Family Dinner – Volume 2

Family Dinner – Volume 2 is an album by American jazz fusion group Snarky Puppy that was released on February 12, 2016.

Family Dinner – Volume 2
Studio album by Snarky Puppy
Released	February 12, 2016
Recorded	2015
Studio	Esplanade Studios, New Orleans, Louisiana
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	56:54
Label	groundUP
Snarky Puppy chronology
Sylva (2015) Family Dinner – Volume 2 (2016) Culcha Vulcha (2016)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Irish Times	[1]
The Guardian	[2]

Track listing

All songs arranged by Michael League.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Asked" (featuring Becca Stevens & Väsen)	6:54
2.	"Molino Molero" (featuring Susana Baca & Charlie Hunter)	5:30
3.	"Liquid Love" (featuring Chris Turner)	6:36
4.	"Soro (Afriki)" (featuring Salif Keita, Carlos Malta & Bernardo Aguiar)	8:17
5.	"Sing to the Moon" (featuring Laura Mvula & Michelle Willis)	5:51
6.	"Don't You Know" (featuring Jacob Collier & Big Ed Lee)	10:44
7.	"I Remember" (featuring Knower & Jeff Coffin)	6:34
8.	"Somebody Home" (featuring David Crosby)	6:30

Bonus DVD tracks

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Be Still" (featuring Becca Stevens & Väsen)	4:33
2.	"Fuego y Agua" (featuring Susana Baca)	5:36
3.	"Shapons Vindaloo" (featuring Väsen)	8:04
4.	"One Hope" (featuring Knower)	3:31
5.	"Brother, I'm Hungry" (featuring Nigel Hall & NOLA International)	8:36

Personnel

• Michael League – bass guitar, ukulele bass, Moog bass, & vocals
• Jay Jennings – trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals
• Mike Maher – trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals
• Chris Bullock – tenor saxophone, flute, alto flute, vocals
• Cory Henry – keyboards, vocals
• Bill Laurance – keyboards, vocals
• Shaun Martin – keyboards, vocals
• Justin Stanton – keyboards, trumpet, vocals
• Bob Lanzetti – guitars, vocals
• Mark Lettieri – guitars, vocals
• Chris McQueen – guitars, vocals
• Robert Searight – drums, vocals
• Larnell Lewis – drums, percussion, vocals
• Nate Werth – percussion, vocals
• Marcelo Woloski – percussion, vocals
• Rachella Searight – vocals
• Candy West – vocals
• Peaches West – vocals

Guests

• Ed Lee – sousaphone
• Carlos Malta – pife, bass flute, alto flute, flute, & soprano sax
• Jeff Coffin – tenor sax, alto flute
• Jacob Collier – vocals, piano, harmonizer
• Michelle Willis – pump organ & vocals
• Charlie Hunter – guitar
• David Crosby – vocals, acoustic guitar
• Roger Tallroth (Väsen) – parlor guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar
• Louis Cole (Knower) – drums
• Olov Johansson (Väsen) – nyckelharpa
• Bernardo Aguiar – pandeiro, percussion
• André Ferrari (Väsen) – percussion
• Carolina Araoz – vocals
• Genevieve Artadi (Knower) – vocals
• Susana Baca – vocals
• Amos Gohi Baraon – vocals
• Aminata Dante – vocals
• Salif Keita – vocals
• Bah Kouyate-Kone – vocals
• Laura Mvula – vocals
• Becca Stevens – vocals, acoustic guitar, charango
• Chris Turner – vocals

Nola International

• Sam Williams – trombone
• Terence Blanchard – trumpet
• Khris Royal – alto saxophone
• John Gros – organ
• Brian Coogan – piano, vocals
• Ivan Neville – clavinet, vocals
• Big D Perkins – electric guitar
• Donald Ramsey – bass guitar
• Jamison Ross – drums
• Terence Higgins – drums
• Mike Dillon – percussion
• Jason Marsalis – percussion
• Nigel Hall – vocals

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[3]	58
French Albums (SNEP)[4]	149

References

1. "Snarky Puppy Family Dinner - Volume Two album review: It's a groove thing". The Irish Times.
2. Fordham, John (11 February 2016). "Snarky Puppy: Family Dinner Vol Two review – uninhibited, high-flying jazz-fusion" – via www.theguardian.com.
3. "Dutchcharts.nl – Snarky Puppy – Family Dinner – Volume Two" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
4. "Lescharts.com – Snarky Puppy – Family Dinner – Volume Two". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 23, 2016.