Bring Us the Bright

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{{Infobox album

| name = Bring Us the Bright

| type = studio

| artist = Snarky Puppy

| cover = SnarkyP_Bright.jpg

| released = 2008

| recorded = April 2008

| venue =

| genre = Jazz, pop, rock

| length = 49:04

| label = Ropeadope

| producer =

| prev_title = The World Is Getting Smaller

| prev_year = 2007

| next_title = Tell Your Friends

| next_year = 2010

}}

Bring Us the Bright is an album by American jazz fusion group Snarky Puppy that was released in 2008.{{cite web |title=Bring Us the Bright |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bring-us-the-bright-mw0001243723 |website=AllMusic |accessdate=26 March 2019 |language=en-us}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Michael League except where noted

| total_length = 49:04

| title1 = Bring Us the Bright

| length1 = 6:36

| title2 = Loose Screws

| length2 = 4:20

| writer2 = Robert Searight

| title3 = Strawman

| length3 = 8:27

| title4 = 34 Klezma

| length4 = 6:14

| writer4 = Bill Laurance

| title5 = Strange Dream

| length5 = 5:21

| writer5 = Brian Donohoe

| title6 = Celebrity

| length6 = 6:28

| title7 = Making the Circle

| length7 = 6:47

| writer7 = Brian Donohoe

| title8 = And Soon We'll Be One

| length8 = 4:51

}}

Personnel

Source: {{cite web |url=https://snarkypuppy.com/assets/liner-notes/Bring_Us_The_Bright.pdf |title=Bring Us the Bright Liner Notes |publisher=GroundUp Music |accessdate=31 December 2019 }}

  • Michael League – bass guitar, double bass, vocals
  • Mike Maher – trumpet, vocals
  • Sara Jacovino – trombone, vocals (Tracks 1,2,3,6 & 7)
  • Clay Pritchard – tenor saxophone (Track 6)
  • Chris Bullock – tenor saxophone (Tracks 1,2,3,4,6 & 7)
  • Brian Donohoe – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, vocals (Tracks 1,2,3,6 & 7)
  • Mark Lettieri – electric guitar (Track 3)
  • Chris McQueen – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Bob Lanzetti – electric guitar, vocals
  • William Barnes – pedal steel guitar, dobro (Track 1)
  • "Leftthand" Kevin Williams – bass (Track 2)
  • Bernard Wright– keyboards (Tracks 3,5,6 & 7)
  • Bobby Sparks – keyboards (Tracks 2,3,5,6 & 7)
  • Bill Laurance – keyboards, piano, vocals
  • Justin Stanton – keyboards (tracks 1,5 & 6), trumpet (Tracks 1,2,3,5,6,7 & 8)
  • Zach Brock – violin (Tracks 1,4 & 8)
  • Veronika Vassileva – viola (Tracks 1,4 & 8)
  • Michelle Cho – cello (Tracks 1,4 & 8)
  • Robert Searight – drums, keyboards (Tracks 1,2,3,5 & 7)
  • Steve Pruitt – drums, vocals (Tracks 1,2,4,5,7 & 8)
  • Nate Werth – percussion
  • Jorge Ginorio – percussion (Track 2)
  • José Aponte – percussion, vocals (Track 2)
  • Mikal Evans – vocals (Track 1)
  • Michelle Aponte – vocals (Track 2)
  • Jomar Ginorio – "kid noises" (Track 2)

References

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