Family Dinner – Volume 1

Family Dinner – Volume 1
Studio album by
Snarky Puppy
Released 2013
Recorded March 8–9, 2013
Studio Shaftman Performance Hall, Roanoke, Virginia
Genre Jazz fusion
Length 45:04
Label Ropeadope
Snarky Puppy chronology
Amkeni
(2013) 		Family Dinner – Volume 1
(2013) 		We Like It Here
(2014)

Family Dinner – Volume 1 is an album by the American jazz fusion group Snarky Puppy that was released in 2013.

On January 26, 2014, Snarky Puppy and Lalah Hathaway won a Grammy Award in the Best R&B Performance category for their rendition of the Brenda Russell song "Something".

The album was recorded and filmed in the Shaftman Performance Hall at Jefferson Center in Roanoke, Virginia in March 2013. The intent was to draw attention to the Jefferson Center's non-profit arts organization. A portion of sales supports the Music Lab at Jefferson Center.

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Arranger(s) Length
1. "Free Your Dreams" (with Chantae Cann) Cann League 4:46
2. "Gone Under" (with Shayna Steele) Steele, David Cook League 5:46
3. "Deep" (with N'Dambi) N'Dambi, Madukwu Chinwah League, Maher 5:13
4. "Amour T'es La" (with Magda Giannikou) Giannikou Giannikou, Snarky Puppy 4:22
5. "Something" (with Lalah Hathaway) David Foster, Brenda Russell League, Searight, Henry, Laurance, Lettieri 7:35
6. "Too Hot to Last" (with Lucy Woodward) League, Woodward League 4:44
7. "Turned Away" (with Tony Scherr) Tony Scherr League, Scherr 7:22
8. "I'm Not the One" (with Malika Tirolien) Tirolien, Frederick Varre League, Tirolien 5:16
Total length: 45:04

DVD bonus tracks

(On the DVD set, Track #8 on the LP is the first track on the second disc.)

No. Title Writer(s) Arranger(s) Length
9. "Da Da N'Da" (with Chantae Cann) Cann, Anthony Dixon League, Cann 5:28
10. "Ase Me Na Bo" (with Magda Giannikou) Giannikou League, Giannikou 4:47
11. "Black Sheep" (with Tony Scherr) Scherr League,Scherr 8:10
12. "He Got Away" (with Lucy Woodward) Woodward League, Woodward 5:20
13. "Sew" (with Malika Tirolien) Tirolien League, Tirolien 4:48
14. "Only Love" (with Judi Jackson) Jackson League 4:02
15. "I'll Do Me" (with Jayna Brown) Brown, League League, Searight, Lettieri, Laurance 6:13
Total length: 38:48

Personnel

Snarky Puppy

  • Michael League – bass guitar, keyboard bass, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar
  • Mike Maher – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Jay Jennings – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Chris Bullock – tenor saxophone, flute, bass clarinet
  • Bob Lanzetti – electric, acoustic and baritone guitars
  • Mark Lettieri – electric, acoustic and baritone guitars, bass guitar
  • Cory Henry – piano, keyboards
  • Bill Laurance – piano, keyboards
  • Robert "Sput" Searight – drums
  • Nate Werth – percussion
  • Katya Diaz – backing vocals
  • Rachella Searight – backing vocals
  • Chelsea West – backing vocals

Additional personnel