Michael League's videos
The iconic live recording featuring Cory Henry
Library — Double Bass
Michael League
(1984–)
Michael League (b. 1984) — Double Bass. Worked with Cory Henry.
Texas-born bassist, composer, and producer. As founder of Snarky Puppy, he leads the large ensemble that fuses jazz, funk, and world music at a high level. Also active as collaborator/producer for Bokanté, David Crosby, and others.
Michael League's videos
The Grammy-winning 'Family Dinner Vol. 1' performance with Lalah Hathaway's stunning multiphonic vocals on Brenda Russell's song.
— Family Dinner - Volume 1 (Snarky Puppy album), Wikipedia, 2013
Michael League's videos
The large ensemble crammed into the Tiny Desk space, with League dividing the audience into a 3/4 vs 4/4 polyrhythmic clap.
Snarky Puppy's We Like It Here, led by Michael LeagueMichael Leagueマイケル・リーグ, was tracked in a Dutch studio with a live audience present in the room. Gioia emphasizes this "audience-included one-take" method as an update to the recording grammar of jazz fusion.
Behind Snarky Puppy, Michael LeagueMichael Leagueマイケル・リーグ also led the multilingual band Bokante fronted by the Guadeloupean vocalist Malika Tirolien. Gioia frames this as an example of fusion rediscovering border-crossing as an expressive principle, not just a marketing one.