Ghost Note

Genres: percussion-based funk, hip hop and jazz fusion

About the artist:

When you have a drummer who won their first Grammy Award at 18 and grew up around artists like Erykah Badu and Norah Jones, you know this isn’t a side project. Ghost-Note is a supergroup from Dallas led by Robert “Sput” Searight and Nate Werth (Snarky Puppy), built around percussion and a collective of top-tier musicians, including MonoNeon. With an explosive sound blending funk, hip-hop, jazz, and afrobeat, and a collective résumé featuring collaborations with Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, and Herbie Hancock, Ghost-Note quickly became a live benchmark. Three #1 albums on the iTunes Jazz Chart, a Tiny Desk Concert at NPR, and their latest release, Mustard ‘n’ Onions (2024), confirm their status as a driving force in modern funk.

Famous Album

Mustard ‘n’ Onions (2024) is widely lauded as a top-tier funk album and arguably Ghost-Note’s best, showcasing a matured, 16-track “funk factory” ambitious sound. It blends complex jazz-fusion with high-energy funk, featuring star guests like Marcus Miller and MonoNeon.