Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Snarky Puppy album)

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Live at the Royal Albert Hall
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Live album by
ReleasedMarch 6, 2020 (2020-03-06)
RecordedNovember 14, 2019
Genre
Length99:15
Label GroundUPmusic
Producer
  • Michael League
  • Snarky Puppy
Snarky Puppy chronology
Immigrance
(2019)
Live at the Royal Albert Hall
(2020)
Live at GroundUP Music Festival
(2022)

Live at the Royal Albert Hall is the fourteenth album by the American jazz fusion band Snarky Puppy and the group's first live, in-concert album for general release. (Several previous Snarky Puppy albums had been recorded with an audience present, but those were done with a small audience seated around a studio-like setting.) It was recorded on November 14, 2019, and released on March 6, 2020. [1] The album was released in sets of 2 CDs, 3 LPs, or 2 CDs and 3 LPs. [2] The release won a Grammy Award for the Best Contemporary Instrumental Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. [3]

Contents

Track listing

Disc one
No.TitleLength
1."Even Us" (Michael League)8:12
2."Intelligent Design" (Michael League)9:17
3."While We're Young" (Mike 'Maz' Maher)7:33
4."Alma" (Michael League)8:36
5."Bad Kids to the Back" (Justin Stanton)8:22
6."Bigly Strictness" (Michael League)8:22
Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."Tarova" (Michael League)6:15
2."Xavi" (Michael League)9:32
3."Chonks" (Michael League)9:14
4."Sleeper" (Mike 'Maz' Maher)11:45
5."Shofukan" (Michael League)12:07

Personnel

From Live at the Royal Albert Hall liner notes: [4]

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References

  1. "Snarky Puppy Live at the Royal Albert Hall". AllMusic . Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  2. "Snarky Puppy Live at the Royal Albert Hall". Discogs. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  3. "63rd Annual Grammy Awards". Grammy Awards . Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  4. "Liner Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 8 April 2021.