Tales from the Acoustic Planet

Tales From The Acoustic Planet
Tales From The Acoustic Planet
Studio album by Béla Fleck
Released	1995
Genre	Jazz, Bluegrass
Label	Warner Bros.
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Tales From The Acoustic Planet is an album by American banjoist Béla Fleck. It is a jazzy album with roots in bluegrass, where Fleck is joined by bluegrass stars (Sam Bush, Tony Rice, Jerry Douglas), as well as his jazz friends (Chick Corea, Branford Marsalis, Paul McCandless) and Flecktones members (Victor Wooten, Future Man).^[1] This is also his first solo album since 1988's Places.

Track listing[]

All tracks written by Béla Fleck except where noted.

Up And Running
First Light
The Great Circle Route
Circus Of Regrets
Three Bridges Home
The Landing
Arkansas Traveler (trad.)
Backwoods Galaxy
In Your Eyes
System Seven
Cheeseballs In Cowtown
Bicyclops
Jayme Lynn
For Sascha

Personnel[]

Béla Fleck - banjo (all tracks)
Grace Bahng - cello (track 13)
Sam Bush - mandolin (tracks 10, 11)
Chick Corea - piano (tracks 8, 9, 12)
Jerry Douglas - Dobro (tracks 2, 3, 11)
Stuart Duncan - violin (tracks 3, 6, 10, 11)
Robert Barry Green - trombone (track 4)
Connie Heard - violin (track 13)
Bruce Hornsby - piano (track 3)
Kenny Malone - drums (tracks 7, 11), percussion (track 10)
Branford Marsalis - soprano saxophone (track 14), tenor saxophone (track 8)
Edgar Meyer - upright bass (tracks 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14), piano (track 4)
Paul McCandless - bass clarinet (track 1), English horn (track 5), oboe (tracks 2, 5, 13), soprano saxophone (track 1)
Matt Mundy - mandolin (tracks 1, 6, 13)
Tony Rice - guitar (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6)
Dennis Solee - clarinet (track 4)
George Tidwell - trumpet (track 4)
Mary Kathryn Vanosdale - violin (track 13)
Kristin Wilkinson - viola (track 13)
Roy "Futureman" Wooten - acoustic percussion (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 13), drums (tracks 5, 8), vocal wind effects (track 4)
Victor Wooten - Bass guitar (tracks 1, 5), fretless bass guitar (tracks 3, 8, 11), Electric upright bass (track 4)

References[]

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