Bill Laurance is a composer, pianist, keyboardist and original member of the 5x Grammy Award winning funk fusion outfit Snarky Puppy as well as the founder and CEO of London-based record label Flint Music.

The gang discusses minimalism in music, paying an homage to the greats while forging your own path, the evolution of jazz music, and the joy and freedom of playing solo, among other things.

Bill had a mushroom margarita pizza with homemade vegetable soup and salad for lunch.

• Yellowjackets - Imperial Strut | 1
• Henry Mancini - Experiment In Terror | 2
• Chick Corea Trio - Matrix | 3
• Jahari Stampley - Amazing Grace | 4
• Lettuce - Vamanos | 5
• Klur - Entangled | 6
• Maurice II - Luhvit | 7

1.  Fan Pick by Kyle Hollingsworth from The String Cheese Incident
2. Fan Pick by Robert Walter from The Greyboy Allstars
3. Guest Pick by Bill Laurance from Snarky Puppy
4. Fan Pick by Bo Koster from My Morning Jacket / Roger Water / Ray Lamongtagne
5. Fan Pick by Kunj Shah from Live For Live Music
6. Fan Pick by Aron Magner from The Disco Biscuits and Billy & The Kids
7. Fan Pick by DOMi from DOMi & JD Beck

This episode was originally recorded live on October 18th, 2022

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