Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
When bluegrass banjo whiz Bela Fleck formed the Flecktones in 1990 with jazz pianist Howard Levy, funk bassist Victor Wooten, and electronic-drummer Roy Wooten, it seemed like just one more of those new-acoustic music bands that appear and disappear in Nashville with depressing regularity. There was something special about this quartet, though, for it used its peculiar instrumentation not as an end in itself but as a means to three albums of startling melodicism, improvisation, and feeling. At the end of 1992, Levy amicably departed to spend more time with his family and his own music. Rather than hire a new fourth member, Fleck and the Wootens have tried to compensate for his absence by an increased reliance on synthesizer sounds that they can trigger from their instruments and floor pedals. This has led to less emphasis on melody, harmony, and feeling and an increased emphasis on rhythm and showy virtuosity. --Geoffrey Himes more
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Recent Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: May-13-2008
- Different But Great
Bela Fleck isn't really pigioned holed into one particular catagory. Kind of a Blue Grass/Country Rock band. Fine musicians and good arrangements. A great change of pace.
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jul-19-2006
- How It Started
Who else would have seen any common ground between bluegrass and jazz? That being said, among those few, who else would have seen a connection between bluegrass and not just jazz but electric, fusion-style jazz?The sheer brilliance of...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Apr-13-2006
- The Northern Exposure Halloween Song!
Northern Exposure, Season 3, Episode 5, "Jules et Joel". Throughout this episode a great song plays that I couldn't get out of my head. I did a search and found the name of the song, Flight of the Cosmic Hippo, on moosechick's site. I...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Apr-13-2006
- Just a Great CD
Very different type of music, goes from songs like Half Moon Baby which is a gorgeous smooth song, with a good harmonica solo, to songs like Flipper which is just a funky type of song, really good album definately buy it.
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: May-13-2008
- Different But Great
Bela Fleck isn't really pigioned holed into one particular catagory. Kind of a Blue Grass/Country Rock band. Fine musicians and good arrangements. A great change of pace.
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