Left of Cool

by B茅la Fleck & The Flecktones

Left of Cool cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 9 June 1998
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:16:30
  • Community rating: 3.48/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

An album by American group B茅la Fleck & The Flecktones, 'Left of Cool' extends the band's jazz fusion with progressive bluegrass technique. Fleck's banjo, Victor Wooten's bass and Futureman's drumitar drive its largely instrumental, virtuosic arrangements.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, virtuosic, improvisation, saxophone, piano, fusion

Tracklist

  1. Throwdown at the Hoedown (5:09)
  2. Communication (4:16)
  3. Big Country (5:33)
  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)

Credits

  • Victor Wooten - bass, bass [fretless], written-by, double bass [acoustic bass], bass, fiddle, cello, bass [stand up electric], bass cello double bass violin
  • Future Man - electronic drums [synthaxe drumitar], electronics [vocals as royel], adapted by [spoken word], electronic drums [synthaxe drumitar], electronics [spoken word as royel], written-by, percussion [acoustic], percussion [the box, leg slaps], percussion [acoustic], sampler, percussion sampler synthesizer, vocal
  • Jeff Coffin - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone [wah wah], tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, written-by, flute, saxello, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, clarinet flute saxophone singing bowl
  • Sarah Mason - written-by, lyrics by

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