What is Jazz, actually? No, you don't have to answer that question because it is an unanswerable one, all be it theoretical one. Throughout its tracable history, the burden of this question has plagued many, mostly those who have tried to answer it in an attempt to exclude somebody else. The argument is about as old as jazz music itself and with the emergence of two new popular acts, GoGo Penguin and Snarky Puppy, that debate has been reenergized once again. Both bands have attained a popularity and complaints about being filed in the jazz genre.
Snarky Puppy was formed in Denton Texas in 2004 and is more of a loose conglomerate than a band. Featuring up to 40 members at a time, musicians funnel in and out of the band and find work as session musicians for various other acts. According to Wikipedia, "The core touring unit is Michael League, Robert "Sput" Searight, Nate Werth, Larnell Lewis, Shaun Martin, Cory Henry, Justin Stanton, Bill Laurance, Bob Lanzetti, Chris McQueen, Mark Lettieri, Mike Maher and Chris Bullock."
All told the band has released 4 albums and popular buzz and critical acclaim have followed. According to UDiscoverMusic, "Their 200 plus concerts a year are drawing larger and larger crowds and with critical buzz beginning to build."
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