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Béla Fleck: Three flew over the Cuckoo's Nest

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Label: Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Released: 1993.09.14
Time:
 56:53
Category: Progressive Jazz
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: *********. (9/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.flecktones.com
Appears with: Victor Wooten
Purchase date: 1999
Price in €: 15,99



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[1] Vix 9 (V.L.Wooten) - 4:27
[2] At Last We Meet Again (V.L.Wooten) - 5:34
[3] Spunky and Clorissa (B.Fleck) - 4:30
[4] Bumbershoot (B.Fleck) - 5:22
[5] Blues for Gordon (B.Fleck) - 5:16
[6] Monkey See (B.Fleck) - 3:16
[7] The Message (J.Wooten/B.Fleck/R.Wooten/V.L.Wooten) - 4:03
[8] Interlude [Return of the Ancient Ones] (R.Wooten) - 2:06
[9] The Drift (B.Fleck/R.Wooten/V.L.Wooten) - 3:30
[10] A Celtic Medley: Meridian/Traveling Light/Salamander's Reel (B.Fleck) - 6:39
[11] Peace Be Still (V.L.Wooten) - 4:05
[12] The Longing (B.Fleck) - 5:25
[13] For Now (B.Fleck) - 2:40

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BÉLA FLECK - Banjo, Producer, Recording & Mixing
ROY "Future Man" WOOTEN - Syntaxe Drumitar, Producer
VICTOR LEMONTE WOOTEN - Bass, Producer

Special Guests:
BRUCE HORNSBY - Acoustic Piano
BRANFORD MARSALIS - Saxophones
RODERICK WARD - Saxophones

BIL VORNDICK - Recording & Mixing
ROBERT CHARLES - Recording & Mixing
RICHARD BATTAGLIA - Recording & Mixing
KEITH ODLE - Recording & Mixing, Digital Editing
BERT BATTAGLIA - Recording & Mixing
MIKE REITER - Recording & Mixing
LESLIE ANN JONES - Recording & Mixing
DENNY PURCELL - Mastering
DON COBB - Digital Editing
DAVID BENDETT - Management

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1993 CD Warner Brothers 45328-2
1993 CS Warner Brothers 45328-4



Those who have enjoyed earlier Flecktones recordings will not be disappointed with Three Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Bela Fleck has stuck with the formula that made their previous records successful: complex, tight grooves wrapped in a very musical, user-friendly package. The Flecktones still suffer from the departure of keyboardist/chromatic harmonica player Howard Levy, who provided the band with needed additional musical colors and textures. Guest appearances by Bruce Hornsby (no vocals) and Branford Marsalis help fill this void. As always, the musicianship is excellent, and all players involved have ample space with which to display their virtuosity.

Dan Cross, All-Music Guide, © 1992 - 2001 AEC One Stop Group, Inc.



As usual, Béla Fleck and crew deliver a consistently rewarding album that defies categorization and revels in the latest studio technology, broadening his vision of the banjo as a lead instrument in other styles besides bluegrass. From the opening cut "Vix 9," where he sustains chords indefinitely while continuing to play the melody, to Future Man's collection of sounds utilizing his Synth-Axe (nifty thunder noises and an array of percussive enhancements) Three Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a musical and technological delight. Much like his previous releases, Fleck's latest album draws heavily from jazz motifs displayed on the gentle "At Last We Meet Again" with its improvisational interludes and the piano (Bruce Hornsby) and banjo interplay on "Spunky and Clorissa." Branford Marsalis shows up on several cuts to lend his ever fluid and graceful sax skills. There's even a rap tune entitled "The Message" that is interesting for the music, if not the rather typical, though truthful, lyrics. Future Man is given a feature spot with his new agey "Interlude (Return of the Ancient Ones)" and Victor Wooten is still one of the most astounding bassists I've ever heard with his heavy, yet playful rhythms and incorporation of distinct melodies subtly lying underneath Fleck's expressive banjo picking. The tenor bass on "Peace, Be Still" lightly underscores the evocative, mysterious mood brought on by this piece. Though I will miss former band member Howard Levy, Fleck proves that their continuation as a trio can still be a potent and powerful force in the music world with some of the most inventive production work this side of Bill Laswell.

James Morman (Ashland, KY) - April 1, 1994
Dirty Linen

 

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