We Like It Here

This was such a fun album to get. I’m a fan of Snarky Puppy and really enjoy their take on jazz/funk. The virtuosity throughout this album and the tightness of the group as they sail through tight passages and rhythmic changes is unmatched and is thrilling to listen to.

Jazz Fusion

Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Shofukan, Jambone, Tio macaco, Lingus

I discovered this band at a festival, not knowing what to expect. But their performance blew me away. Now it was been a while since i've listened to them. So this was a very pleasant surprise! Thank you to the one suggesting this album!

I think if I was the kind of person who knew how to read music, or had a better understand music theory, I'd also be the kind of person who'd appreciate this album. Alas...

Welcome to Jazz Club... Shite

Excellent instrumentalists, they reminded me of the music used in TV series, movies and live shows, especially from the 70's; they could fit into the score of any audiovisual product, either as incidental music or as an introduction. I don't give it more stars because it's not supposed to include only music without vocals on this list.

I enjoyed this, it seemed well-executed though I'm not much of a judge of jazz quality. As always with heavily improvisational jazz it drifts sometimes into what feels like kinda just busy noodling, but I might just be a low brow.

Eh, it's fine – without any context (live album? soundtrack? concept album?) or introduction to the band, this reads as some nice but ultimately bland jazz that doesn't have much grit to it. Technically astounding, but even if someone juggled flaming bowling pins in front of you for an hour on end you'd still get bored because it's all the same!

This was pretty cool. I would have said this isn't my thing, but it turns out it was my thing - this morning, at least. 4/5.

I feel like Snarky Puppy is emblematic of that "Berklee Blend" style that mixes funk and jazz and rock into a fusion soup that rarely gets to see the heights of the 70's fusion acts they so clearly adore. They are all clearly ridiculously talented players: that much is plain as day. But rarely does that actually translate to music with heart, music that is catchy, or music that really resonates with anyone outside that circle of post-grad musicians trying their best (and usually failing) to make dense heady music approachable. This album, however, is different. It's catchy, it's fun, the musicians are all clearly having a blast, it's approachable in a way that much of its brethren are not. Some sort of magic was in the air in these live sessions that really comes across. From my musically inclined friends, to my boomer parents, to my sister who thinks 4/4 is just a weird fraction, the reaction is nearly always positive. This album clicks. And, as one of the few that genuinely enjoys the pretentious wankery of that Berklee Blend, it makes me very happy.

A great background record that can slip into the foreground easily. I had heard a lot of Snarky Puppy previously, so it was cool to listen in one continuous shot.

Too heavy on the Jazz front for my liking.

These guys freaking rock I saw them in Chicago in like 2015

Ugh..fusion? What kind of fusion is…. oh. OH. And this is live?? Finally something on the user submitted list that feels like it was something handed to me by a friend who said “this is good as hell”

Purely awesome jazzy riffs with funky grooves and slappy synths. I can see how a lot of people wouldn't like this, but it was basically exactly my shit. Reminds me a lot of a lyric-free Vulfpeck

I prefer my jazz to feel a little bit less "clean," but it's not bad.

3 4 for Lingus

Jazz fusion in my style. Some funk, some Latin, lots of smart trumpet and even jazz rock guitar. I like it.

It was alright, interesting at types, meandering and pointless at times.