June 5, 2017 Amsterdam, Netherlands (mp3)

Snarky Puppy live recording from their show on June 5, 2017 at Paradiso in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

FROM MICHAEL LEAGUE:
First of two shows at the legendary Paradiso, an old church-turned-venue, in Amsterdam. A really special show. Crowd and band energy is electric throughout. The band layers in on Whitecap to start. Bullock takes an effected tenor solo. Beep Box follows it. Maz plays over the outro. Zach goes Hendrix on GØ. Bobby lights it up on organ. Bob takes an extended solo over the outro. Then Kite. Justin lays out on Rhodes during the solo to let Bullock and Bobby take it. Justin bops through the outro on Rhodes. Semente features special guests Marcelo Woloski and Dutch percussionist Steven Brezet (from “We Like It Here”). Best it’s felt all tour. The outro becomes a three-man percussion feature (Steven on timbau, Marcelo on pandeiro, Nate on everything else) as Larnell leaves the stage. Justin burns through the first solo in Young Stuff on trumpet. Bobby takes things to a spiritual place on organ. Quarter Master keeps things in the soul arena. Bob starts low and funky on guitar and then takes it up over the top of a great Sharay Reed groove. The first encore is Shofukan, which gets a trumpet solo from Justin over an old-school organ accompaniment from Bobby. Steven and Marcelo jump back on percussion for the ending, which gets a little touch of Zeppelin. The crowd sings the theme for a second encore. Bobby takes things through the roof on Sleeper. Helluva night all around.

SET LIST:
1. Whitecap
2. Beep Box
3. GØ
4. Kite
5. Semente
6. Young Stuff
7. Quarter Master
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8. Shofukan
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9. Sleeper

BAND MEMBERS:
Chris Bullock - tenor sax, flute, & alto flute
Mike “Maz” Maher - trumpet & flugelhorn
Justin Stanton - trumpet, Fender Rhodes, & Prophet
Bobby Sparks - organ, clavinet, Minimoog, and Motif
Zach Brock - violin
Bob Lanzetti - guitar
Michael League - bass & Moog bass
Larnell Lewis - drums
Nate Werth - percussion

SPECIAL GUESTS:
Steven Brezet - timbal & triangle*
Marcelo Woloski - percussion*

SOUND CREW:
Mike Harrison - sound (front of house)
Matt Recchia - sound (monitors)
Nic Hard - engineering and mixing