New Album Releases: AS WE SPEAK (Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain)

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Artist:
Béla Fleck
Edgar Meyer
Zakir Hussain

Genre:
Jazz
Classical
Folk

Total Time:
75:10

Record Label:
Bela Fleck Productions

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, Apple Music

Release Date
May 12, 2023




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Product Description: The first time banjo legend Béla Fleck, tabla master Zakir Hussain, and double bass virtuoso Edgar Meyer got together to make an album, it was to write, not to play. Fleck had met Hussain at a workshop where, as Béla put it, "I thought Edgar and I could learn a lot from him." Later, when Fleck and Meyer were looking for a third partner for a triple concerto they had been commissioned to write to mark the opening of Nashville's Schermerhorn Symphony Center, they thought of Hussain, who wanted to learn more about orchestral writing. The result was The Melody of Rhythm (2009), recorded with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin. "We tried to write some pieces that took the melodies and compositions in the concerto and developed them into different areas," explains Fleck. "But we really hadn't performed at all." It wasn't until the three began touring to promote the album that the trio's true potential became apparent. Although each had a base in a different musical realm - bluegrass for Fleck, Indian classical music for Hussain, and Western classical music for Meyer - they shared a gift for improvisation as well as an ability to reach across musical genres as casually as neighbors might chat over a backyard fence." When we are performing on stage, in composing mode or creating mode, we are basically having a conversation," says Hussain. "So the music emerges as we speak." Hence As We Speak, an album that not only showcases the group's breathtaking abilities as instrumentalists, but underscores the wide range of musical influences at their command. Across a dozen tracks, the group glides easily between the cerebral complexity of Indian rhythm and the gut-level groove of a funky bass line, sounding equally at home with the rigors of raga.

TRACK LIST:

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1 . Motion Béla Fleck, Ustad Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer feat. Rakesh Chaurasia (04:57)

2 . The B Tune Béla Fleck, Ustad Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer feat. Rakesh Chaurasia (09:17)

3 . Tradewinds Bengali Béla Fleck, Ustad Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer feat. Rakesh Chaurasia (05:30)

J Bhai Béla Fleck, Ustad Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer feat. Rakesh Chaurasia (06:12)

5 . Rickety Karma Béla Fleck, Ustad Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer feat. Rakesh Chaurasia (04:47)

6 . 1980 . Béla Fleck, Ustad Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer feat. Rakesh Chaurasia (06:18)

7 . Owl’s Misfortune Béla Fleck, Ustad Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer feat. Rakesh Chaurasia (04:33)

8 . Pashto Béla Fleck, Ustad Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer feat. Rakesh Chaurasia (08:24)

9 . Hidden Lake Béla Fleck, Ustad Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer feat. Rakesh Chaurasia (04:54)

10 . Beast In The Garden Béla Fleck, Ustad Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer feat. Rakesh Chaurasia (07:01)

11 . Conundrum Béla Fleck, Ustad Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer feat. Rakesh Chaurasia (08:22)

12 . As We Speak Béla Fleck, Ustad Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer feat. Rakesh Chaurasia (05:04)

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