LONG-FORM INTERVIEW, Antoine Bernhard and Max Moeschler | Snarky Puppy is undoubtedly one of the greatest contemporary music groups. Founded in Texas in 2004, the three-time Grammy Award-winning band explores a unique musical genre at the crossroads of jazz, funk, R&B, and so many other styles. As part of the «Autumn of Music» event organized by the Montreux Jazz Festival, we had the chance to meet the three band members, who were at the Montreux Palace for the occasion: Michael League (bass and bandleader), Bill Laurance (keyboards), and Justin Stanton (trumpet and keyboards). It was an exclusive conversation in a magnificent setting! Here, we’ve tried to capture the most interesting parts of our discussion.
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.
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ARTICLE LONG FORMAT, JONAS FOLLONIER | It's one of the things that defines Le Regard Libre: the pleasure we take in making discordant voices heard, in their raw sincerity. Either discordant with what we usually read, hear and see. Or discordant within the magazine's own editorial team. So when my dear colleague Loris S. Musumeci, an unlikely admirer of Angèle, tried to sell me a feature on the artist, I immediately agreed. And for a very simple reason: Angèle represents everything that puts me off in today's French variété. I was also certain that Loris's love for the singer, once put down on paper, would take on a certain singularity compared to that of his many other lovers. Perhaps my analysis, based on original disgust, would also lead to something original...
According to Wagner, there were three of them. Berlioz, Liszt and himself: the three giants of the age. It makes you wonder. How could a composer as controversial as Berlioz be a giant? Exalted by some, disparaged by many, the only thing that can be said, at first glance, is that he did not leave his contemporaries indifferent.
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