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Crossing the Tracks was BΘla Fleck's first solo album, released on LP
by Rounder Records in 1979 (for some reason Rounder never got around
to releasing it on CD until 2005), and it featured an inspired and
forward-thinking string band consisting of Bob Applebaum on mandolin,
Russ Barenberg on acoustic guitar, Sam Bush on fiddle, Mark Schatz on
acoustic bass, and Fleck, then a 20-year-old banjo player with
brilliant chops and a bebop heart. Fleck gets the bluegrass monkey off
his back with the opening track, a solid version of Lester Flatt and
Earl Scruggs' "Dear Old Dixie," and then is free to roam through a
gentle and sparkling set of traditional tunes ("Growling Old Man and
Grumbling Old Woman"), boogie rags (Fats Waller's "How Can You Face Me
Now"), airy and elegant originals ("Inman Square" and the wonderful,
endlessly shifting "Twilight"), and genre-jumping jazz covers (Chick
Corea's "Spain"), all done with a bright, joyful Θlan, before ending
things with a beautiful old-timey version of the traditional "Ain't
Gonna Work Tomorrow," which features vocals from Fleck's old Tasty
Licks bandmate Pat Enright. In time this sort of thing would come to
be known as "jazzgrass" or "newgrass," but there really wasn't a name
for it in 1979, which certainly didn't stop Fleck from going there.
Crossing the Tracks is full of subtle innovation, and if it doesn't
seem as immediately startling as his later fusion flights, listen
again. All the seeds are there.
http://www.belafleck.com
Tracks:
01. Dear Old Dixie (2:39)
02. Inman Square (4:00)
03. Texas Barbeque (3:59)
04. Growling Old Man and Grumbling Old Woman (1:41)
05. Spain (7:12)
06. Crossing The Tracks (3:38)
07. Spring Thaw (2:27)
08. How Can You Face Me Now (4:54)
09. Twilight (2:01)
10. Frosty Morning (2:58)
11. Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow (2:26)
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