Bela Fleck

Like Rush’s Geddy Lee and Yes co-founder Chris Squire, Victor Wooten truly is a genius on the bass. The acclaimed musician performed classical-like passages and other eye-popping patterns on his basses with Bela Fleck & The Flecktones during their April 12th show at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Wooten’s jazzy explorations stood as the note-perfect counterpoint for Fleck’s fluid banjo playing, “Futureman” Wooten’s percussion and Howard Levy’s piano and harmonica playing.Read Full Story

Rocket Science ~ Bela Fleck, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones 273% Sales Rank in Music: 396 (was 1,479 yesterday) (14)Buy new: $11.43 53 used & new from $6.95(Visit the Movers & Shakers in Music list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.)Product ImagesReview & DescriptionBela Fleck is the only musician to be nominated for Grammys® in jazz, bluegrass, pop, country, spoken word, christian, composition and world music categories. His totalcount is 11 Grammys® won, and 27...Read Full Story

The Melody of Rhythm ~ Bela Fleck, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones 2,295% Sales Rank in Music: 345 (was 8,263 yesterday) (14)Buy new: $13.06 42 used & new from $8.69(Visit the Movers & Shakers in Music list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.)Product ImagesReview & DescriptionIn this era of cookie-cutter, synthetic sounds that can be generated by virtually anyone and everyone, it's almost impossible to make music that can be instantly recognized as unique and...Read Full Story

The Melody of Rhythm ~ Bela Fleck, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones 1,547% Sales Rank in Music: 315 (was 5,191 yesterday) (14)Buy new: $13.07 43 used & new from $8.69(Visit the Movers & Shakers in Music list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.)Product ImagesReview & DescriptionIn this era of cookie-cutter, synthetic sounds that can be generated by virtually anyone and everyone, it's almost impossible to make music that can be instantly recognized as unique and...Read Full Story

Low Price 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...Read Full Story