2008/08/07

Philadelphia, Mann Theatre

Light as a Feather 2 Disc

On Tuesday, I witnessed the reunion of Return to Forever, after a 25 year hiatus, and got to see Béla Fleck and The Flecktones play for the first time ever. A quick review:

-Futureman is the most inventive musician on the planet right now

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-Béla Fleck is an absolute beast

-Victor Wooten is more than a mere musician

-The white guy on wind instruments is pretty fucking good too

-Lenny White was savage on the kit, and bonus points for making fun of boy bands, I guess

-Al Di Meola has the fastest fingers in the world, as far as I can tell, he puts all shredders to shame

-Chick Corea was elegant, composed, inventive and managed to evoke every spectrum of human emotions

-Stanley Clarke played a bass solo that almost made me cry; his electric work was classic American, but his Upright work was truly global

1 comment:

Sam said...

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