Monday, November 18, 2024

Larnell Lewis

 

 

A friend sent this to me with the message, "I don't know him, but Stanton Moore follows him. I luv this."

I didn't know Larnell Lewis either. I did know Snarky Puppy, though I haven't heard a note of their music. Larnell Lewis has been Snarky Puppy's drummer since 2014. This mindblowing solo is from a song called "Gravity," played with the Jeremy Ledbetter Trio, someone else I didn't know.

I don't think you need to be a drummer to be floored by the playing here. But as a drummer, it did make me want to toss my sticks and take up the kazoo.

If there are any Snarky Puppy fans reading, can you suggest one record that might excite me as much as this clip?

2 comments:

Allan Rosenberg said...

WOW! Ihat was superhuman on so many levels.

I also love his cellphone and other drumsticks on the floor tom.

Captain Al

Anonymous said...

Wow. Larnell sure knows his way around a kit!

- Paul in DK