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Read an article about Bela & ProTools.  Lots of good stuff for techies.

(Thanks to Scott Dailey <sbailey at pacbell dot com> for this lead.)

Bela&ProTools.pdf

Grammies for Contemporary World Music Album and Pop Instrumental

to Throw Down Your Heart!

My count on Bela's Grammy History (for details click on Awards above):

According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy) Bela "has been nominated in more categories than any other musician".  Also, Wikipedia says that Pat Metheny holds the record for Grammy wins in the most different categories with 6.  According to my count, Bela has wins in 7 categories. However, both of these pale in comparison with Alison Krauss.

The Concerto for Banjo, Bass and Tabla premiered on Sept 9  2006 at the opening of the new Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, with Edgar, Bela & Zakir Hussain.  Released (with Detroit Sym-Slatkin) along with 6 Trio recordings as The Melody Of Rhythm.  On Koch 2024, released 8/25/09.

Check out the article by Julie Melrose that appeared in the Daily Hampshire Gazette about the Acoustic Trio.

Capitol has released the compilation NGR: Grass Roots.  This is now the definitive NGR collection.  Includes cuts from the last concert 12/31/89 opening for The Dead.

Mobile Fidelity has reissued Drive with an additional track, Shuckin' the Corn.

Bela appears on Pat Flynn's first solo album, ReQuest. 

Bela/Edgar: Music for Two, a groundbreaking necessity.
 

For reviews of the Concerto for Banjo, Bass and Orchestra, click HERE.

What a time we live in!!!
Currently in stores:
Music For Two
Little Worlds
Flecktones Live At the Quick (CD,VHS & DVD)
Perpetual Motion
Victor's 2CD Living In America
Jeff's Go-Round
Victor's Live at Bass Day 1998 on DVD
Victor's Bass Extremes II.

Bela is on Chris Thile's solo CD Not All Who Wander Are Lost, on Sugar Hill.  David Royko, who knows,  says it is one of the top 10 New Acoustic/Newgrass albums of all time!

Bela's Perpetual Motion is yet another bold step by Bela in a new direction.  It consists of 20 classical pieces, performed as solos, duos and trios, with a dazzling array of guests including: Edgar, Joshua Bell, Gary Hoffman, John Williams, and Chris Thile.   Composers are Bach (8), Chopin (3), 2 each by Scarlatti, Pagannini and Beethoven, and one each by Debussy, Tschaikovsky and Brahms.  The approach is respectful, and the differences from the standard performances of these works is in the unusual instrumentation, and perhaps some variations in the timing.  For his first time out as a classical soloist, Bela is probably ensuring that he can be accepted as a credible classical performer.  Now that this has been established, perhaps on the next one he can take a few liberties and, in the spirit of Bach, add a good chunk of improvisation (jamming?).

The Tribute to John Hartford: Live From Mountain Stage , Blue Plate 405 has a rare appearance of Bela, John Cowan and Pat Flynn, on John's Dark As a Dungeon.  This is the only recent appearance I know of for these three with The Garth not present.  Bela and Pat also perform John Hartford's On the Road.
 

Live Art II is in the works.  

Futch (aka Feuture Man, Futureman, Future Man as well as Royel, Roy El, and Roy-El, which are not to be confused with RoyEl which is an instrument-with frequencies based on the periodic table) and the Indigenous Planet Band have released his first solo CD: Volume One: Seamless Script.  The closest existing musical category is probably Space/Environmental. A video of "evolution d'amour" is also available.  Included is the documentary Requiem of the Lost Chords.  Check them out at Indigenous Planet .
 

Take the Flecktone Quiz (by Charlie Lintecum)
 

Some comments on song titles

FLECKTONE WEB SITES
The first four of these are excellent web sites-light years ahead of the typical "Official" sites, which are generally aimed at selling the current release.

Flecktone Home page
(Tour Schedule, past performances, description of equipment, merchandise, photographs, BBS, other stuff)

Bela Fleck page
(Bela's Tour Schedule with others)

Victor Home page
Monster Site!!! Has a Chat Room. Victor just might be on-line!

Jeff Coffin Site

Béla by Nathan Torkington
(has biography, photos)

Béla Fleck & the Flecktones by Jason Cernansky
(has list of Real Audio & SUN AU song clips)

Béla Fleck Unofficial Internet Home by Chris Witulski

Victor by Joshua Natanson

DISCUSSION GROUPS & BULLETIN BOARDS
(Most of the action is on the Flecktone BBS available at the Official Flecktone Site .)

Newsgroup: alt.music.bela-fleck

Extreme Bluegrass (Xgrass)
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JamGrass@yahoogroups.com
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flecktones@yahoogroups.com:
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DISCOGRAPHY
Béla Fleck Discography
(Includes sections for Wootens, Jeff and video)

Short Form Discography
 

SET LISTS
Summary of set lists (Jan 17 03)

APPEARANCES
(The Flecktones web site is fairly complete.)
(Past & Future)
By date (Apr 19 03)
By location (Mar 26 03)

PHOTOS
Jean-Louis Thiry Paris 5/14/01
Nancy (Rubydusty@aol.com) (very close-up)
Flecktones Web Site
Victor's Web Site
Nat Torkington (lots)
Paul Silver (portrait quality)
David Schenk (Courtney Johnson Tribute)
Rodney Rowland (early, w Howard)
Raj Shah (5/20-21/95)
Down Home
Gerald Sylvester
Acoustic Stage (several concerts)
If you have some good photos available on the web that should be listed here, let me know

CO-CONSPIRATORS
Sam Bush Official site
Sam Bush (by Wendell Norman)
Jerry Douglas Official Site
Jerry Douglas (by Brad Bechtel)
John Cowan (by Karen Brady)
Edgar Meyer (by Wendell Norman)
Howard Levy
Chick Corea
Branford Marsalis (by Russ Mayo Jr)
Tony Trischka (by Ethan Kennedy)
Dave Matthews
Mike Marshall

ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS

Bela Fleck, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones

This list consists of those with Web links.
For a list of those without web links, click here .

Wootens

This list consists of those with Web links.
For a list of those without web links, click here .

GENERAL REFERENCES

TABS & TRANSCRIPTIONS