Bela Fleck and the Flecktones

If you like Bela Fleck, look up his recordings with guys like Edgar Meyer, Mike Marshall, and Sam Bush. They pioneer a music genre called "Clasical Grass" that was featured on Peter Jennings ABC Prime Time News recently. Among the "Classical Grass players are Joshua Bell and Yo Yo Ma. Great stuff. Bela also did stuff with Indian and Chinese musicians (Water Lilly label) that are excellent. Also, Victor Wooten, the Flecktones bassist has several recordings that are worth checking into. For live recordings, check the "Live Art" album by the Flecktones. Also check www.flecktones.com for info on their concert tours. They tour about 50 weeks a year. If you like "Outbound", wait until you see them live in concert.

In addition to the above recommendations, try "Strength IN Numbers" from the telluride sessions with Bela, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Mark O'Connor, and Edgar Meyer. A recent release the "Bluegrass Sessions" is also recommended.

Great band great musician and very good recordings. The UFO_TOFU is a good system tester. Tales from acoustic planet,live art, left of cool, to name a few. Very musically satisfying even if you dislike country or bluegrass

If you like the more "classical grass", I just picked up Uncommon Ritual (Fleck, Meyer, Marshall) on Sony Classical. Claims 20 bit processing - may be dithered down - doesn't say. Hi Snooky.