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Post by drumdrym on Jul 8, 2014 20:10:49 GMT
Béla Anton Leoš Fleck (born July 10, 1958)
American banjo player, widely acknowledged as one of the world's most innovative and technically proficient banjo players.
Best known for his work with the bands New Grass Revival and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.
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Post by drumdrym on Jul 8, 2014 23:11:33 GMT
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Béla Fleck and Victor Wooten formed Béla Fleck and the Flecktones in 1988, along with keyboardist and harmonica player Howard Levy and Wooten's percussionist brother Roy "Future Man" Wooten, who played synthesizer-based percussion. They recorded numerous albums, most notably Flight of the Cosmic Hippo, which reached number one on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart,
With the Flecktones, Fleck has been nominated for and won several Grammy awards.
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Post by drumdrym on Jul 8, 2014 23:24:37 GMT
"Cripple Creek" is an Old Time Appalachian folk song for the fiddle, though it is often played on the banjo. It has become a standard among bluegrass musicians and is often one of the first songs a banjo picker learns.
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Post by drumdrym on Jul 8, 2014 23:42:40 GMT
New Grass Revival - Seven By Seven
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Post by drumdrym on Jul 8, 2014 23:51:45 GMT
Bela Fleck and Oumou Sangare - Djorolen Stunning performance of "Djorolen" by the great Oumou Sangare.
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Post by drumdrym on Jul 9, 2014 0:07:59 GMT
“Throw Down Your Heart” follows American banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck on his journey to Africa to explore the little known African roots of the banjo and record an album. Béla & Ruth: banjo + thumb piano
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