Family Dinner, Vol. 2

This review is of the CD/DVD version. My first Snarky Puppy album was "Sylva" which is terrific and the accompanying DVD makes the album priceless. Same here. I missed Volume One somehow but I'll go back for it. This album was for a charitable event, The Roots of Music Foundation of New Orleans. This edition of Snarky Puppy includes 18 band members. Add to that at various times, 13 musicians from NOLA International, 8 guest vocalists and 14 guest instrumentalists and you get some idea of what the management of this assemblage required. On top of it all is SP founder Michael League who is most prominent here on anything bass oriented.The mixture of the primary songs (8 on CD) is jazz, Brazilian, African, Appalachian and rock. And everything is perfectly performed. If you've ever seen one of those tribute concerts where everyone comes out for the finale and you have 7 or 8 guitarists, 3 or 4 drummers and everyone singing a well known song, you know what a melange of misery it can all become after a while. Here, with a similar count, it is all perfectly presented.While all of the songs are well done, what really stokes me about this package is the DVD (alas no Blu ray) which contains lossy (compressed) options including Dolby Digital 2.0 and Dolby Digital 5.1. They work well by the way. In addition to the songs from the CD, the group adds 5 more. The order varies from the CD so don't be shocked. Interspersed between some of the performances are short artist interviews (I think with League) which are much more than the usual questions of "who were your influences." They talk about the emotion of music, how it affects their life. In one interview, I think with Charles Turner, he talks about how he tried numerous musical instruments growing up and played them all...badly. Then he realized his instrument was his voice. Bingo!Taken as a whole, if you have the video capabilities, I recommend you watch and listen to the DVD. Once you've watched the interviews, they can be skipped on subsequent plays. This is a great album, but the video takes it over the top.

I was sold on this CD/DVD release after seeing some of the performances on PBS one evening, beginning with Becca Stevens and the great Scandinavian band Väsen playing her song “I Asked” (check out the version on her terrific album “ Perfect Animal ”). The music here involves a wide variety of artists, ranging from Susana Baca and Salif Keita to Ivan Neville and Charlie Hunter. Even the track by David Crosby (whom I normally dislike and avoid for personal reasons) is quite good and rather subdued relative to most of the performances here, making a nice closing piece to these performances. Overall, this is an excellent mix of musical performers--a mix for which the DVD is actually better than the CD (not often the case).

Wonderful music at a good price. Even comes with a bonus DVD so you can watch them perform.

Nothing you buy from Snarky Puppy will disappoint. I liked Family dinner v. 1 better and you must admit there really is no follow up to Sylva. Sylva for me, is one of the greatest albums - of ALL TIME. That being said, it's against state law to not buy Snarky Puppy or Hiromi Uehara. :-) It's the best music out there right now.

Snarky Puppy is my new favorite jazz ensemble. Great songs, fantastic musician virtuosos, and incredible performers. This is a special release thanks to the DVD bundle therein. But there is a lot of Snarky Puppy on YouTube if you want to check them out, which I highly recommend.

there are some groovin' moments. I wish they could've put just a little more into the overall arrangements on a few of the tunes.

addition of guest vocalists allows band to explore new territories...great arrangements to compliment each vocalist

I have now purchased seven cd/dvd titles from Snarky Puppy and love them all.

Snarky Puppy halt.Was soll ich sagen ? Aufnahme und Musik Weltklasse

Un disco molto ma anche complesso in cui il gruppo fa da base ad una serie di voci, David Crosby, Salif Keita, Laura Mvula, Susana Baca, Jocob Collier, Carlos Malta, Charlie Hunter, Big Ed Lee e qualche altro. La band, guidata da Michael League, è un ensemble unico che svaria dal rock alla musica etnica, al folk, all'improvvisazione.

Buy this combo for the DVD alone! If you love music and musicians who are passionate about their craft and the spiritual impact that music has on the human soul, you have to sit yourself down and watch this amazing event.

今回　スナーキー・パピーのCDを　同時に3枚購入しました。その中の1枚に不具合があり　再購入で問題なく　楽曲を楽しんでいます。また　機会を見て　購入したいと思います。ありがとうございます。

Snarky Puppy act as the background for a wide range of artists to show their talents. The quality of musicianship is fabulous as ever. A great showcase for the joy of music.