Line'em up. Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Tony Rice, Earl Scruggs, the late John Hartford and more. Way past beyond. If you like pickin' you're going to love this one.
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instrumental to understanding complexities of true bluegrass
Review created: 02/12/00
by: benjamint -- a member of Epinions
Pros: Great acoustic introduction to the stylings of Bela Fleck
Cons: Only one side of the many sided styles of Bela
Bela Fleck and his banjo allow anyone to embrace this sound and style of music through graceful and skillful interpretation. Bela's translation of standard bluegrass style is filled with a world full of influence. Featuring instrumentation of banjo, mandolin, dobro, fiddle, stand-up bass, and the guitar, this album cooks up a spicy stew of style. He who has been known to transpose classical music to the banjo, Bela Fleck has shattered personal stereotypes of bluegrass through his powerful playing and playful power. His finger pickings have a subtle tendency of eluding the typical notions of...
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Smokin'...Great music for every occasion
Review created: 02/01/00
by: Lesh1018 -- a member of Epinions
Pros: Whole album is superb, wide range of selections
Cons: None!
Bela Fleck, one of the premier banjo players around, gives us another perfect album which suits any occasion. Whether you're sitting around doing work by yourself, throwing a party with some friends, eating dinner and need some background music, Bela assembled some fantastic bluegrass players to help him out. Providing upbeat and some slower tracks, the BlueGrass Sessions resembles a Kentucky Thunder album or some older Bill Monroe. Very different from Bela's other stuff, this album focuses on the banjo and its relationship to other bluegrass instruments (e.g. mandolin, upright bass, etc..)...