Ghost-Note

Expect to hear music from their third album Mustard n’Onions. The 10-piece band’s performances — as befitting veterans of Snarky Puppy, Prince, Kendrick Lamar, Herbie Hancock, Marcus Miller, Kirk Franklin and other icons — are bracing in their virtuosity, affecting in their soulfulness and inspired in their sonic choices. The album also presents a story of an ensemble maturing and solidifying and finding an identity, where nearly every band member has at least one writing credit.

Well over a decade ago, Sput and Werth found themselves gigging together in the Texas-rooted fusion powerhouse Snarky Puppy — Werth on his creatively, globally curated percussion setup, and Sput on keys and, later, drums. What developed, rapidly, was a great mutual respect and a musical kinship that seemed to border on telepathy. The two musicians’ hookup began to rhythmically define Snarky Puppy’s ground-breaking work, making both men multiple Grammy Award winners in the process. At a certain point during Snarky’s ceaseless tour schedule, Sput’s nightly improvised solo began to signify a new pathway. With its more focused approach to funk and vocal performances and a greater emphasis on song writing.