Bela Fleck & The Flecktones

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - UFO TOFU (1992) {Warner}  Music

Posted by tiburon at Dec. 7, 2018
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - UFO TOFU (1992) {Warner}

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - UFO TOFU (1992) {Warner}
EAC 0.95b3 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 350MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 128MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz, Fusion

Though the Flecktones didn't change their formula with their third album, UFO Tofu, they did manage to craft one of their more consistent and impressive efforts. The band's fusion of jazz, bluegrass, and funk gels quite well on UFO Tofu – not only does Bela Fleck turn in a rich, eclectic performance, but pianist Howard Levy's deft lines and inventive phrasing dominate the album. Occasionally, the material is lightweight, functioning only as vehicle for the group's solos.

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - Live At The Quick (2002)  Music

Posted by robi62 at June 11, 2014
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - Live At The Quick (2002)

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - Live At The Quick (2002)
Video: NTSC, MPEG-2 at 5 580 Kbps, 720 x 480 at 29.970 fps | Audio: AC-3 6ch. at 448 Kbps, PCM 2ch. at 1 536 Kbps
Genre: Jazz | Label: Sony | Copy: Untouched | Release Date: 4 Nov 2002 | Runtime: 120 min. | 6,72 GB (DVD9)

Premier banjo player Béla Fleck is considered one of the most innovative pickers in the world and has done much to demonstrate the versatility of his instrument, which he uses to play everything from traditional bluegrass to progressive jazz. He was named after composer Béla Bartok and was born in New York City. Around age 15, Fleck became fascinated with the banjo after hearing Flatt & Scruggs' "Ballad of Jed Clampett" and Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell's "Dueling Banjos," and his grandfather soon gave him one. While attending the High School of Music and Art in New York, Fleck worked on adapting bebop music for the banjo.

Béla Fleck & The Flecktones - Rocket Science (2011)  Music

Posted by mark70 at Aug. 2, 2011
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones - Rocket Science (2011)

Béla Fleck & The Flecktones - Rocket Science (2011)
MP3 320 kbps CBR | 64:28 min | 141 MB
Genre: Bluegrass, Jazz | Label: Entertainment One Music

Bela Fleck is the only musician to be nominated for Grammys® in jazz, bluegrass, pop, country, spoken word, christian, composition and world music categories. His totalcount is 11 Grammys® won, and 27 total nominations. Groundbreaking banjoist/composer/bandleader Béla Fleck has reconvened the original Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, the extraordinary initial line-up of his incredible combo. Rocket Science marks the first recording by the first fab four Flecktones in almost two decades, with pianist/harmonica player Howard Levy back in the fold alongside Fleck, bassist Victor Wooten, and percussionist/ drumitarist Roy Futureman Wooten.

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - Little Worlds  Music

Posted by chemix at Jan. 21, 2009
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - Little Worlds

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - Little Worlds
Fusion | 2003 Year | MP3 192Kbps | 187 MB

Béla Fleck & The Flecktones - Ten From Little Worlds (2003)  Music

Posted by Domestos at Oct. 27, 2017
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones - Ten From Little Worlds (2003)

Béla Fleck & The Flecktones - Ten From Little Worlds (2003)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 318.59 Mb | 52:55 | Cover
Jazz Fusion, Progressive Bluegrass | Country: US | Label: Columbia (CK 90539)

Ten From Little Worlds is a sort of a sampler of Béla Fleck & the Flecktones' three-CD-long concept album, Little Worlds. While the full work seems a little disjointed and too expansive, the ten-song collection is a little more digestible. The idea for the project seems to have been to record an album that sounds like sitting in a car and flipping through radio stations – hearing snippets of hip-hop, Chinese opera, Irish folk, Hawaiian ukulele, mid-'80s funk, and, of course, bluegrass and jazz, then expanding that experience out to three entire discs. If any group on the planet could pull this off, it could only be Fleck and his Flecktones, but the concept (being as convoluted as it is) makes for a rather uneven listen. The bright and jazzy "Puffy" neatly bridges the gap between contemporary jazz and new acoustic music, but the unfortunate hip-hop version of Flatt & Scruggs' "Ballad of Jed Clampett" never needed to be recorded.

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - Ten From Little Worlds  Music

Posted by chemix at Jan. 21, 2009
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - Ten From Little Worlds

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - Ten From Little Worlds
Fusion | 2003 Year | MP3 192Kbps | 78,5 MB
Chick Corea And Béla Fleck - The Enchantment (2007) {Japanese Edition}

Chick Corea And Béla Fleck - The Enchantment (2007) {Japanese Edition}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 269 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 164 Mb
Scans Included | 00:57:10 | RAR 5% Recovery
Fusion, Post-Bop, Avant-Garde Jazz, Piano Jazz | Concord Records #UCCO-1004

Aside from being legendary multiple Grammy-winning jazzmen on very different instruments, Chick Corea (piano) and Béla Fleck (the world's premier jazz banjo master) have a shared love for collaboration and the infinite improvisational possibilities their chosen idiom offers them. In some ways, the two have been preparing for this masterful, musical dialogue-driven masterpiece for over ten years. Fleck, who has always credited Corea as being one of his chief influences, invited the pianist to play on the Flecktones' Tales from the Acoustic Planet, as well as the group's live CD Live Art. Some years later, in 2001, Corea found a spot for Fleck on his Rendezvous in New York DVD.

Béla Fleck - Drive (1988) [MFSL UDSACD 7003]  Music

Posted by v3122 at May 7, 2022
Béla Fleck - Drive (1988) [MFSL UDSACD 7003]

Béla Fleck - Drive (1988)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2005 | Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, UDSACD 7003 | ~ 325 or 131 Mb | Scans
Folk, World & Country, Bluegrass, Banjo virtuoso

Drive is an album by American banjoist Béla Fleck. The album was produced toward the end of Fleck's New Grass Revival career and before the Flecktones were formed and included an all-star list of bluegrass performers…

Bela Fleck - Drive (1988)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Nov. 9, 2023
Bela Fleck - Drive (1988)

Bela Fleck - Drive (1988)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 287 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 113 MB | Covers - 27 MB
Genre: Bluegrass, Americana, Folk | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Rounder Records (ROUNDER CD 0255)

Drive is an album by American banjoist Béla Fleck. The album was produced toward the end of Fleck's New Grass Revival career and before the Flecktones were formed and included an all-star list of bluegrass performers. This album is a touchstone of modern acoustic music, and has since influenced almost every bluegrasser looking to break new ground. Bela would go on to do many fantastic things in a wide variety of genres, but in his bluegrass endeavors, this has to be consider among the best.

Rabih Abou-Khalil - The Sultan's Picnic (1994) {Enja}  Music

Posted by tiburon at Jan. 15, 2017
Rabih Abou-Khalil -  The Sultan's Picnic (1994) {Enja}

Rabih Abou-Khalil - The Sultan's Picnic (1994) {Enja}
EAC 1.1 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 600dpi | 427MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 274MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Ethnic Fusion

Composer and oudist Rabih Abou-Khalil generates variety and interest by bringing aboard different guest musicians for each album. The personnel on Sultan's Picnic is so similar to that of Blue Camel that one might expect them to sound similar. But there's a key difference in the presence of Howard Levy on Sultan's Picnic. Levy is a talented harmonica player who has done a lot of offbeat work, including a stint with Béla Fleck & the Flecktones. Despite the power of Charlie Mariano on alto sax and Kenny Wheeler on trumpet, this album is dominated by the idioms of the harmonica, specifically the jazzy, quirky, lackadaisical idiom popularized by Levy's work with the Flecktones. This domination is noticeable from the beginning, on "Sunrise in Montreal."