B�la Fleck and The Flecktones
June 28, 2011
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival
Bessborough Gardens Stage
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Runtime: 63:23

Broadcast: 'Canada Live' on CBC Radio 2
Source: dvb-s (192 kbs, 48 kHz, stereo) > M-Audio Pro SC > wav @ 16/48 > tracking > flac(lvl8)

If you�re already a fan you don�t need an introduction. B�la is a master of musical eclecticism. He plays everything from blue grass to be bop, traditional African music to rock. He even won a Grammy for Best Classical Crossover album in 2001. Oh - and if you�re wondering about B�la�s name, the answer is yes: he was named after the famous Hungarian composer B�la Bart�k.

B�la joined forces with his Flecktones in 1988. There�s even a Canadian connection to their beginning since he met pianist and harmonica player Howard Levy at the Winnipeg Folk Festival. After hearing Victor Lemonte Wooten play some bass licks over the phone B�la recruited him. Victor�s brother Roy Wooten, otherwise known as �Futureman�, rounded out the quartet on percussion.

This summer these four masterful musicians reconvened for a reunion tour. CBC Radio Two's 'Canada Live' team caught up with the band at Bessborough Garde ns in Saskatoon where they were headline performers at the SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival.

1 Gravity Lane (9:21)
2 Nemo's Dream (5:31)
3 Prickly Pear (5:44)
4 Frontiers (7:43)
5 Wolf Laurel* (8:22)
6 Bottle Rocket (11:52)
7 Sinister Minister (14:46)

B�la Fleck - banjo
Howard Levy - harmonica, piano
Victor Wooten - electric bass
Roy Wooten - percussion
* with Casey Driessen - fiddle

CBC Production Credits
- Bonnie Austring-Winter, Producer
- Chris Haynes, Recording Engineer
- Tim Kohlruss, Assistant Recording Engineer
- Shauna Powers, Editor

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