Snarky Puppy, the pinnacle of contemporary jazz

Le Regard Libre N° 67 - Antoine Bernhard

The bias is easy: contemporary music, therefore commercial music, therefore bad music. If this formula can be criticized for its simplicity, it would be dishonest to deny it any validity. And yet! It sometimes happens that natural selection operates correctly, offering excellent groups success and fame. Such is the case of Snarky Puppy, an American band that has already won a prestigious Grammy Award three times: last month, they released a remastered and remixed version of their album Tell Your Friends. Let's look back at some of the band's history.

Michael League - bassist, composer and bandleader - founded Snarky Puppy in 2004, in Denton, Texas. Just two years later, the band released their debut album, The Only Constant, a very acoustic affair, as was their follow-up: The World is Ge