Outbound

Artist: Béla Fleck & the Flecktones
Label: Sony
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 074646217825
EAN: 0074646217825
ASIN: B00004VW9O

Release Date: 2000-07-25

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Tracks:

Intro
Hoedown
A Moment So Close
Zona Mona
Hall Of Mirrors
Earth Jam
Something She Said
Ovombo Summit
Aimum
Prelude
Lover's Leap
Outbound
Scratch & Sniff
Shuba Yatra
That Old Thing
Reprise

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Customer Reviews:

Béla Fleck & The Flecktones.......2006-08-17

"Outbound" contains almost eclectic tracks, with "A Moment So Close" and "Zona Mona" appearing back to back. For more catchy vocals, including all the instrumentals expected, try "A Moment So Close" or "Something She Said." For that awesome banjo without a hint of bluegrass, as well as so many other instruments, try "Zona Mona," and "Shuba Yatra." I feel like a lot of this music is on the edge of being boring, yet somehow it's not. Sometimes it sounds like a fun jam session, and other times it sounds like the film score to a Kathleen Turner film. Either way, I'm a fan and you should be too. Pick up a copy and you'll see why.

Will someone tell Futureman the experiment is over - real drums rule.......2006-02-07

I love Bela fleck and all he has done to bring the banjo to the mainstream music listener. That said, he has to put futureman to rest. Vocals aren't too bad, but that tingy, hollow sound that comes from his electronic drumkit ruins what is otherwise beautiful music. And don't get me started on the live records. Futureman, do us all a favor and listen to Billy Cobham, Max Roach, Dennis Chambers, anyone!
At one point people thought that the "80's" represented the "future" of music. Nough said.

Bela Fleck & the Flecktones.......2005-06-18

My introduction to the Flecktones. A perfect introduction; well, almost.

Somehow, over the years, jazz has managed to fuse with every kind of music imaginable. First, jazz was born incorporating with blues and ragtime. Over the years, popular music was tied in with jazz, then later on, Dave Brubeck managed to incorporate classical influences with jazz, and this so called "chamber jazz" was born.

Then as jazz was growing more and more, becoming even more complex, out of the blue rock was somehow fused with jazz, and then we had fusion. Afro Cuban influences created latin jazz, and later on even hip-hop, R&B, and pop was mixed with jazz.

But something Bela Fleck created all himself was the birth of Bluegrass coming together with jazz. And the thing I found out is that I actually like bluegrass, in an instrumental setting of course.

When I first heard this, I was like, man I don't like bluegrass music, and all this R&B sappy singing. But as a listened to the whole album non-stop in the car taking a drive through the beach, I really listened to Bela and the rest of the musicians. What conversations! This is true musicianship.

One reviewer said there is just too many musicians with different backgrounds. Sure, it doesn't work sometimes, but here? Bluegrass, jazz, very progressive stuff! It works. Granted some of the tracks aren't my cup of tea, probaly the two numbers with lead vocal parts, but I'm sure I will come to like them. I'm wondering if he/she did not take the time to fully listen to the music. This band has opened up my life, and it is very spiritual to me, not in the sense of religion; well maybe, but a religion totaly musical. Better than anything else, this music is just fantastic.

Hoedown is the perfect introduction to this wonderful disk. It just sets the mood so much. Such ironic music to be brought into a jazz setting, but it works. The banjo is just magnificent, when not bombarded with just awful stale lyrics about how some guy's women left him.

Zona Mona, so great, my first Flektones track I ever heard which made me get this release. Future Man, I wish he played real drums. I am a drummer and when I go to the shows I like to watch other drummers for enjoyment. But as for the recordings, the synth-axe drumitar is actually quite warm, and if I ever learn how that contraption works, I would sure love to learn how to play that thing!

Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, such a unique group. When I'm looking for jazz to listen to.....as for modern music, I don't wanna hear cats just swinging in 4/4. I need the music to be different, and unlike anything I have ever heard, and Pat Metheny and Bela Fleck's Flecktones seem to deliver that special brand of jazz to me, the best of them all. I will sure be looking foward to all the upcoming Flecktones releases, and will be with this band for many more years to come!

not béla's best.......2004-10-24

I am both a fan and admirer of Býla Fleck as a musician and as a composer. I own numerous recordings of his music as both a frontman and a sideman. I appreciate what he has done for the introduction and establishment of the banjo in the modern musical palette. Thus, in the context of the aforementioned, I was both shocked and unnerved that I found one of his most recent efforts the way I did.

To put it succinctly, this album can best be described as cultural clashing. There are simply too many musicians simultaneously playing on this album; the whole of the album musically is like walking into a crowded restaurant. If Býla would thin his bill a good deal more, it would more than likely make the musical core of his band more digestible (and possibly save money for him, rather than needing to invest in a sound board the length of a small schooner). If one is interested in hearing Býla's group in a more open environment, he or she should check out the Flecktones' earlier efforts, such as UFO TOFU).

Also, as previously stated, this album falls prey to the quite common belief that the incorporation of various cultures in music is a sure-fire way to be "hip" (in such a manner that the more obscure the culture is, the more effective it is). I'm sorry, Býla, but there are several musical postulates that need to be considered before next recording session: tabla clashes with banjo. Tabla clashes with Aaron Copland. Smooth jazz clashes with Tuvaluan throat singing. Futureman clashes with everything. 30 seconds of steel pan interlude will do nothing but sound out of context. In order to appreciate these cultures, one needs to appreciate them individually. For tabla playing, consider the recordings of Zakir Hussain. For steel pan, consider modern steel pan virtuoso Liam Teague. For modern banjo interpretation, consider Býla Fleck's latest project: his duet effort with double-bassist Edgar Meyer (who, coincidentally enough, appeared on Outbound as well), Music for Two. For Tuvaluan throat singing, consider the phrase "practical application of talent."

Furthermore, Býla's individual playing is almost buried by the drone of the other musicians. This teaches us the limits of the banjo in modern music: it sounds best in a small group setting, such as a quartet (or a duet, as stated above).

In conclusion, this album came as a major disappointment to me both as a musician and a fan. This album would make a great present for one who enjoys top 40 and/or pop music--preferably, that one should not have heard of Aaron Copland, nor his orchestral work Rodeo (of which "Hoedown" is the finale). Also, this equates well with one who is deadset on appreciating all musical cultures--at once.

2 stars.

Best album I have ever owned!.......2004-01-04

My cousin told me about Bela Fleck a few months ago. I received this album for Christmas and it is incredible. Hoedown is my personal favorite but Aimum is good too. Buy this cd.

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