Victor Wooten

[Demonator]

Im new to Victor Wooten, but he has quickly become my favorite bassist. What cd o his do you guys recomend I buy first to get a good feel of how he is and what emphasizes his style the most. thank you.

 

[Plookie]

To me, they are all grea. Start from his first cd, and move on till you get the latest one.

 

[BlackMetalAkaz]

Not only is he a great bassist, but he has some wonderful insight into music in general. I recommend watching the "Interview with Victor Wooten" series on Youtube.

 

[paul_wolfe]

The Groove Workshop by Vic is a must see....

My favourite CD that he's on is UFO TOFU by Bela Fleck adn The Flecktones. (in fact that's my favourite Flecktone CD).

There was a thread here in the last couple of days about Victor's Metronome Lesson - search for it and check it out. 10 minutes of genius.

 

[71jazzbass]

+ 1 on UFO TOFU by Bela Fleck. that is just outstanding. The sound he gets on these recordings is simply awesome.
I would love to know what he used to record that album with.

 

[J. Montgomery]

I like Bela Fleck and the Flecktone's double disc CD Live Art. Its got a wide variety of styles and guests performers. Vic plays plenty of sick stuff, especially considering how flawlessly he pulls it off live. The dude is a beast!

I have Vic's first solo CD but I can't listen to a whole song, much less the whole album all the way through. Solo bass stuff just doesn't keep my attention for very long.

 

[WILL WAHL]

Try the Victor Wooten & Carter Beauford dvd.

 

[mcbosler]

+1 for Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - my favs are Three Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Hidden Land

 

[RadioMasterDude]

Try listening to "A Show Of Hands"

 

[Demonator]

Thank you guys very much. I have only heard a few of his songs yet he has already captured my full attention. Thanks to the basscast I found him. Great stuff.

 

[cnltb]

my favorite is a song called sunset road from a bela fleck album.
There's no "look what I can do" stuff(not saying that there isn't a pace for that too...), just very musical playing.
Another nice one is tales from the acoustic planet also by bela fleck.

 

[bwv1013]

welcome to vic-world

incredible player and seems like a cool guy. be sure to check out SMV too.