Banjoist/composer/bandleader Béla Fleck has reconvened the original Béla Fleck & The Flecktones line-up.
Their new album ‘Rocket Science’ marks the first recording in almost two decades, with pianist/harmonica player Howard Levy back in the fold alongside Fleck, bassist Victor Wooten, and percussionist/ Drumitarist Roy “Futureman” Wooten. “All the different things I do come together to make a new ‘hybrid’,” Béla Fleck says. “Everybody else in the group is doing the same things, collaborating with different people, and pursuing a wide variety of ideas, so when we come together and put all of our separate soups into one big stockpot it turns into a very diverse concoction.”
The return of the original line-up allows many fans a first chance to see them live. The group are only playing three shows on this side of the pond. The first show will be The National Concert Hall in Dublin on Tuesday 17 January then The Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow on 19 January. The Red Sea Jazz Festival in Israel on 21 January is the last stop before the band return to the United States to continue their tour.
Tickets are €35 and €20 for choir seats.
