The runway "Pretty Little Lady" has a vocal business that was recorded backwards in addition to and hence played inwards reverse, hence that it appears to audio normal. This is an illustration of phonetic reversal.
There is video of the recording of "Zenergy" in addition to "Resolution" institute on Victor Wooten in addition to Carter Beauford "Making Music".
There's piddling enquiry that Victor Wooten is an ambitious musician. That was evident from his outset ii records, simply Yin-Yang easily reaches farther than whatever album he has notwithstanding made. Spanning ii discs, ane instrumental in addition to ane vocal, Yin-Yang tries a piddling chip of everything, all underneath a shine fusion umbrella. There's a bass showcases, worldbeat fusions, bluegrass jazz, shine soulful jazz amongst banjos, full-fledged urban soul, songs based unopen to babe gibberish -- a piddling chip of everything, all given immaculate, glossy production. That construct clean production non entirely makes the tape audio accessible, simply it makes the eclecticism in addition to unpredictable stylistic fusions audio familiar. Depending on your betoken of view, that's either a expert or a bad thing -- it either way Wooten is welcoming to a greater extent than listeners, or it way that it's non challenging. And that's the foreign thing close Yin-Yang -- it's non specially challenging, notwithstanding it is complex in addition to hard to digest inwards ane sitting. That's largely because there's hence much music on the record, simply it's also because Wooten's ideas audio ameliorate when heard a few cuts at a time. He's a rattling talented instrumentalist in addition to has some bang-up ideas, simply a piddling dependent area in addition to editing would brand his records to a greater extent than convincing in addition to compelling.
Admittedly, what Victor Wooten tin exercise goes good beyond conventional limits of the bass. In fact, inwards some cases, it has zero to exercise amongst the bass at all. In his eagerness to “sing” melodies on his 4-string electrical bass, the extraordinary bassman from Bela Fleck & The Flecktones becomes a saxophonist, a pianist, a guitarist. Stanley Clarke, Alphonso Johnson in addition to Jaco Pastorius pioneered this territory in addition to John Patitucci took it a footstep farther yesteryear developing uncannily fluid chops on the 6-string electrical bass.
Wooten is a chops monster himself in addition to he for certain gets to strut his materials on this two-CD prepare (one instrumental, ane vocal). But spell he tin play the hell out of the bass (check the sheer terminate on “Hip Bop” in addition to the ultra-funky “What Crime Is It?” featuring special invitee singer Bootsy Collins) he seems to bring a bigger agenda that transcends his instrument. Wooten is inwards honey amongst melodies, in addition to it shows. He gushes shamelessly on shine numbers similar “Urban Turban,” “Resolution” in addition to “Joe’s Journey,” a paean to a fallen friend. He revisits Flecktones the world on “Zenergy,” featuring a invitee location yesteryear Bela on banjo, in addition to ‘sings’ lyrically on “Sacred Place.”
The natural progression of Wooten’s vocal approach to the bass is to genuinely sing himself, which he does inwards convincing fashion on the pop-flavored minute CD, revealing a detail fondness for Roger Troutman & Zapp (“Hormones inwards the Headphones”), Prince (“Yinin’ & Yangin’,” “Singing My Song”) in addition to Morris Day & The Time (“Pretty Little Lady”).
One clever runway is “Kaila Speaks,” inwards which Wooten records the musical warblings of his 13-month-old daughter, in addition to hence transcribes the natural pitches of her rap in addition to scores music behind it. It’s a neat trick, ane that guitarist Steve Vai also pulled off amongst his infant boy on a tune he called “Goo-Goo-Gak.” But Wooten’s tender rendition is especially poignant. Kaila reprises her star plow equally a seasoned 16-month-old on “Kaila Raps.”
Victor is reunited on this projection amongst his talented brothers Regi on guitar, Joseph on keyboards in addition to Rudy on sax, who along amongst drummer blood brother Roy (a.k.a. Future Man) made upward the pre-Flecktones band, The Wootens. They all contribute mightily on this return that traverses globe music, funk, shine jazz, bebop, pop, bluegrass in addition to beyond.
Jazz bassist Victor Wooten has acquire a living legend inwards the modern jazz scene. As a fellow member of Bela Fleck in addition to the Flecktones, he has been astounding audiences for years. As a solo creative soul he makes records that are deeply musical in addition to technically breathtaking. His latest effort, Wooten's latest release, Yin Yang is a 2-CD set: Yin is devoted to instrumental tracks in addition to Yang is devoted to vocal-oriented tracks. Featuring special invitee artists Bela Fleck, Bootsy Collins, Peter Rowan, Carter Beau ford, Stuart Duncan, Jeff Coffin, Rod McGaha, Jonell Mosser, JD Blair, Kirk Whalum in addition to the Wooten Brothers.
Victor Wooten is ane of those rare electrical bass technocrats who learned all the correct lessons from Jaco Pastorius. While sounding non at all similar him, Wooten exhibits the same powerfulness to retain the groove in addition to a warm midrange musical note spell demonstrating considerable prowess. On this ambitious two-CD project, Wooten runs the gamut from "wave" type instrumentals similar "Imagine This," where overdubbed basses business office equally both foundation in addition to tune instruments, to sampled spoken-word pieces. Yin-Yang is definitely a menage unit of measurement affair, including 3 other Wootens--Joseph (keys), Regi (guitar), in addition to Rudy (sax)--as good equally extended menage unit of measurement members similar Victor's immature human being Flecktone Béla Fleck in addition to Dave Matthews Band drummer Carter Beauford. Even amongst all these guests, ane would've preferred maybe a to a greater extent than tightly edited unmarried CD that featured to a greater extent than of Wooten's instrumental individuality (on the lodge of "Singing My Song" amongst its stripped-down bass, drum, in addition to vocal approach, or "Tali Lama" amongst its bluegrass tinges courtesy of Peter Rowan, in addition to less generic "happy jazz" similar "The Urban Turban"). Nevertheless, Yin-Yang should live on required listening for whatever thespian or fan of electrical bass.
Track listing
Disc ane - instrumental
"Imagine This" (V. Wooten) – 5:08
"Yinin' & Yangin'" instrumental (V. Wooten) – 4:36
"Hip Bop" (V. Wooten) – 4:03
"Joe's Journey" (V. Wooten) – 5:20
"The Urban Turban" (V. Wooten) – 2:42
"Tali Lama" (V. Wooten) – 5:17
"Zenergy" (B̩la Fleck, Carter Beauford, V. Wooten) Р6:46
"Kaila Speaks" (Future Man, V. Wooten) – 3:00
"Sacred Place" (V. Wooten) – 3:46
"Resolution" (Carter Beauford, V. Wooten) – 4:57
Disc ii - instrumental in addition to vocal
"Hormones inwards the Headphones" (Michael Kott) – 4:06
"Yinin' & Yangin'" vocal version (J.D. Blair, Dwight Farrell, Jonathan Morse, V. Wooten) – 4:12
"Kaila Raps" (V. Wooten) - 4:42
"One" (V. Wooten) – 4:54
"What Crime Is It?" (J.D. Blair, Bootsy Collins, William Collins II, V. Wooten) – 4:55
"Go Girl Go" (Michael Kott) – 3:18
"Pretty Little Lady" (V. Wooten) – 3:34
"Hero" (Future Man) – 4:42
"Singing My Song" (V. Wooten) – 4:43
"Think About That" (V. Wooten) – 4:09
Personnel
Victor Wooten - bass guitar, cello, programming, background vocals, acoustic bass, electrical upright bass
Steve Bailey - bass
Carter Beauford - drums
J.D. Blair - drums, vocals, drum programming
David Blazer - cello
Kathy Chiavola - vocals
Jeff Coffin - tenor saxophone
Bootsy Collins - vocals
Billy Contreras - violin
Count Bass D - rap
Stuart Duncan - fiddle
Tabitha Fair - vocals
Béla Fleck - banjo
Joseph Wooten - organ, piano, keyboards, theremin, background vocals
Aseem Hetep - vocals
Michael Kott - cello, background vocals
Park Law - vocals
Rod McGaha - trumpet
Jonathan Morse - background vocals
Jonell Mosser - vocals
Jim Roberts - djembe, shaker
Peter Rowan - vocals
Buddy Spicher - violin, viola
Kurt Storey - violin
Allyson Taylor - vocals
Kirk Whalum - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
Roger "Rock" Williams - soprano saxophone
Dorothy G. Wooten - vocals
Holly Wooten - background vocals
Kaila Wooten - vocals
Regi Wooten - acoustic guitar, guitar, wah-wah guitar
Rudy Wooten - saxophone
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