Tales from the Acoustic Planet

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Released 1995 Artist Béla Fleck Label Warner Bros. Records		Tales From The Acoustic Planet(1995) Tabula Rasā(1996) Release date 1995

Genres Bluegrass, Jazz, Americana Similar Béla Fleck albums, Bluegrass albums

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Tales From The Acoustic Planet is an album by American banjoist Béla Fleck. It is a jazzy album with roots in bluegrass, where Fleck is joined by bluegrass stars (Sam Bush, Tony Rice, Jerry Douglas), as well as his jazz friends (Chick Corea, Branford Marsalis, Paul McCandless) and Flecktones members (Victor Wooten, Future Man). This is also his first solo album since 1988's Places.

All tracks written by Béla Fleck except where noted.

Béla Fleck - banjo (all tracks)

Grace Bahng - cello (track 13)

Sam Bush - mandolin (tracks 10, 11)

Chick Corea - piano (tracks 8, 9, 12)

Jerry Douglas - resophonic guitar (tracks 2, 3, 11)

Stuart Duncan - violin (tracks 3, 6, 10, 11)

Robert Barry Green - trombone (track 4)

Connie Heard - violin (track 13)

Bruce Hornsby - piano (track 3)

Kenny Malone - drums (tracks 7, 11), percussion (track 10)

Edgar Meyer - acoustic standup bass (tracks 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14), piano (track 4)

Paul McCandless - bass clarinet (track 1), English horn (track 5), oboe (tracks 2, 5, 13), soprano saxophone (track 1)

Matt Mundy - mandolin (tracks 1, 6, 13)

Tony Rice - guitar (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6)

Dennis Solee - clarinet (track 4)

George Tidwell - trumpet (track 4)

Mary Kathryn Vanasdale - violin (track 13)

Kristin Wilkinson - viola (track 13)

Roy "Futureman" Wooten - acoustic percussion (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 13), drums (tracks 5, 8), vocal wind effects (track 4)

Victor Wooten - bass (tracks 1, 5), fretless bass (tracks 3, 8, 11), electric standup bass (track 4)

1Up and Running4:26
2First Light2:41
3The Great Circle Route4:21

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