Photo by Brian Friedman

In celebration of their recent Grammy nomination for their album Empire Central, the genre-defying musical collective Snarky Puppy have shared a new live-in-studio performance video of their single “Pineapple.” The performance is in line with the album as a whole, which was recorded in front of studio audiences over eight nights at Dallas’ Deep Ellum Art Company and follows clips for five tracks off the project: “Trinity,” “Bet,” “Belmont,” “Take It!” and “RL’s.”

“Pineapple” was written and recorded by the four-time Grammy-winning ensemble’s trumpet/flugelhorn player Mike “Maz” Maher, who describes the single as “an upbeat dance track with a groove smack dab in the middle of house and new jack swing. Blistering improvisations propel the tune forward without departing from the fun danceability of the song.”

Along with showcasing the process of the creation of the album, the video also sheds light on Empire Central as a whole; 16 tracks in celebration of musical creation and a love letter to Dallas, which gave birth to the group and to its own members including the late Bernard Write who is featured on the album and passed at 58 shortly after recording the Empire Central sessions.

The band will also set to tour in the U.S. in the spring of 2023, making stops in cities including Chicago, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C., Nashville, Tenn. and more.

 Purchase or stream Snarky Puppy’s Empire Central here.

Watch the live-in-studio performance of “Pineapple” below.

Snarky Puppy Spring 2023 Tour

March 29—Palace Theatre—St. Paul, MN

March 30—Pabst Theater—Milwaukee, WI

March 31—The Riviera Theatre—Chicago, IL

April 1—Hard Rock Northern Indiana—Gary, IN

April 2—State Theatre—Kalamazoo, MI

April 5—TempleLive Cleveland Masonic—Cleveland, OH

April 6—Town Ballroom—Buffalo, NY

April 8—Roadrunner—Boston, MA

April 10—Tillis Hall at the Fine Arts Center, UMASS—Amherst, MA

April 12—Chubb Theatre, Capitol Center for the Arts—Concord, NH

April 13—Beacon Theatre—New York, NY

April 14—Union Transfer—Philadelphia, PA

April 15—HMAC—Harrisburg, PA

April 16—Cornell University Concert Series at Bailey Hall—Ithaca, NY

April 19—Warner Theatre—Washington, DC

April 20—Stage AE—Pittsburgh, PA

April 24—Ritter Amphitheater—Huntington, WV

April 26—Ryman Auditorium—Nashville, TN

April 28—The Eastern—Atlanta, GA