In the same year he began a similar collaboration named Thundersmack with Michael Wilbur of Moon Hooch.

A number of videos with Pellegrino have gained wide popularity on YouTube, due in equal parts to his playing, dancing, and vibrant hair and dress styles.

"[6] Too Many Zooz featured on Beyoncé Knowles' 2016 album Lemonade[7] and joined her for a performance of "Daddy Lessons" at the 2016 Country Music Association Awards.

[8][9] Pellegrino was a guest player with the Metropole Orkest in a 2017 BBC Proms concert on the works of Charles Mingus.

[10][11] John Fordham of The Guardian commented on "Pellegrino's hook-punctuated sax playing and busker's line in simultaneous pirouettes, knee-trembles and high kicks [...] by accident or design, the newcomer did emphasise the joyous impulsiveness of an American musical giant often characterised as only a tortured genius.