Snarky Puppy is one of the leading collectives in jazz fusion, their sound being a mixture of funk, jazz, and world music. The Netherlands' own Metropole Orkest lend their talents to the band for this album, recorded live, and makes them sound more grand and bombastic than usual. It's still Snarky Puppy running the show, though, and for the most part they sound wonderful. Meandering bass and smooth keyboards permeate the record, as does explosive sections of brass instrumentation. A variety of moods are explored here, including suspenseful, triumphant, content, and sensual. The closer, "The Clearing", is one of the best examples of this, going through a wide range of sounds and emotions in a nineteen minute monster of fusion jazz. In all, Snarky Puppy continue to impress, and with some added help from Metropole Orkest, add another dynamic to their sound.
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