Snarky_Puppy-Empire_Central-2CD-2022-MTD

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2022-11-03

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    [Info]

    Artist       : Snarky Puppy
    Album        : Empire Central
    Label        : GroundUp Music
    Genre        : Jazz
    Street Date  : 2022-09-30
    Quality      : 264 kbps / 44.1kHz / Joint Stereo
    Encoder      : Lame 3.100 -V0
    Size         : 188.33MB
    Time         : 94:34 min
    Url          : http://allmusic.com/album/release/empire-central-mr0005732264

    [Tracks]

    Disc 1/2

    1.  Keep It On Your Mind                                               5:30
    2.  East Bay                                                           5:11
    3.  Bet                                                                5:34
    4.  Cliroy                                                             4:45
    5.  Take It! (Feat. Bernard Wright)                                    6:39
    6.  Portal                                                             5:12
    7.  Broken Arrow                                                       7:19
    8.  Rl's                                                               9:23


    Disc 2/2

    1.  Mean Green                                                         4:54
    2.  Fuel City                                                          4:52
    3.  Free Fall                                                          3:50
    4.  Belmont                                                            6:29
    5.  Pineapple                                                          4:56
    6.  Honiara                                                            6:50
    7.  Coney Bear                                                         5:16
    8.  Trinity                                                            7:54


    [Notes]

    An homage to their Dallas-area musical roots, 2022's Empire Central is one
    of Snarky Puppy's most enjoyable and accessible albums to date. Recorded
    live in-studio at Dallas' Deep Ellum Art Company with an audience in
    attendance, the album finds them digging into their jazz, funk, and R&B
    influences. The Grammy-winning, multi-member ensemble led by bassist Michael
    League initially emerged from the University of North Texas and quickly
    established themselves as a leading crossover jazz band on the Dallas and
    international music scene. Empire Central showcases the group's longstanding
    knack for crafting groove-based instrumental tracks rife with hooky
    melodies, sophisticated arrangements, and exploratory improvisations. Much
    of the album evokes the infectious '70s fusion of band's like Weather Report
    and the Brecker Brothers, but it's also incredibly funky. Particularly
    compelling here is "Take It!," a juicy, late-'70s-style jam in the
    Parliament/Funkadelic and Crusaders-tradition featuring iconic Dallas
    keyboardist Bernard Wright. Sadly, Wright died in a car accident soon after
    the recording and his wiry synth lines are pure magic here, pushing the song
    to ever-more cosmic heights. The track also features a fat-toned solo from
    trumpeter Jay Jennings that brings to mind CTI-era Freddie Hubbard.
    Similarly, "Bet" contrasts a wicked duo bass and guitar riff with jazzy
    flutes and tenor saxophonist Bob Reynold's knotty post-bop improvisational
    lines. There's a travelog quality to Empire Central with songs like "East
    Bay," "Broken Arrow," and "Belmont," that seem to conjure the vibe of the
    Texas locations they are named after. There's even "Mean Green," a wicked
    soul-funk number with crunchy electric guitars off-set by burnished horns
    and spacy keyboard accents that are clearly inspired by the North Texas
    University football team of the band's alma mater. With Empire Central,
    Snarky Puppy transform the Dallas music and culture that inspired them into
    a tangible listening experience.

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