When Bela Fleck created this group, his intention was to have great musicians that you wouldn't typically see together. Bela - banjo - is aware of the banjo's history throughout jazz (before guitar the banjo was the primary chordal instrument. Check out his documentary Throw Down Your Heart on Netflix where he traces the origin of the banjo through Africa). On bass we have Victor Wooten. I've seen him live twice, and words cannot express this man's musical wisdom and ability. Check out what he has to say about music being a language. I highly encourage everyone to check him out. And read his book The Music Lesson. It has changed my perception of playing. On drumitar (did I stutter?) we have Victor's brother, who goes by FutureMan. He created his own drum guitar. That's insane. Bela chose him because of how...strange...he is. On this video we also have Branford Marsalis. I'm not a huge fan because he's really pompous, but I wanted a live video. I'm not too certain who's on piano, because usually the harmonica player Howard Levy is with them.

Enjoy!

lil:

Great jazz banjo. Do any of you recall Sandy Bull's classical banjo album, 1963, Vanguard. Here's a banjo version of Carmina Burana.


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