Tales from the Acoustic Planet

Tales From The Acoustic Planet

Studio album by Béla Fleck

Released

1995

Béla Fleck chronology

Places
(1988)

Tales From The Acoustic Planet
(1995)

Tabula Rasā
(1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

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).^[2] 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 Traveller (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 - resophonic guitar (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 - acoustic standup 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 Vanasdale - 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 (tracks 1, 5), fretless bass (tracks 3, 8, 11), electric standup bass (track 4)

References

Béla Fleck

Discography	Crossing the Tracks (1979) Natural Bridge (1982) Deviation (1984) Double Time (1984) Inroads (1986) Daybreak (1987) Drive (1988) Places (1988) Tales from the Acoustic Planet (1995) Tabula Rasā (1996) The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2 (1999) Perpetual Motion (2001) Music for Two (2004) Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3: Africa Sessions (2009) The Melody of Rhythm (2009)

Related links	Sam Bush John Cowan Pat Flynn New Grass Revival Edgar Meyer Jerry Douglas Future Man Victor Wooten Jeff Coffin Howard Levy Béla Fleck and Flecktones Tony Rice David Grisman Darol Anger Mark Schatz Alison Brown

Influenced by	Bill Keith Bill Monroe Earl Scruggs Ralph Stanley Tony Trischka Chick Corea Charlie Parker Branford Marsalis John Coltrane The Byrds Aretha Franklin Little Feat

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