Jazz Articles about Bob Lanzetti

About Bob Lanzetti

Album Review

Veteran New York City-based drummer and composer Jason Kruk leverages decades of technical precision and international touring into a major leap forward on Sun Goose Records. Rather than a standard rhythm showcase, his latest release is an ambitious, collaborative suite bridging structured composition and open improvisation. The album unfolds as a deeply conceptual journey through tracks named after natural elements and archetypes. Kruk anchors complex polyrhythms with a muscular yet nuanced touch, swinging seamlessly between aggressive fusion workouts ...

Album Review

Brock, Lanzetti, Ogawa: Drawing Songs

Read "Drawing Songs" reviewed by Mike Jacobs

by Mike Jacobs
February 4, 2024

Encountering new additions to the Snarky Puppy musical diaspora is always interesting. Some members' solo efforts are more direct stylistic offshoots of the mother band while others branch out in very different directions, but it is a safe bet that they will showcase the musicianship which got them into the burgeoning collective in the first place. Drawing Songs, by long-time SP bandmates Zach Brock, Bob Lanzetti and Keita Ogawa, is one of these which is a refreshing musical ...

Radio & Podcasts

Snarky Puppy regular Bob Lanzetti, Japanese band T Square, Andre Nieri and Antoine Fafard

by Len Davis
July 2, 2023

Bob Lanzetti, Japanese band T Square, Australian band Three Wise Monkeys and Alan Holdsworth's Legacy. Brazilian guitarist Andre Nieri. Bassist Antoine Fafard and Norwegian guitarist Tore Morton Andreasson. Playlist Bob Lanzetti “B" from Whose Feet Are These That Are Walking (Hot club) 00:00 OK Goodnight “Height Shift" from Limbo (DeLigma) 06:27 T square “Maverick Moon" from Vento De Felicidade (T Square Music) 12:59 Ivan Grand Solberg “Incubus" from Lie Detector (Hot Club Records) 19:29 Three wise Monkeys “VINAMA" ...

Album Review

Bokante: History

by Chris May
June 25, 2023

Snarky Puppy leader Michael League does not like the band being called a jazz ensemble. He describes it as a “a pop band that improvises a lot, without vocals." But anyone listening to jazz through the aural equivalent of a wide-angle lens would likely keep Snarky Puppy in the picture. League's spin-off group Bokante improvises little and has vocals front and centre. The connection with jazz is more tenuous. Bokante could be called a “world music" group ...

Album Review

Steve Shapiro: Plan To Be Spontaneous

Read "Plan To Be Spontaneous" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
January 21, 2023

With mallets at the fore, a solid set of originals on the program and a strong cast in the mix, vibraphonist Steve Shapiro's musical voice and vision is clear-- and really something to hear--across this seven-song set. Working under the banner of a perfectly paradoxical title, he makes his mark from a number of angles--those of soloist, harmonist, composer and bandleader--and gives his bandmates their due. Sophisticated jazz-pop sets the scene as Shapiro shares the spotlight with ...

Album Review

Snarky Puppy: Empire Central

Read "Empire Central" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
October 3, 2022

A diciotto anni dalla nascita, gli Snarky Puppy sono tornati a Dallas —luogo d'origine della formazione— per registrare un nuovo album scegliendo l'approccio preferito: quel “live in the studio" con pubblico in sala che ha caratterizzato le loro opere migliori. Quindi otto notti alla Deep Ellum Art Company per mettere a punto 16 nuovi brani, ora pubblicati in doppio album, in triplo vinile. Il disco privilegia il ritorno ai valori musicali originari: una fusion ...

Album Review

Snarky Puppy: Immigrance

Read "Immigrance" reviewed by Josh Deakin

by Josh Deakin
January 22, 2021

Three years after their last release, Snarky Puppy's thirteenth studio album Immigrance makes a statement as a standard for jazz fusion that all modern artists should take note of. The opening track, “Chonks," sets the tone of the record with a fierce drum fill from Larnell Lewis which is reminiscent of reggae tones, an aesthetic which Snarky Puppy enjoy teasing on occasion. The record keeps pace as it weaves together the collection of songs which gives the illusion ...