Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Posts: 246 Location: San Mateo, CA
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:06 pm Post subject: Bela Fleck & the Flecktones - new Christmas CD
Maybe this fits under the "weird Christmas album thread," but I decided I should start a fresh post. The new Bela Fleck & the Flectones CD is just brimming with utter genius, both the playing and the arrangements. The centerpiece is a 5-and-a-half minute medley that centers on "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" but includes six other tunes threaded in and around each other in the most brilliant, inspired way. And -- here's the weird part -- there are three songs (I think it was three) featuring Tuvan throat singers (the Alash Ensemble), one a duet with one of them plus Bela. It's just brilliant. Other guests on the CD include Edgar Meyer on double bass and Andy Statman on clarinet. The last cut is a rendition of Joni Mitchell's "River" on which Bela plays the banjo and piano simultaneously.
These guys are just amazing - so brilliant, so gifted, so much fun... this just might be a Christmas album I'll be playing year round for the foreseeable future.
Joined: 17 Jul 2003 Posts: 908 Location: Tampa Bay, FL
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:50 am Post subject:
Bela's Christmas CD sounds good... thanks for the suggestion, AlChuck.
I also recommend Alison Brown's new Christmas CD, Evergreen. And her other new CD Stolen Moments. I love her music so much I went out and bought myself a banjo _________________ Travelling by train of thought
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