Left of Cool

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Left Of Cool
Studio album by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Released	June 9, 1998
Recorded	Béla Fleck's house
Genre	Jazz
Length	76:22
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer(s)	Béla Fleck
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones chronology
Live Art (1996)	Left Of Cool (1998)	Greatest Hits of the 20th Century (1999)

Left Of Cool was the fifth studio album released by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 1998. It is the first album to feature Jeff Coffin, who joined the band to replace Howard Levy. The album cover depicts Futureman, Béla Fleck, and Victor Wooten standing on Coffin's head.

[edit] Track listing

Note: the liner notes for Left Of Cool swap tracks 6 and 7. The list below reflects the tracks as they are ordered on the album itself.

1. "Throwdown At The Hoedown" (Béla Fleck) – 5:09
2. "Communication" (music: Fleck/Future Man; lyrics: Fleck) – 4:16
3. "Big Country" (Fleck) – 5:31
4. "Sojourn Of Arjuna" (music: Victor Wooten/Future Man; lyrics: adapted from Bhagavad Gita by Future Man) – 5:27
5. "Let Me Be The One" (music: Wooten/Fleck/Future Man; lyrics: Fleck) – 4:38
6. "Trane To Conamarra" (Fleck/Jeff Coffin) – 6:48
7. "Almost 12" (Wooten/Fleck/Future Man) – 3:15
8. "Step Quiet" (Fleck/Sarah Mason) – 4:02
9. "Oddity" (Fleck) – 5:32
10. "Sleeping Dogs Lie" (Fleck) – 4:02
11. "Trouble and Strife" (Fleck) – 5:15
12. "Slow Walker" (Fleck) – 5:23
13. "shanti" (Fleck/Coffin) – 5:12
14. "The Big Blink" (Fleck) – 7:57
15. "Prelude To Silence" (Future Man) – 3:55

[edit] Personnel

• Béla Fleck - banjo, guitar, mandolin, theremin
• Future Man - synthaxe drumitar, acoustic percussion, samples, vocals
• Victor Wooten - basses, standup bass, cello, violin
• Jeff Coffin - saxophones, flutes, clarinets, saxello, singing bowl

Guest musicians

• Dave Matthews - vocals on tracks 2 and 11
• Amy Grant - vocals on track 8

Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Béla Fleck • Victor Wooten • Future Man • Jeff Coffin Howard Levy
Discography
Studio releases: Béla Fleck and the Flecktones • Flight of the Cosmic Hippo • UFO Tofu • Three Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest • Left of Cool • Greatest Hits of the 20th Century • Outbound • Little Worlds • The Hidden Land
Live releases: Live Art • Live at the Quick