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Bela Fleck (BEY-Lah Fleck): See Curious, Creative Mind
by R.J. DeLuke
Béla Fleck has taken his instrument--the banjo--to heights that seemed unimaginable prior to couple decades ago. There have been virtuoso players in its long history, but the sounds Fleck elicits through electronics, and the musical landscapes he treads upon, are groundbreaking.He's got all that in his pocket. But as a twenty-something musician whose prowess ...
Talkin' Blues with Jimmy Herring
by Alan Bryson
Jimmy Herring is a musician who blurs lines, both in terms of genres and roles. Over the past two decades his work with the Aquarium Rescue Unit, Gov't Mule, The Allman Brothers Band, Frogwings, Phil Lesh & Friends, Project Z, Jazz is Dead, and Widespread Panic has cemented his position as one of the world's premier ...
Enter the "Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - Rocket Science" Giveaway at All About Jazz!
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the “Bela Fleck & The Flecktones—Rocket Science“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on November 16th. Click here to enter the contest (Following Bela Fleck at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Click here for the latest ...
Shows I'll Never Forget: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Nov. 18, 2003
By Tom Johnson, at the Marquee Theater in Tempe, Arizona We finished dinner a little before six and headed over to the Marquee theater, which was really only a few minutes away. Since Bela Fleck & the Flecktones came on at 7 p.m.—a very early start time—we figured we'd just wait at the venue. Might as ...
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones: Spring 2012 U.S. Tour Dates
TOUR STARTS MARCH 1 AT UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN Bela Fleck and the Flecktones have announced plans for a Spring tour in 2012. The run starts on March 1 at University of Wisconsin and will take the band through San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Omaha, and more before wrapping up on April 28 ...
Jazz & Blues Florida October 2011 Online Edition Posted
The new edition of Jazz & Blues Florida, Florida's free online source for information on live jazz and blues in clubs, concerts and festivals, is now available. The October 2011 online edition of JAZZ & BLUES FLORIDA has been posted at JazzBluesFlorida.com. This month's edition can be read in .pdf format, as well as in a ...
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey: Race Riot Suite
by Doug Collette
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey's Race Riot Suite is a reminder how adventurous the group has always been since its inception in 1994--never more so, perhaps, than in its latest incarnation, in place beginning in 2010. Four intervals, labeled “Prayers," are interspersed throughout the seven formally labeled tracks and allow JFJO to demonstrate its own ...
Bela Fleck: World Premiere of Concerto for Banjo and Orchestra
NEW WORK DEDICATED TO EARL SCRUGGS Bela Fleck will present the world premiere of his Concerto for Banjo and Orchestra— one of the first ever written for the instrument—with the Nashville Symphony on September 22-24 at Schermerhorn Symphony Center. To be performed by Fleck on his vintage 1937 mahogany Gibson Mastertone banjo, the Concerto marks a ...
Discovering Discover and Doing a Double-Header
by Dan Morgenstern
It took me only 27 years to discover the annual Discover Jazz Festival in Burlington, VT, but now, having attended part of the 28th, I must say it was about time! Burlington, where Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream was whipped up, is a charming college town. For 10 days in June, the festival dominates the community, ...
