Skip to main content

Music for Two by Béla Fleck

Music for Two

Release Date: 4/27/2004

Recording Date: 4/2004

Tracks: 20

Length: 01:13:33 Hrs

Label: Sony Music Distribution

Type: CD

Genre/Styles:
Country, Folk, Progressive Bluegrass, Chamber Jazz, New Acoustic, Banjo, Bluegrass

Album Tracks (20)

Song Title
Length
1.
Bug Tussle
04:55
2.
Invention No. 10, BMV 796
00:53
3.
Pile-Up
06:55
4.
Prelude No. 24, BMV 869
02:59
5.
Solar
03:59
6.
Blue Spruce
08:45
7.
Canon
04:27
8.
The One I Left Behind
05:00
9.
Menuett I-II, BMV 825
02:11
10.
Prelude No. 2, BMV 847
01:39
11.
Palmyra
10:32
12.
The Lake Effect
03:15
13.
Largo (From Sonata)
03:11
14.
Allegro Vivace (From Sonata)
01:13
15.
Wrong Number
02:59
16.
Woolly Mammoth
07:44
17.
Wishful Thinking
02:56
18.
Obstinato: Making Music for Two [DVD][*]
00:00
19.
Green Slime [DVD]
00:00
20.
Happy Drum Drum Monkey Girl [DVD]
00:00

What the Critics Say

Banjo player supreme Béla Fleck and bassist Edgar Meyer make for a fascinating and daring duo, and they appear to be at their best live, as this esoteric disc shows. While there are plenty of original compositions from both pens, they also tackle several pieces by Bach, a wonderful Henry Eccles sonata, and some Miles Davis -- gadding about all over the shop. It works primarily because they put no restrictions on the possibilities of the instruments, but sheer skill certainly helps, from the wicked alacrity of "Bug Tussle" to the near competition of "Woolly Mamouth." There's even a delicious sense of humor, as "Wrong Number" is interrupted by what seems to be an errant cell phone -- but which turns out to be a sample that returns and returns to act like a punctuation in the piece. Meyer takes to the piano for part of "Palmyra," proving surprisingly adept, while Fleck shows his chops to full effect on "The One I Left Behind." For this album he depends more on virtuosity than any electric trickery, and he's good enough to pull it off with no problem, as on "The Lake Effect." Meyer is more than a foil, though; he looms large throughout, whether plucking or bowing the bass. However you want to categorize this disc, it's music of the highest order. ~ Chris Nickson, Rovi

Advertisement
Béla Fleck

On Sale