Live Art

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Live Art
Studio album by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Released	September 10, 1996
Recorded	live, 1992-1996
Genre	Jazz
Length	122:17
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer(s)	Béla Fleck
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones chronology
Three Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1993)	Live Art (1996)	Left Of Cool (1998)

Live Art was the fifth album released by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones and their first non-studio album. It was recorded live at various concerts between 1992 and 1996 and features ten all-star guest musicians.

[edit] Track listing

Disc 1

1. "Intro" – 0:38
2. "New South Africa" (Béla Fleck) – 4:43
3. "Stomping Grounds" (Victor Wooten/Fleck) – 5:26
4. "Lochs of Dread" (Fleck/Jerry Douglas) – 5:45
5. "Bigfoot" (Fleck) – 7:32
6. "Far East Medley" (P.D., arr. Fleck/V. Wooten/Future Man) – 7:21
7. "Flying Saucer Dudes" (Fleck) – 5:35
8. "UFO Tofu" (Fleck) – 3:38
9. "Interlude - Libation, The Water Ritual" (Future Man) – 3:06
10. "Vix 9" (V. Wooten) – 6:02
11. "The Message" (Fleck/Joe Wooten/V. Wooten/Future Man) – 4:05

Disc 2

1. "Improv/Amazing Grace" (P.D., arr. V. Wooten) – 6:46
2. "Shubbee's Doobie" (Fleck/Sam Bush) – 4:40
3. "Oh! Darling" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 6:21
4. "Blu-bop" (Fleck/Howard Levy/V. Wooten/Future Man) – 7:36
5. "Sunset Road" (Fleck) – 5:56
6. "More Luv" (V. Wooten) – 7:43
7. "Early Reflection/Bach/The Ballad of Jed Clampett" – 6:09
   • "Early Reflection" (Fleck)
   • "Presto" from Sonata #1 in G minor for unaccompanied violin (Johann Sebastian Bach)
   • "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" (Paul Henning)
8. "Cheeseballs in Cowtown" (Fleck) – 5:38
9. "Sinister Minister" (Fleck) – 7:30
10. "Flight of the Cosmic Hippo" (Fleck) – 4:52

[edit] Personnel

The Flecktones

• Béla Fleck - 5-string, 6-string, and electric synth banjos
• Future Man - synth-axe drumitar, zendrum, acoustic percussion (on banjos and Philippine trash can), vocals
• Victor Wooten - electric fretless, and tenor basses, cello, vocals

Guest musicians

• Sam Bush - mandolin, violin, vocals
• Paul McCandless - soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, pennywhistle, English horn, sopranino saxophone
• Branford Marsalis - soprano saxophone
• Howard Levy - keyboards, harmonica
• Chick Corea - piano, zendrum
• Edgar Meyer - Acoustic bass (bowed)
• Stuart Duncan - violin
• Jerry Douglas - dobro
• John Cowan - vocals
• Bruce Hornsby - piano, vocals

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