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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0093624733225 Label: Warner Bros / Wea Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea MPN: 47332 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Warner Bros / Wea Release Date: June 22, 1999 Studio: Warner Bros / Wea Editorial Review: Amazon.com's Best of 1999 : In a jaw-dropping return to his roots, banjoist Béla Fleck led a stellar lineup (Jerry Douglas, Earl Scruggs, Tony Rice, and Sam Bush, to name a few) through one of his finest albums. With incredible musicianship and a smidgen of Fleck's genre-hopping personality ("Polka On The Banjo"), The Bluegrass Sessions is fun, nostalgic, and inspiring. --Jason Verlinde Amazon.com essential recording: Béla Fleck, the banjo-wizard leader of the fringe-jazz quartet the Flecktones, returns to more-bluegrass-oriented concerns with this 18-song outing, a complement to 1988's Drive and a more-traditional follow-up to 1995's fusion-leaning Tales from the Acoustic Planet. Most of these songs are instrumentals boasting Drive's core group of Sam Bush on mandolin, Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Tony Rice on guitar, Jerry Douglas on Dobro, and bassist Mark Schatz; they're augmented in spots by fine guest players such as Vassar Clements, John Hartford, and the incomparable banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs. Fleck's spidery, tasteful plucking style lends originals like "Major Honker" and "Katmandu" an ever-so-slightly offbeat air, while he gives classics like Scruggs's "Foggy Mountain Special" and "Polka on the Banjo" traditional readings that wouldn't be out of place at the Opry. Flecktones fans will find much to like in Fleck's rootsy playing, and so will bluegrass purists. --Gregory McNamee Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Bella Fleck does it againOnce again Bella Fleck puts together a CD with great songs and great musicians. Being a fan of bluegrass and Bella Fleck, I love that he got together with greats like Earl Scruggs to play some originals and spruce up other old hits. The CD is a great listen. Rating: - Excellent CDI truly enjoy this collection of Bluegrass music by Bela Fleck and friends. I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for something interesting and fun to listen too. Rating: - This is one of my favorit Bela Fleck records!I love this CD, i think it is one of the best bluegrass collections Bela has produced, with a host of different styles and artists. Rating:  - A Rarity...It's rare when a sequel exceeds the original. This album, though, exceeds the first "Acoustic Planet" effort by Fleck. Why? Well, the playing is better technically, if you can believe that. And the energy and drive is stronger here than in Acoustic Planet 1. You also get treated to a greater number of original compositions on this CD. I've come to appreciate this dimension of Fleck's artistic gifts even more as time has passed. While he does do a lot of variations ... Read More Rating: - Hair RaisingI've had this album for two years now and it still sometimes makes my hair stand on end when I listen to it and I don't even consider myself a SERIOUS bluegrass fan. Absolutely amazing! |
