Bela Fleck Three Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest CD

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones: Bela Fleck, Roy Wooten, Victor Wooten.
Additional personnel: Branford Marsalis, Roderick Ward (saxophone); Bruce Hornsby (keyboards).
Producers: Bela Fleck, Roy Wooten, Victor Wooten.
Engineers: Bela Fleck, Bil Vorndick, Robert Charles, Richard Battaglia, Keith Odle, Mike Reiter, Leslie Ann Jones.
Recorded at Javelina and Ground Star Studios, Nashville, Tennessee; The Record Plant and Capitol Records Studios, Los Angeles, California. Includes liner notes by Bela Fleck.
All songs written or co-written by members of Bela Fleck & The Flecktones.
Those who have enjoyed earlier Béla Fleck & the Flecktones recordings will not be disappointed with Three Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest. The Flecktones have stuck with the formula that made their previous records successful: complex, tight grooves wrapped in a very musical, user-friendly package. The Flecktones still suffer from the departure of keyboardist/chromatic harmonica player Howard Levy, who provided the band with needed additional musical colors and textures. Guest appearances by Bruce Hornsby (no vocals) and Branford Marsalis help fill this void. As always, the musicianship is excellent, and all players involved have ample space with which to display their virtuosity. ~ Dan Cross