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Dec-05-2009, 8:00am
JazzMando What's New - One of the coolest Christmas instrumental projects we've heard in a decade was the 2008 release from Bela Fleck and a host of familiar and undiscovered talent in his "Jingle All the Way." As if a banjo weren't unusual enough to the the mainstream ear, imagine rounding out the departure with the Alash Ensemble Tuvan throat singers, and klezmer mandolin and clarinet from Andy Statman. The usual suspects, Victor Wooten, Jeff Coffin, and Future Man are joined with guest Edgar Meyer in the 17 song collection.
http://jazzmando.com/new/images/flecktones_JATW.jpgAs you'd suspect, this is no traditional "Christmas with Tony Bennett" ear candy. Fresh, perhaps disturbing chord progressions, and a cadre of intriguing time signature changes make this a challenge to the mainstream ear, but after all, how many choruses of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" can one stand year after year?
Of course, we think fresh is good!
Word is out they are touring with harmonica legend Howard Levy this season. Check out the Holiday Tour schedule for an appearance near you. At very minimum, purchase this CD. It's destined to by a Yuletide treasure!
Read San Francisco BeyondChron.org review (http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=7615)
Upcoming tour dates (http://www.flecktones.com/tour.php)
Purchase Information Jingle All the Way (http://music.barnesandnoble.com/Jingle-All-the-Way/B-la-Fleck/e/011661061620)
Song List:
Silent Night
Sleigh Ride
The Christmas Song
The Twelve Days of Christmas
J.S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio: Ich Will Nur Zu Ehren Leben
Christmas Time is Here
Linus and Lucy
Jingle Bells (Reprise)
The Hanukkah Waltz
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies
What Child is This/Dyngyldai
O Come All Ye Faithful
Medley: We Wish You a Merry Christmas/It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
River
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http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=131&pictureid=1135 (http://www.jazzmando.com/)
http://jazzmando.com/new/images/flecktones_JATW.jpgAs you'd suspect, this is no traditional "Christmas with Tony Bennett" ear candy. Fresh, perhaps disturbing chord progressions, and a cadre of intriguing time signature changes make this a challenge to the mainstream ear, but after all, how many choruses of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" can one stand year after year?
Of course, we think fresh is good!
Word is out they are touring with harmonica legend Howard Levy this season. Check out the Holiday Tour schedule for an appearance near you. At very minimum, purchase this CD. It's destined to by a Yuletide treasure!
Read San Francisco BeyondChron.org review (http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=7615)
Upcoming tour dates (http://www.flecktones.com/tour.php)
Purchase Information Jingle All the Way (http://music.barnesandnoble.com/Jingle-All-the-Way/B-la-Fleck/e/011661061620)
Song List:
Silent Night
Sleigh Ride
The Christmas Song
The Twelve Days of Christmas
J.S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio: Ich Will Nur Zu Ehren Leben
Christmas Time is Here
Linus and Lucy
Jingle Bells (Reprise)
The Hanukkah Waltz
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies
What Child is This/Dyngyldai
O Come All Ye Faithful
Medley: We Wish You a Merry Christmas/It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
River
More news... (http://jazzmando.com/new/archives/001189.shtml)
http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=131&pictureid=1135 (http://www.jazzmando.com/)