What Did He Say?

What Did He Say?

ASIN: B000B837UG

Track Listings

1. Yo Victa

2. What Did He Say?

3. What You Won't Do for Love

4. Cherokee

5. Don't Wanna Cry

6. Loneliest Monk

7. Chance

8. Radio W-Oo-10

9. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

10. Bro John

11. Naima

12. Sometimes I Laugh

13. My Life

14. Sojourn of Arjuna

15. Buzz Intro

16. Little Buzz

17. Kids Didn't Change

18. Heaven Is Where the Heart Is

Tracks:

Yo Victa
What Did He Say?
What You Won't Do For Love
Cherokee
Don't Wanna Cry
The Loneliest Monk
A Chance
radio W-OO-10
Norwegian Wodd
Bro John
Naima
Sometimes I Laugh
My Life
The Sojourn Of Aarjuna
Buzz Ntro
A Little Buzz
Kids Didn't Change
Heaven Is Where The Heart Is

Customer Reviews:

Why did he do it?.......2007-04-18

Let me start this review by saying that I think Victor Wooten is an incredibly talented electric bass player and also an excellent musician. After seeing him perform the medley of jazz tunes from "a show of hands" live almost a decade ago, I was convinced that Wooten is capable of playing jazz tunes with as much soul as any of the greats. While his technique is phenomenal, I am more impressed by his ability to phrase a melody than anything else. His compositions on "Three flew over the cuckoos nest" are nothing short of brilliant, and the solos he takes over Fleck's compositions such as "a celtic medley" and "the longing" truly bring out the best in Wooten's ability to make music.
That said, "What did he say" seems to bring out the worst in Wooten's musical ability. I don't really mind the many, many, many, many, mnay bass overdubs ("Sometimes I laugh" and "Don't wanna cry" are actually some of the stronger tracks on this disc). The real problem, in my opinion, is that Wooten seems to be too anxious to use this album as a vehicle to promote his family members, JD Blair, and his ideas and concepts outside of what he is good at (which is making music on the electric bass). This leads to WAY too many filler tracks. "bro John" sounds like it was written in about five minutes and is only on the album to feature the mediocre singing/speaking abilities of Wooten's father. "A chance" is nothing more than a groove written by JD Blair that fills about three minutes. "My life" and "the loneliest Monk" both hammer home the point that Victor should stick to bass playing, not writing lyrics and definitely not singing (the same could be said for Future Man, who (although not on this album) manages to singlehandedly ruin the otherwise great Fleck tune "Sunset Road"). And "Heaven is Where the Heart is" proves that it just isn't a good idea to write a tune with the main concept being "lets see how many of my family members can fit in the studio with me".
I will say that the phenomenon of great bass players falling flat when leading their own groups is not unique to Wooten. John Patitucci and Christian Mcbride (post Number 2 Express) are both unbelievable as sidemen, but when it comes to leading their own projects, they often result in too many different ideas which go nowhere, leaving the listener longing for the albums which showcase these musicians' true talents: their abilities to play well-phrased, musical interpretations of well-written compositions. After listening to "What did he say" the first thing I did was throw in "three flew over" to remind myself of why I think Victor Wooten is an electric bass genius.

Not his best, far from it in fact........2001-06-13

Simply put, if you want to hear Vic at his best, get Show Of Hands. The majority of this album is experimental "effects", overdubs, and pure weird. Norwegian Wood is a great song though, could take out the Beatles version in a heartbeat.

Amazing bass player but really weak song construction.......2001-02-27

I love bass guitar playing as much as the next guy, but great bass playing without a great song can grow very tiresome. Don't get me wrong, there are a few gems and all of the tracks have some bouts of brilliance, I'll take a jaco pastorius album or a weather report album any day. If you are a diehard bass player and you really don't care about songs per se, then you will love this album. However, i would lean more towards any of victor's brilliant work with bela fleck and the flecktones.

WOW - The Way Wooten Says It.......2000-06-30

My first Wooten CD after just having seen him live at Stern Grove, SF. Amazing ability and heart. There's nobody like this guy....

Buy this cd if you got SOUL!.......2000-04-09

This cd was my first Victor Wooten cd and I have to say: this stuff is heavy. Not only his bass-chops are pretty cool; the music on this disc is even better. 'Til now I have not heard something THIS funky. You do? Please tell me right away!