Live Art

Bela Fleck & the Flecktones return with a remarkable anthology of their live performances. Recorded over a four-year period, quot;Live Artquot; features seven nerver-before-recorded Flecktone tunes as well as several vocal tracks, radically reworked versions of material from the group's back catalog, spellbinding on-the-spot improvisations and an array of extraordinary guest stars, including Chick Corea, Bruce Hornsby and Branford Marsalis. This music was recorded live at various locations between 1992 and 1996. Many different engineers helped US record the gigs, then Bela and Richard edited and mixed the stuff on a computer. Hundreds of hours of tapes were sifted through over a period of of months to pick the best 20 cuts.