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| LES 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 favor of tightly structured, bucolic musical settings. Tunes such as "Up And Running," "The Great Circle Route," "The Landing" and "System Seven" seem to mix a polymetric jazz approach with folkishly thematic material and stately melodic interplay--sounding, at once, very modern yet quite ancient. The talents of guest instrumentalists such as Edgar Meyer, Sam Bush and Tony Rice perfectly complement Fleck's feathery arpeggios and cross-rhythms. And extended forms such as "Circus Of Regrets" and "Jayme Lynn" indicate how far Fleck has come as a composer. Elsewhere, oboe master Paul McCandless gives the rustic sounding drone "First Light" and the dancing "Three Bridges Home" a renaissance fair lilt worthy of Oregon (his semi-regular band), while "Cheeseballs In Cowtown" showcases Fleck's joyous feel for modern bluegrass. Among other highlights, there's a triad of fascinating collaborations with pianist Chick Corea, including the jazzy "Backwoods Galaxy" (with Branford Marsalis) and the chamber-like "In Your Eyes." |
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Features
- Up And Running
- First Light
- Great Circle Route, The
- Circus Of Regrets
- Three Bridges Home
- Landing, The
- Arkansas Traveler
- Backwoods Galaxy
- In Your Eyes
- System Seven
- Cheeseballs In Cowtown
- Bicyclops
- Jayme Lynn
- For Sascha
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