/ep_Th3Svhc-reqM

[@user-yn2ct2ie9m]

Wait, REALLY?

[@creamundi3280]

@@smmyfoster no vocoder, Jacob actually had this instrument developed with some tech friend. Greatest wish of him to put in the instrument was to be able to play 12 notes at ones lol. Just to make sure every note of the chromatic scale wouldn’t be excluded. Haha the guy only has 10 fingers, but still

[@joshualagrone6972]

Here's the church, here's the steeple Open the doors Michael Palmisano: "LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE!"

[@thatdjguy1]

2 years ago they played live at my school in Australia before performing at a local big jazz music fest, hearing them live is something else entirely

[@edwarddavis507]

You are right Mike! There’s a Superconductor putting this all together. So awesome! I think whoever is running this just said yes to anyone who showed interest in the band and masterfully exploited everyone’s talent in leading all the members. So cool! Vocals are off the charts! So gifted, all of them. Thank You Michael!

[@thage7729]

This was recorded in New Orleans. Big Ed Lee is the Souzaphone (notice mic cord in the bell) player who, imho, gets mad props for keeping up with Micheal League on a tune in 14/4. All the contributing musicians get their parts on midi file from M. League (including horn players) and THAT is the real testament to how absurdly talented this group really is. The precision with which this group performs each and every time absolutely knocks me out... I am in complete awe of their individual abilities, let alone their combined ones.

[@sandenson]

The man who's running it is the bass player, Michael League. He's the bandleader, main arranger and composer, puts together the GroundUP Music Festival, which in turn is named after the record label that he runs, which is named after their 5th album.

[@joenorsworthy]

Jacob Collier is above everyone's pay grade. We're all in this club!

[@pitpride1220]

There's a video out there where Jacob explains his understanding of harmonies and melodies. From micro tones to semi tones,intervals etc.. How they interplay and how he sees them. It's beautiful. He's a genius. He explains highly complex theory in very simple terms. He just has a mastery of melody and harmony.

[@Robert_Herring]

The other drummer is Robert "Sput" Searight. Also a beast, currently running the group GhostNote. If you watch the Zildjian Live videos others have mentioned, Sput is one of the keyboard guys.

[@youtubestyle293]

This is so unbelievably believable

[@allterrain]

He is currently touring with Toto. Beast for sure.

[@SvenElven]

Mindblowing that Sput not having his travel papers in order for the «We Like It Here» sessions became the launch pad for Larnell Lewis to become a KZbin sensation!

[@sbarncar]

your expressions mimicked mine the first time I hear this in 2019. Except I was SCREAMING at how good this performance was. And speaking as a former sousaphone player... I've never heard anyone play the instrument so perfectly.

[@daltonwynn3786]

Jacob Collier worked with Steve Vai sometime in 2019 on a song called: “Do You Feel Love”. Being a guitarist, you’d probably really appreciate it!

[@Impressionist53]

Michael, I have been a huge Snarky Puppy fan for years. And over the past year, one of yours. You got me on a Snarky Puppy binge today and I just found the song they did with David Crosby. You MUST listen.

[@matthartman5962]

I LOVE people's reactions whenever I show them this man. Jacob is a music and harmony genius 🎵🥁🎸🎷🎻🎺🎶

[@mmmbetter55]

Normal people don't recognize how amazing Jacob or Snarky Puppy are

[@benyschonfeld]

This band is at a whole other level!

[@thailakhampo]

Jacob Collier is a mad genius when it come to harmonies.

[@erikmaronde2244]

"Yeah we have the most talented musicians on every instrument and three of the most unbelievable keyboarders plus Michael League on bass." Let's put Jacob Collier on top.🤯🎶🎆

[@sixstringblues06]

Such an amazing song it's almost unreal how much is going on at once

[@Guitargate]

It’s truly overwhelming.... but not....

[@steventaillefer]

Michael, you nailed it with your comment at the end of the video... "try to get in a room with a group of people that blow your mind and inspire you to work harder and be better every day.... " thank you for that. I've watched this video several times over the years and that comment just blows me away. Talk about a philosophy on how to live your life... 🙏🙏🙏

[@ianjohnson477]

Love your reaction and commentary 🤓 Those musicians are not of this world 🙏🏼 Fabulous

[@TheJoshA]

Soooooo tight. Never heard this band but,WOW!

[@alexqcreative]

I could be wrong but from what I understand Jacob and a buddy built a vocal harmonizer machine that basically replicates his voice into whatever notes he plays on the keyboard which is why you see him playing that specific keyboard at the same time he is singing to create those massive and complex harmonies. The background signers are doing an amazing job keeping up with it and making it sound more natural instead of "talkboxy". Musical genius' even in building hardware let alone arrangement. Love your videos. I'm a new subscriber and recently signed up for the online guitar lessons.

[@jaepiano]

I am thrilled that you found Jacob. He is a wealth of musical knowledge and inspiration. He cares so deeply and earnestly about music and sharing what he knows. He had that keyboard vocal harmonizer made specifically for him!

[@austin-bt7rr]

Michael League (bass) is a beast. He's the composer (mostly) for snarky puppy, so he can keep up with the changes. Although this song definitely has some JC harmonies that ML might not have added.

[@sweetsavorypodcast2613]

Jacob Collier wrote the song. His version of it is on his album In My Room. This arrangement was heavily worked on between Jacob and bass player/composer League. It was loosely, arranged with moments left for free expression. I think only such a Contacts group of musicians could pull this off the way it was. Jacob’s original version is fun, but this is phenomenal.

[@nicholasstuart2357]

Thank you so much for this! Jumping on the bandwagon for more Jacob Collier. Even though he music is rarely guitar centric there's a severe lack of educated musicians reacting to his content and I think I can speak for many when I say we're desperate to have more company to share his prowess with.

[@nicholasstuart2357]

Also in regards to the MICHAEL LEAGUE banter I'm just impressed you can so clearly tell he's in charge :)

[@h20no7]

i love seeing people discover music that i've loved for so many years and watching they're mind get blown in the exact same way as mine.

[@jcdrummerz96]

Jacob is a harmonic wizard! SP's Family Dinner albums are a goldmine of insane talent. They won a Grammy for their performance of "Something" with Lalah Hathaway. You should check it out!

[@MO-hj3ls]

Love Snarky Puppy! so glad to see another react on them

[@Magere-Kwark]

"It's above my paygrade" feels like merch or a meme waiting to happen.

[@mghJD]

Jacob programmed that tiny upper keyboard to be a voice harmonizer (sort of a super talk box lol) mostly because he does solo performances where he loops and and has to sing all of the parts. I think that keyboard can add something like 10 harmonies to his voice. Jacob is all about harmony, in addition to being able to play almost every instrument. Michael League is the bass player and leader of Snarky Puppy, it is Michael’s baby. This one is a Jacob arrangement though. Jacob and Cory have a number of performances together on KZbin. You should check out Cory performing “Billy Jean”, “Purple Rain”; and some of the stuff he’s done with Vulfpeck.

[@marimdq]

Loved this vídeo, so honest. This was one of the very first videos I have seen from Jacob, really blown my mind. And Snarky Puppies, and Michael League... 💓🎵🎶

[@Guitargate]

Wow, thank you!

[@matthewashley2924]

The Bass Players got balls because he is Micheal League, that leader and creator of the band!

[@shanesturgill75]

Snarky Puppy and Jacob Collier are a match made in heaven! Jaw dropping stuff!

[@bugaluaye4859]

We are witnessing the birth of the superhero musicians.

[@deangoritz9625]

When Jacob, Corey, and Mike on bass,with those percussion players are in one room together, CAREFUL WITH SPARK,THE WHOLE PLACE WILL BLOW

[@turnerpie]

I love that this is pretty much just a pure reaction video, it's great that you can just appreciate the brilliance of the aural spectacle! Great videos, keeping me sane during lockdowns, so thank you!

[@greycane]

The auxiliary percussionist is Nate Werth; also of Ghost Note with the "original" drummer of Snarky Puppy Robert "Sput" Seawright

[@HarryZumwalt]

Please more Jacob Collier! His All night long arrangement is amazing!

[@konradkmiller]

This tune is a bucket of grooves. Every time I pick one out, I find a different one and grab it...I'M SO CONFUSED!!!!

[@migrantfamily]

I will have you know, my nephew transcribed and played a Snarky Puppy concert for his graduation project from High School.

[@tavayalahlynnlawmaster624]

The name of the bassist who gave the hand raise, Michael League. And there is a lot of info on him in Wikipedia. These people are out of this world as they are always presenting new musicians. I am always awe struck. Lynn Lawmaster

[@hiphopatitis]

0:07 Palmy: *plays the quirkiest little riff of all time* "Yeah, why not? We'll leave it there"

[@TheZenguitarguy]

Yes great tune and arrangement and the thing that is often overlooked is the stunning and unobtrusive video work and the insanely beautiful mix. Unfortunately the genius sound mixer that worked with Snarky Puppy passed away far too young.

[@jordanl7685]

YES SIR! SO many people only look at "Lingus", but this and "Sleeper" are my absolute favorites by SP. You the man for this one.

[@daveekow3427]

Yeah... sleeper

[@JimmyKip]

Don't quote me but i've heard that the "other" drummer is/was the original drummer for Snarky Puppy, Larnell joined his first session as a sub at last minute & learnt the tunes on the plane over to the session a day or two before.

[@rich_2824]

Yeah he’s Sput Searight

[@Yourmomma568]

you jave one of the best explanations oxf what makes jacob so great ive heard.

[@PaulBeney]

I've watched the video many times. Thanks for helping me get half way to understanding what's going on

[@KristerRehn]

Yeah...This piece is something else...And the rythmic is insane...

[@loopghost]

Michael, you’ve really helped me dig into countless artists that I’ve heard countless times, but didn’t listen critically to... from Huey Lewis to Snarky Puppy! I get a sense that some musicians create universes. They tune into the laws of physics and they build entanglement and collapse. They dance around rings and moons and they let us explore with them. Thanks for helping me to remember to get into the spaceship and leave my neighborhood.

[@dannycampbell6223]

This version is the musical equivalent of Tennent. You need to listen to it several times to appreciate the musicianship and quality of the mix. Great job all round.

[@Nicksizzle77]

He's only 26... What have I been doing with my life. The dude is insane.

[@levigregorytiama5448]

The whole song is in 7/8ths and 5/8ths time which is absolutely insane

[@rosemaryhaskett1382]

The video of jacob collier and daniel caesar in montreal playing best part always gets me... I watch it at least once a month. Could not recommend it enough

[@patpercu]

Good to see and hear someone who belongs to my world. The one and only musical world I know since 60 years now. I feel less alone listen to the music of the 30 next years.

[@Meikulish]

There are probably things in my life that would make me happier than you watching more Collier, but I can't think of them. PLLLEAAASEEE! His massive cover of all night long is a good start. Or maybe his cover of Flintstones. Anything.... Please

[@meredithheath5272]

I know nothing about music - and I was/am blown away by Jacob, this band - and this composition!!!

[@eliteextremophile8895]

You're so much on point here! I love the way you broke this down. To me personally, the absolute fastest way to really learn how to play, was with musicians way above my pay grade. When I play with very talented people, I can truly relax and concentrate on serving the music. It has been the best way to hone down my grove and feel.

[@CraigGood]

Always be the worst player in the band.

[@landocalrizzi6921]

Its the motown songwriting extention. They were jazz players primarily reworking and improving the songs that were written. Jazz underneath a super hooky melody.

[@katieschuster8326]

Thank you just for doing what you do

[@babarocus1]

Its such a pleasure that they are here in this time for us to experience NOW! They remind me of weather report!!! With songs like Bird Land

[@WildwoodSon]

His song, Lua (featuring MARO) is worth a watch/listen (beautiful piano / nylon string guitar / strings arrangement.)

[@stevekirby7333]

Look up the Collier Berklee master class where he talks about super Lydian chromatic extensions. His sense of harmony is off the chart. Also, he has the Prophet synth hooked to a vocorder stacked on his straight vocal. So he can pile wild extensions on what he's singing. He does this live with sequencers and stuff all by himself.

[@jada90]

This whole concert is fantastic

[@chsot68]

I love that room. It's an old church in New Orleans. The pipe organ is over 100 years old and was donated to the former church by Andrew Carnegie

[@anthonyscurria6349]

I’m here to co-sign all the other *Michael League* comments. That is all.

[@tonibrown9968]

Dude, I love your breakdown. It really makes me listen better. Oh, and appreciate the artistry.

[@norbertsierschynski8120]

Great idea Michael

[@paullevine5294]

The other drummer is Robert " Sput" Searight. He is a monster too. Several grammy's.

[@bikeweiss]

"Sounds like it's literally a machine!" It IS literally a machine! Called the Harmonizer.

[@rk41gator]

sure, but MUCH more than that.

[@angelosartore2179]

I love your work!

[@BongoBaggins]

Also, I'm here for Sput hitting the drums as hard as he can. When Sput hits a tom, it stays hit

[@lindseyb2052]

Your voice cracks and ad libs are amazing in this reaction….😂🤣

[@graydonschilds1832]

The bass player, Michael League, is the band leader of Snarky Puppy among other projects. There's actually a simple chord pattern going on under the crazy solo by Jacob, that's what Michael is holding down on bass the whole time while everyone improvises.

[@graydonschilds1832]

If you want to feel really out of your league look up June Lee's transcription of Jacob Collier's "Moon River" arrangement. Not only did June transcribe it by ear, but Jacob recorded the whole thing without a tuner or metronome. (He has perfect pitch)

[@mariameui6747]

I would love to witness you discovering Jacob. Please do more of his music!

[@ethanbyerly]

You’re one of my favorite youtubers. Love these videos.

[@eaustin2006]

Abject genius with an undeniable pop quality. Never in my 73 years have I heard anything approaching Jacob. Love this reaction video, my sentiments exactly. Best line "It's official". God that Larnell is something. And as cooking as it all is, it's just as tasty. All those phenomenal players playing just what's required. And jacob, well, stupifying. It's official.

[@Richard_Jones]

Great reaction dude. Made it fresh for me. And - by the way, as I'm sure you'll never forget again - it's Michael League.

[@Mag_Nus32]

Jacob Collier's sense of harmony has had me literally well up

[@DaveTrotterDave]

It's probably been said, but I'd love your take on What About Me (same live recording as Lingus). Lanzetti and Larnell soloing....amazing.

[@rk41gator]

Magical combination: Snarky, Ed and the genius called Jacob Collier.

[@1683clifton]

You get what you get! Beat me up anyday, I learn.