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 Béla Fleck
Professional reviews
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 Future Man, 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

Guest musicians