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Bela Fleck and the Flecktones delivered a private performance last weekend at Tufts University. Besides Bela, the band includes Victor Wooten on bass guitar, "Future Man" (Wooten's brother) on synthesized percussion and Jeff Coffin on sax. Victor Wooten has been voted Bass Player Magazine's "Bassist of the Year" for three years in a row. And it is little wonder why. His mastery of the instrument leaves you room for no other reaction than a open jawdrop as you let out a few nervous laughs, expecting the Apocalypse. This might seem like a strange statement, but this reviewer does...
...middle Renaissance lute had six courses whereas later instruments had up to 13 or 14. The shape of the body also changed from being almost round in the Renaissance to having a more elongated from during the Baroque period. In order to accommodate more strings, one type of bass lute had two pegboxes, and from this variation developed in turn the orbo and the chitarrone, instruments used well into the eighteenth century...
...breaking up the notes of a chord instead of playing them in unison. The result is music that is not played but poured. The notes cascade from the strings. chords stretching out, developing and coming back together, voices rippling out against each other, chasing up and down across the bass tones, Lute repertoire covers a wide stylistic range, made up largely of pieces inspired by country dances but also encompassing slower memorial and funerary pieces as well as early canons. My favorite piece of the evening was a series of variations by Jacob Reys on the popular tune Une Jeune...
...real show-stopper of the night was Jessica Tardy '99, with her smoking brand of funk rock and blues. Accompanied by Tyler Wood '01 (Keyboard), Andy Eggers '99 (drums), John Cappelo (bass), and Noam Weinstein (guitar)--who were all excellent in their own right--Tardy rocked the house with a voice and presence that Passim was straining to contain. Beginning with a borrowed song from Weinstein, Tardy poured out on the audience a voice like a steaming bath--spiked with scotch...
...Bring It On in its American roots music-inspired sound, the first Stateside release from this Scottish indie favorite showcases the band's diverse range of influences from Muddy Waters to the KLF. Stephen Mason's delicious breathy voice and bluesy acoustic/slide guitar work combine perfectly with the bass and the occasional harmonica to form killer tunes like the opening "Dry the Rain" and "Needles in My Eyes." Calling to mind Beck, the eclectic pastiche effect of songs like "The House Song," which mixes a snaking bass line over turntable scratching and sampling, keeps to the lo-fi sound...