Track Listing
1. Intro
2. Hoedown
3. Moment So Close, A
4. Zona Mona
5. Hall of Mirrors
6. Earth Jam
7. Something She Said
8. Ovombo Summit
9. Aimum
10. Prelude
11. Lover's Leap
12. Outbound
13. Scratch & Sniff
14. Shuba Yatra
15. That Old Thing
16. Reprise
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Adrian Belew, Andy Narell, John Medeski, Jon Anderson, Shawn Colvin | | Producer: | Bela Fleck | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones: Bela Fleck (synthesizer, National & paradise guitars, banjo, electric sitar); Future Man (vocals, drums, zendrum, synth-axe drumitar, cajon, cymbals, tambourine, samples); Jeff Coffin (soprano, alto & tenor saxophones, alto flute, clarinet); Victor Lemonte Wooten (4-string, 5-string fretless & tenor basses).
Additional personnel: Rita Sahai, Jon Anderson, Shawn Colvin, Ondar (vocals); Paul Hanson (soprano & tenor saxophone, bassoon); Paul McCandless (soprano saxophone, oboe, English horn, penny whistle); Mark Feldman (violin); John Medeski (Hammond B-3 organ); Adrian Belew (electric guitar); Edgar Meyer (acoustic bass); Sandip Burman (tablas); Andy Narell (steel pans).
Love Sponge String Quartet: David Davidson, David Angell (violin); Kristin Wilkinson (viola); John Catchings (cello).
Engineers include: Richard Battaglia, Robert Battaglia, Bela Fleck.
OUTBOUND won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album. "Zona Mona" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.
With OUTBOUND, Bela Fleck and his Flecktones blend their eclectic mix of high-energy bluegrass and jazz with instrumentalists and vocalists from a wide range of styles. Among these are B3 master John Medeski, eclectic guitarist Adrian Belew, and pop vocalists Shawn Colvin and Yes' Jon Anderson. As you may expect, this makes for some of the most unique aural adventures to come down the pike in a long while.
With a nod to Oliver Nelson's BLUES & THE ABSTRACT TRUTH arrangement, Fleck offers a contemporary take on Aaron Copland's "Hoedown." He then launches into the intriguing "A Moment So Close," which mixes urban funk, Middle Eastern flavors, and contemporary pop vocals. If that's not enough to strip your gears, Adrian Belew's space-age guitar textures and Shawn Colvin's wordless vocal introduction into the otherwise rolling groove of "Hall of Mirrors" are likely to make you sit up and take immediate notice. More evidence of Fleck's stylistic wizardry is the exciting "Ainum," a piece that, while at first appearing as merely a pop vocal, incorporates everything from bluegrass and jazz to Indian drumming and funk. Other mesmerizing musical escapades include the lilting "Lover's Leap," the fusion-esque title track, and the impenetrable "Scratch & Sniff."
Editorial Reviews
...An interesting and rewarding trip....capturing swamp tones, classical romance, electric rock, bebop and everything in-between....fascinating...
JazzTimes (11/01/2000)
...Favoring strings and horns, the king of bluegrass-bop fuses cultures on this ambitious album....Wizardry abounds... - Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly (07/28/2000)
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