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Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
Left of Cool


Release Date: 1998
Label: Warner Bros.
Catalog #: 9362-46896-2
Performer: Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
Number of Discs: 1
Recorded in: Stereo
Length: 01:16:31

Individual Track Details:
1. Throwdown at the Hoedown 5:10
2. Communication 4:16
3. Big Country 5:31
4. Sojourn of Arjuna 5:27
5. Let Me Be the One 4:38
6. Trane to Conamarra 6:48
7. Almost 12 3:15
8. Step Quiet 4:02
9. Oddity 5:32
10. Sleeping Dogs Lie 4:02
11. Trouble and Strife 5:15
12. Slow Walker 5:23
13. Shanti 5:12
14. The Big Blink 7:57
15. Prelude to Silence 3:55
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Bela Fleck and Victor Wooten formed Béla Fleck and the Flecktones in 1988, rounded out with harmonica player Howard Levy and Wooten's percussionist brother Roy "Future Man" Wooten, who plays synthesizer-based percussion. Levy left the group in 1992, making the band a trio until Saxophonist Jeff Coffin joined the group with the 1998 album Left of Cool.
With the Flecktones, Fleck has been nominated for and won several Grammy awards.

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Béla Fleck & the Flecktones
Greatest Hits of the 20th Century


Release Date: 11/16/1999
Label: Warner Bros.
Catalog #: 9362-46896-2
Performer: Béla Fleck & the Flecktones
Number of Discs: 1
Recorded in: Stereo
Length: 01:16:31
Total size: 175 MB

Individual Track Details:
1. Sinister Minister, The
2. Stomping Grounds - (live)
3. Flight Of The Cosmic Hippo
4. Shocktime - (previously unreleased)
5. Sex In A Pan
6. Yee-Haw Factor, The
7. Road House Blues - (previously unreleased)
8. Vix 9
9. Communication
10. Big Country
11. Sunset Road

@192 Kbit/s mp3

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones: Bela Fleck (acoustic & electric banjos, guitar, synthesizer); Roy "Future Man" Wooten (vocals, SynthAxe Drumitar); Howard Levy (harmonica, piano, synthesizer); Victor Lemonte Wooten (fretted & fretless basses).

Additional personnel: Dave Matthews (vocals); Jeff Coffin (soprano, alto & tenor saxophones); Paul McCandless (soprano saxophone); Sam Bush (mandolin, fiddle).
Digitally remastered by Keith Blake (1999, Warner Bros. In-house Studio).

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones: Bela Fleck (banjo); Howard Levy (harmonica); Future Man (guitar synthesizer); Victor Wooten (bass guitar).

Additional personnel: Dave Matthews (vocals); Sam Bush (fiddle); Paul McCandless (soprano saxophone); Jeff Coffin (alto saxophone).

Beyond the droll title there indeed lies some of the finest material these jazz-bluegrass cross-pollinators have ever recorded. This compilation documents the Bela Fleck & The Flecktones from their start as a trio in 1990 up to their expanded lineup on 1998's LEFT OF COOL, culling the cream of the albums in between. The avant-banjo virtuoso himself sheds some light on the inspiration for each song by including track-by-track annotations in the booklet.

GREATEST HITS begins on the same auspicious note as did the band's popularity, with the Grammy-winning instrumental "The Sinister Minister." It's a mysterious, quirky tune that creeps and crawls to Howard Levy's haunting harmonica playing. Two previously unissued tracks are included, with "Shocktime" surely being one of the more mind-blowing examples of the musicianship at hand. Originally intended to be on THREE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, this cut shines a welcome spotlight on Victor Wooten's ebullient, jaw-dropping bass pyrotechnics. "Road House Blues" funks from the Mississippi Delta to the Big Apple with a down-home combo of Bela Fleck on slide-banjo and Jeff Coffin's alto sax grooves.

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Chick Corea & Béla Fleck
The Enchantment


Album : The Enchantment
Artist : Chick Corea & Béla Fleck
Release date : 2007
Label : Concord Records
Number of discs : 1
Total size : 123 MB (mp3), 220 MB (FLAC & CUE)
Total time : 00:53:47

Tracks :
01. Señorita
02. Spectacle
03. Joban Dna Nopia
04. Mountain
05. Children’s Song #6
06. A Strange Romance
07. Menagerie
08. Waltse for Abby
09. Brazil
10. The Enchantment
11. Sunset Road

@320Kbit/s mp3 + FLAC & CUE

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Fans of legendary jazz pianist Chick Corea and bebop/bluegrass banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck are well aware of the pair's previous collaborations (Corea guests on two Flecktones albums, and Fleck appears on Corea's Rendezvous in New York DVD), but their first full-length release should surprise even their most jaded followers. The two went into the project with intense seriousness of purpose, Corea writing four pieces and Fleck six. (The standard "Brazil" is their only cover.) They push each other hard in adapting their instruments to genres (bluegrass, country, Latin, ragtime, classical, blues, and world) normally outside their idioms, Corea playing 'grassy banjo patterns on the piano on Fleck's mournful "Mountain" and Fleck stretching on Corea's suite-like "Joban Dna Nopia." With few exceptions, the compositions are only frameworks for vast improvisation, which might be expected. But instead of setting each other up for extended solos, Corea and Fleck join together with breathtaking precision and verve, weaving and intertwining through remarkable contrapuntal excursions, only to break and meet up again in perfect sync. Despite the thrill of Fleck's chromatic chases and classical flirtations and Corea's mastery of difficult lines on Fleck's rippling "Spectacle," one can't help but think they would have benefited from a tad more instrumentation--especially bass and percussion. Perhaps that's the next step this wickedly inventive duo wll take in their ongoing odyssey of genius.
--Alanna Nash

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Béla Fleck & the Flecktones – Live Art


Release Date: 1996
Label: Warner Bros.
Catalog #: 46247
Performer: Béla Fleck & the Flecktones
Number of Discs: 2
Length: CD1: [00:59:07] CD2: [01:03:17]
Total size: CD1: 81,4 MB CD2: 87,1 MB

Individual Track Details:
DISC 1:
1. Intro
2. New South Africa
3. Stomping Grounds
4. Lochs Of Dread
5. Bigfoot
6. Far East Medley
7. Flying Saucer Dudes
8. UFO TOFU
9. Interlude-Libation, The Water Ritual
10. Vix 9
11. Message, The
DISC 2:
1. Improv / Amazing Grace
2. Shubbee's Doobie
3. Oh Darling
4. Blu-Bop
5. Sunset Road
6. More Luv
7. Early Reflection / Bach / The Ballad Of Jed Clampett
8. Cheeseballs In Cowtown
9. Sinister Minister, The
10. Flight Of The Cosmic Hippo

@192 Kbit/s mp3

Amazon.com
Something of a retrospective, Live Art is a treat for both newcomers and aficionados of the eye-popping artistry that is Bela Fleck, not to mention his more-than-capable partners in crime, bassist Victor Wooten and percussionist (well, it's not exactly a drum set he plays) Future Man. This two-disc set features live performances spanning a four-year period, with several guest appearances: Branford Marsalis sits in on "Flying Saucer Dudes," Chick Corea is featured on "The Message," and Bruce Hornsby appears on "More Luv." Several never-before-recorded songs appear here as well--the Scottish-inflected "Lochs of Dread," among others. Favorites like "Flight of the Cosmic Hippo," "UFO Tofu," and "Sinister Minister" are here as well, making this a well-rounded, enjoyable collection for any Fleck fan. Jazz? Folk? Bluegrass? Who knows, but whatever it is, it's well worth hearing.
--Genevieve Williams

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Béla Fleck, V. M. Bhatt & Jie-Bing Chen – Tabula Rasa


Album : Tabula Rasa
Artist : Béla Fleck, V. M. Bhatt & Jie-Bing Chen
Release date : 1996
Label : Waterlilly Acoustics
Number of discs : 1
Genre : Jazz
Total size : 74,2 MB (mp3), 224 MB (FLAC)
Total time : 00:53:53

Individual track details :
1. Carukesi
2. Emperor's Mare
3. Radha Krsna Lila
4. John Hardy
5. Tabula Rasa
6. Geocentricity
7. The Way of Love
8. Earl in Shanghai
9. Water Gardens
10. The Jade Princess
11. The Dancing Girl
@ 192 Kbit/s mp3 & FLAC

Comments:
The combination of Bhatt's sultry mohan vina and Fleck's precision banjo work creates unique textures. Add to that the rare quality of Chen's erh-hu and you have the makings of something special.
- Tim Sheridan, All Music Guide

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Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
Three Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest


Album : Three Flew Over The Cuckoo’z Nest
Artist : Béla Fleck, & The Flecktones
Release date : 1993
Label : Warner Bros.
Number of discs : 1
Genre : Jazz
Total size : 130 MB
Total time : 00:57 :00

Individual track details :
1. "Vix 9" (Victor Wooten) – 4:27
2. "At Last We Meet Again" (V. Wooten) – 5:34
3. "Spunky and Clorissa" (Béla Fleck) – 4:30
4. "Bumbershoot" (Fleck) – 5:22
5. "Blues For Gordon" (Fleck) – 5:16
6. "Monkey See" (Fleck) – 3:16
7. "The Message" (music: Fleck, V. Wooten, Future Man; lyrics: Joe Wooten) – 4:03
8. "Interlude (Return of the Ancient Ones)" (Future Man) – 2:06
9. "The Drift" (Fleck, V. Wooten, Future Man) – 3:30
10. "A Celtic Medley: Meridian/Traveling Light/Salamander's Reel" (Fleck) – 6:39
11. "Peace, Be Still" (V. Wooten) – 4:05
12. "The Longing" (Fleck) – 5:25
13. "For Now" (Fleck) – 2:40

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Personel:
Béla Fleck - Acoustic and electric banjos
Future Man - Synthaxe Drumitar, percussion
Victor Wooten - Bass guitar
Guest musicians
Bruce Hornsby - piano
Branford Marsalis - saxophone
Roderick Ward - saxophone

Three Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was the fourth album released by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 1993. It was the only release of the band as a trio, as it was after the departure of Howard Levy but before the arrival of Jeff Coffin.

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Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
Live at the Fillmore Auditorium 11-28-2003


Album : Live at the Fillmore Auditorium 11-28-2003
Artist : Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
Number of discs : 3
Genre : Bluegrass
Total size : 60,6 MB
Total time : 00 :43 :58


Tracks :
Disc 1: (Set 1)
1. Next 6:52
2. Mudslingers of the Milky Way 8:43
3. Puffy 11:05
4. Band Intros 2:45
5. New Math 9:04
6. Snatchin' 8:31
7. Futureman Solo -> Futch/Béla Jam 12:31
Disc 2: (End of Set 1 & Start of Set 2)
1. Scratch & Sniff ^ 14:31
------ Set Break ------
2. Victor Solo -> 17:42
3. Vic/Jeff Jam (Mad Hatter)->Sleeper 18:08
4. Something She Said ^ -> 4:18
5. A Moment So Close ^ 8:03
Disc 3: (End of Set 2 & Encore)
1. Poindexter 6:05
2. Sherpa 19:51
3. Béla & David * 14:02
4. Am Latin ^* 9:48
------ Encore Break -----
5. Sleeping Dogs Lie ^* 7:29

Notes:
^ With guest Paul Hanson on bassoon
* With guest David Grisman on mandolin

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Part1:

http://rapidshare.com/files/125677406/J_2003_BFleckFillmoreAuditorium.part1.rar

Part2:

http://rapidshare.com/files/125680529/J_2003_BFleckFillmoreAuditorium.part2.rar

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Béla Fleck
Tales From the Accoustic Planet


Album : Tales From the Accoustic Planet
Artist : Béla Fleck
Release date : 1995
Label : Warner
Number of discs : 1
Genre : Jazz
Total size : 78,3 MB
Total time : 00:59:13

Tracks :
1. Up and Running
2. First Light
3. Great Circle Route, The
4. Circus of Regrets
5. Three Bridges Home
6. Landing, The
7. Arkansas Traveler
8. Backwoods Galaxy
9. In Your Eyes
10. System Seven
11. Cheeseballs in Cowtown
12. Bicyclops
13. Jayme Lynn
14. For Sascha

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Recorded from January to March 1994. Includes liner notes by Bela Fleck.
All songs written by Bela Fleck except "Arkansas Traveler" (P.D.).
"Cheeseballs In Cowtown" was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance.
Having spent the last five years touring and recording with his virtuoso electric ensemble, the Flecktones, banjo innovator Bela Fleck has created a concept album that celebrates his many musical friends and influences, in a homey setting. TALES FROM THE ACOUSTIC PLANET, an elegant, immaculately produced aural novella, is something of a homecoming dance for Bela--and surely the most ambitious, satisfying portrait yet of Fleck as a composer and arranger.
In exploring connections and defying conventions, TALES FROM THE ACOUSTIC PLANET presents an open-ended suite, drawing upon Fleck's roots in bluegrass, jazz, folk, country, pop and world music--eschewing hot licks in ...

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Béla Fleck– The Bluegrass Sessions
Tales From the Accoustic Planet Vol. 2


Album : The Bluegrass Sessions
_Tales From the Accoustic Planet Vol. 2
Artist : Béla Fleck
Release date : 1999
Label : Warner Bros.
Number of discs : 1
Genre : Bluegrass
Total size : 173 MB
Total time : 01:15:35

Tracks :
1. Blue Mountain Hop
2. Buffalo Nickel
3. When Joy Kills Sorrow
4. Spanish Point
5. Polka on the Banjo
6. Clarinet Polka
7. Over Grown Waltz, The
8. Ode to Earl
9. Home Sweet Home
10. Valley of the Rogue
11. Plunky's Lament
12. Maura On A Bicycle / Stout And Molasses / Way Back When
13. Dark Circles
14. Old Jellico / Puddle Jumper / Dead Man's Hill
15. Katmandu
16. Do You Have Room?
17. Foggy Mountain Special
18. Major Honker

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Banjo master Bela Fleck takes a time-out of sorts from the dizzying NewGrass/Jazz-Country-Funk fusion for which he has become famous and returns to his bluegrass roots. THE BLUEGRASS SESSIONS: TALES FROM THE ACOUSTIC PLANET, VOLUME 2 runs the gamut from the humorous, old-time "Polka on the Banjo" (lead vocal by John Hartford) to the straight-ahead bluegrass of "Ode to Earl" (Scruggs, that is, the legendary banjoist). In the mysterious and beautiful "Katmandu," the music of the hills of Kentucky meets that of the hills of Asia. "Spanish Point" is the most Flecktones-sounding tune. This album, which contains fine contributions from Tony Rice, Vassar Clements, and Jerry Douglas, should appeal to the more adventurous bluegrass fan.

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Béla Fleck – Drive


Album : Drive
Artist : Béla Fleck
Release date : 1988
Label : Rounder
Number of discs : 1
Genre : Bluegrass
Total size : 119 MB
Total time : 00:52:04

Tracks :
1. Whitewater
2. Slipstream
3. Up and Around the Bend
4. Natchez Trace
5. See Rock City
6. Legend, The
7. Lights of Home, The
8. Down in the Swamp
9. Sanctuary
10. Open Road, The
11. Crucial County Breakdown - (bonus track)
12. Shuckin' the Corn - (previously unreleased, bonus track)

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