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Victor Lemonte Wooten: Ying-Yang

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Label: Compass Records
Released: 1999.06.22
Time:
 45:40 / 44:22
Category: Jazz
Producer(s): Victor Lemonte Wooten
Rating: *******... (7/10)
Media type: CD Double
Web address: www.victorwooten.com
Appears with: Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Purchase date: 2004.01.13
Price in €: 19,99



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Disc one:
[1] Imagine This (Wooten) - 5:08
[2] Yinin' & Yangin' [instrumental] (Wooten) - 4:36
[3] Hip Bop (Wooten) - 4:03
[4] Joe's Journey (Wooten) - 5:20
[5] The Urban Turban (Wooten) - 2:42
[6] Tali Lama (Wooten) - 5:17
[7] Zenergy (Fleck/Wooten) - 6:46
[8] Kaila Speaks (Future Man/Wooten) - 3:00
[9] Sacred Place (Wooten) - 3:46
[10] Resolution (Wooten) - 4:57

Disc two:
[1] Hormones in the Headphones (Kott) - 4:06
[2] Yinin' & Yangin' [Vocal Version] (Blair/Farrell/Morse/Wooten) - 4:12
[3] Kaila Raps (Wooten) - 4:42
[4] One (Wooten) - 4:54
[5] What Crime Is It? (Blair/Collins/Collins/Wooten) - 4:55
[6] Go Girl Go (Kott) - 3:18
[7] Pretty Little Lady (Wooten) - 3:34
[8] Hero (Future Man) - 4:42
[9] Singing My Song (Wooten) - 4:43
[10] Think About That (Wooten) - 4:09

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VICTOR WOOTEN - Bass, Guitar, Cello, Programming, Vocals, Acoustic Bass, Mixing, Electric Upright Bass

CARTER BEAUFORD - Drums
FUTURE MAN - Organ, Piano, Keyboards, Theremin, Background Vocals
JEFF COFFIN - Tenor Saxophone
BÉLA FLECK - Banjo

KIRK WHALUM - Soprano & Tenor Saxophone
J.D. BLAIR - Drums, Vocals, Drum Programming
BUDDY SPICHER - Violin, Viola
ROD MCGAHA - Trumpet
STEVE BAILEY - Bass
STUART DUNCAN - Fiddle
KURT STOREY - Violin, Engineer, Mixing
MICHAEL KOTT - Cello, Background Vocals
ROGER "ROCK" WILLIAMS - Soprano Saxophone
REGI WOOTEN - Acoustic Guitar, Guitar, Wah Wah Guitar
RUDY WOOTEN - Saxophone
JIM ROBERTS - Djembe, Shaker
BILLY CONTRERAS - Violin

PARK LAW - Vocals
DOROTHY G. WOOTEN - Vocals
ALLYSON TAYLOR - Vocals
ASEEM HETEP - Vocals
BOOTSY COLLINS - Vocals
KATHY CHIAVOLA - Vocals
JONELL MOSSER - Vocals
PETER ROWAN - Vocals
TABITHA FAIR - Vocals
KAILA WOOTEN - Vocals
COUNT BASS D - Rap
JONATHAN MORSE - Background Vocals
HOLLY WOOTEN - Background Vocals

RANDY LEROY - Mastering
BRENT TRUITT - Assistant Engineer
CHAD HAILEY - Assistant Engineer
ED SIMONTON - Assistant Engineer
RICK DUNCAN - Assistant Engineer
GRIFFIN NORMAN - Artwork
TONY BAKER - Photography


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1999 CD Compass 4274



There's little question that Victor Wooten is an ambitious musician. That was evident from his first two records, but Yin Yang is easily reaches farther than any album he has yet made. Spanning two discs, one instrumental and one vocal, Yin Yang tries a little bit of everything, all underneath a smooth fusion umbrella. There's a bass showcases, worldbeat fusions, bluegrass jazz, smooth soulful jazz with banjos, full-fledged urban soul, songs based around baby gibberish — a little bit of everything, all given immaculate, glossy production. That clean production not only makes the record sound accessible, but it makes the eclectism and unpredictable stylistic fusions sound familiar. Depending on your point of view, that's either a good or a bad thing — it either means Wooten is welcoming more listeners, or it means that it's not challenging. And that's the strange thing about Yin Yang — it's not particularly challenging, yet it is complex and difficult to digest in one sitting. That's largely because there's so much music on the record, but it's also because Wooten's ideas sound better when heard a few cuts at a time. He's a very talented musician and has some great ideas, but a little discipline and editing would make his records more convincing and compelling.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All Music Guide
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