Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

Béla Fleck & the Flecktones (1990)
01. Sea Brazil
02. Frontiers
03. Hurricane Camille
04. Half Moon Bay
05. The Sinister Minister
06. Sunset Road
07. Flipper
08. Space Is A Lonely Place
09. They're Here
10. Reflections Of Lucy
11. Tell It To The Gov'nor

* Grammy nomination, Instrumental Composition
* Grammy nomination, Jazz Album
* Grammy nomination, Jazz Instrumental

The Sinister Minister won a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.

Béla Fleck and the Flecktones is a primarily instrumental group that draws equally on bluegrass, fusion and jazz band, sometimes dubbed "blue-bop." The band formed in 1988, initially to perform once on the PBS series Lonesome Pine Specials. The Flecktones have toured extensively since then, often playing over 200 concerts per year.

Frontman Béla Fleck plays acoustic and electric banjos, mixing a bluegrass and folk sound into a modern improvisational style. Fleck has received Grammy nominations for jazz, bluegrass, pop, spoken word and country.

Brothers Victor Wooten and Roy "Future Man" Wooten form the rhythm section. Victor Wooten is widely lauded in jazz circles for his sometimes hyperkinetic slap and pop technique on bass guitar. Future Man plays percussion using the one and only Synthaxe Drumitar, a MIDI controller shaped like a guitar and Howard Levy - harmonica, keyboards, Jew's harp, güiro.

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