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Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Court 'Danger' With Return to Original Lineup
It's hard to figure out where to position Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. Since their inception in 1988, the Grammy-winning band has been at the vanguard of the newgrass movement, primarily because Fleck started out in bluegrass and is one of the greatest living banjo players. The rhythm section of bassist Victor Wooten and his brother ...
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones: Rocket Science
by John Kelman
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones Rocket Science E One Music Group 2011 Some say you can't go back, but that's not always true. Emerging from his formative years as a rising star in the blue/newgrass community, banjoist Béla Fleck lept onto a much bigger radar with the release of Béla ...
Pollstar: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones to Play the Sheldon Next March
The online touring information service Pollstar has just added a listing showing a performance by Bela Fleck and the Flecktones on Thursday, March 29, 2012 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. Fleck played the Sheldon in April 2009 with his Africa Project, and he and the Flecktones last performed together in St. Louis in February 2007 at ...
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones: New Album and North American Tour
FIRST ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL LINEUP IN TWENTY YEARS; TOUR STARTS MAY 29 AT SUMMER CAMP eOne Music is excited to announce the May 17 release of Grammy Award-winning Bela Fleck and the Flecktones' new album, Rocket Science. For the first time since 1991, pianist/ harmonica player Howard Levy has returned to the fold alongside bassist Victor ...
53rd Jazz Grammy Winners Announced
= winner 4. Best New Artist Esperanza Spalding Justin Bieber Drake Florence & The Machine Mumford & Sons 44. Best Contemporary Jazz Album For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks. The Stanley Clarke Band The Stanley Clarke Band ...
Ryan Cavanaugh & No Man's Land: Ryan Cavanaugh & No Man's Land
by John Kelman
Saxophonist Bill Evans may have headed the marquee, but the surprise of his Soulgrass Band's 2007 Ottawa Jazz Festival performance was 27 year-old banjoist Ryan Cavanaugh. In the wake of Béla Fleck, Cavanaugh has emerged as the inevitable next step, continuing to transition the oft-maligned banjo into a bona fide jazz instrument as flexible as its ...
Five Headliners Announced for Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival 10th Edition
Elvis Costello, k.d. lang, Natalie Cole, Béla Fleck and The Fab Faux—Tickets on Sale Friday January 21! Rochester, NY—Producers John Nugent and Marc Iacona today announced five headliners for the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival 10th Edition, which will be held June 10-18, 2011. Grammy Award winner Natalie Cole will perform on opening night, Friday June ...
2010: The Year in Jazz
by Ken Franckling
The jazz scene in 2010 was marked by a bit of cultural thaw between the U.S. and Cuba, royal honors for Marian McPartland that led honors galore for living jazz musicians, and significant acknowledgments for late jazz greats across North America. Efforts continued to expand jazz into new realms--or to hold on during the aftershocks of ...
The Unexpected Grammy Contender
GRAMMY Nomination Shines Light on an Untold Story: Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon's Soul Call Creates a Community “Totally Lost" in Song When the GRAMMY nominations were announced earlier this month, a light shined on the untold story of a singer little-known in the music scene. This is the tale of a woman who scoured every corner of ...
Take Five With Colin Dean
by AAJ Staff
Meet Colin Dean:Colin Dean was born and raised in Long Island, New York. The son of a drummer, he has been surrounded by music his entire life. He attended the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City and received a BFA in jazz performance in May 2006. ...
