Scary Pockets

Scary Pockets

Scary Pockets are a rotating roster of world-class musicians who release live funk reimaginations of familiar songs every week.

Since their first recording session in 2017, Scary Pockets have released 300+ videos that have been watched over 234 million times for over 540 million minutes on YouTube where their channel has 1M+ subscribers. Their songs have been streamed 117 million times on Spotify by 640,000 monthly listeners.

Scary Pockets’ 200+ collaborators (so far) include all-stars like David Ryan Harris, Larry Goldings, John Scofield, Joey Waronker, John Mayer, Darren King, Sean Hurley, James Gadson, Darren Criss, Antwaun Stanley, Judith Hill, Bruno Major, Reeve Carney, Derek Hough, Bill Wurtz, Joey Dosik, Lee Sklar, Joe Bonamassa, Theo Katzman, Rachael Price, Lizzy McAlpine, and Joshua Radin, to name a few. The 2023 Scary Pockets touring lineup consists of Pockets fan favorites Mario Jose (vocals), Therese Curatolo (vocals), Nick Campbell (bass), Swatkins (talkbox, keys), Rob Humphreys (drums), Ryan Lerman (guitar), and Ariel Posen (guitar). Jack Conte - co-founder of Patreon and Pomplamoose - teams up with his high school buddy Ryan Lerman - Guitarist and Musical Director for the likes of Michael Bublé, John Legend, and Ben Folds, among others - to bring you pockets that are scary.

Four years after their first session, Scary Pockets have released over 200 videos that have been watched over 200 million times on YouTube, for over 450 million minutes. They’ve collaborated with Elise Trouw, Larry Goldings, Casey Abrams, India Carney, Cory Henry, James Gadson, Mario Jose, Cary Brothers, Judith Hill, Bruno Major, Reeve Carney, Bill Wurtz, Theo Katzman and hundreds of other artists and musicians to bring you funk re-imaginings of familiar tunes.

Scary Pockets play Veszprém Jazz Festival with the following lineup:

Mario Jose - vocals Brooke Simpson - vocals Nick Campbell - bass Swatkins - keys Ryan Lerman - guitar JJ Johnson - drums

2023-11-18|20:45|Hangvilla