Little Worlds

Infobox Album | Name = Little Worlds
Type = Album
Artist = Béla Fleck and the Flecktones


Released = August 12, 2003
Recorded =
Genre = Jazz
Length =Total: 153:32
*Disc 1: 55:56
*Disc 2: 46:04
*Disc 3: 51:32
Label = Columbia
Producer = Béla Fleck
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:e1de4j876waw~T1 link]
Last album = "Live at the Quick"
(2002)
This album = "Little Worlds"
(2003)
Next album = "The Hidden Land"
(2006) |

"Little Worlds" was the tenth album released by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 2003.

The album contains several tracks that are hidden at the beginning and end of Disc One and at the end of Disc Three. These hidden tracks present a short and humorous story of two men, voiced by Yankees outfielder Bernie Williams and David St. Hubbins of Spinal Tap, stuck in traffic and flipping through different radio stations. The songs they hear are songs from the album played in different styles and on different instruments. For example, the slow and soothing song "Poindexter" is featured but redone as a heavy metal song with each Flecktone playing an instrument different from their ordinary one. The redone version is also complete with rhythmic screaming to which one of the men listening in the car makes the comment "I don't even know what they are saying."

Track listing

Disc one

"Bil Mon" is preceded by a hidden track.
#"Bil Mon" – 8:42
#"The Ballad of Jed Clampett" (with Bobby McFerrin and Sam Bush) – 4:06
#"Puffy" – 6:45
#"New Math" – 6:59
#"Longitude" – 3:04
#"Latitude" – 5:04
#"Centrifuge" (with Derek Trucks) – 2:05
#"Off the Top (The Gravity Wheel)" (with Nickel Creek) – 4:54
#"Off the Top (Line Dance)" (with Nickel Creek) – 9:49
#"Hidden Track/Follow the Line" – 0:48

Disc two

#"The Fjords of Oslo" – 0:41
#"Sherpa" – 5:20
#"What It Is" (with Bobby McFerrin)– 3:41
#"The Leaning Tower" (with Bobby McFerrin/The Chieftains) – 6:06
#"Mudslingers of the Milky Way" – 6:14
#"Captive Delusions" (with Branford Marsalis) – 3:54
#"Costa Brava" – 8:23
#"Poindexter" (with Jerry Douglas) – 5:38
#"Prequel" – 3:14
#"Return of the Mudslingers" (with Branford Marsalis) – 2:50

Disc three

#"The Cave" – 1:35
#"Next" – 5:56
#"Pineapple Heart" (with Derek Trucks/Sam Bush) – 5:06
#"Snatchin'" – 4:47
#"Reminiscence" – 5:33
#"Sleeper" (with Bobby McFerrin) – 12:16
#"Flunky" – 0:39
#"The Last Jam" (with Derek Trucks/Jerry Douglas/Bernie Williams) – 14:26
#Untitled Hidden Track – 1:11

Personnel

The Flecktones

*Béla Fleck - banjo, synthesizer banjo, electric banjo, synthesizer, vocals
*Jeff Coffin - clarinet, bass clarinet, flute (alto), alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, didjeridu, finger cymbals, whistling, musical whistle
*Future Man - synth-axe drumitar, acoustic percussion
*Victor Wooten - electric bass, acoustic bass, upright bass, 6-string bass, cello, keyboards

Guest artists

*Derek Bell - Irish harp
*Paul Brantley - cello
*Sandip Burman - tabla
*Sam Bush - mandolin
*Ganesh Chandram - kanjira
*Subasch Chandram - vocals, jaw harp, gatam
*Kevin Conneff - vocals, bodhran
*Jerry Douglas - dobro, lap steel guitar
*Sean Keane - fiddle
*Ganesh Kumar - kanjira
*Pamelia Kurstin - theremin
*Matt Malloy - flute
*Branford Marsalis - soprano saxophone
*Bobby McFerrin - vocals
*Matt Molloy - flute
*Paddy Moloney - Uillean pipes
*Jake Shimabukuro - ukulele
*Chris Thile - mandolin
*Derek Trucks - electric guitar
*Sara Watkins - fiddle
*Sean Watkins - guitar
*Bernie Williams - guitar
*Joe Wooten - theremin

"Ten from Little Worlds"

Infobox Album | Name = Ten from Little Worlds
Type = Album
Artist = Béla Fleck and the Flecktones


Released = August 12 2003
Recorded =
Genre = Jazz
Length = 52:59
Label = Columbia
Producer = Béla Fleck
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1xmyxddb4old link]
Last album = "Live at the Quick"
(2002)
This album = "Little Worlds"
(2003)
Next album = "The Hidden Land"
(2006) |At the request of their record label, the Flecktones released a regular length album simultaneously with the three-disc set. The shorter version, entitled "Ten from Little Worlds", contains highlights from the full album, and is only one disc long.

Track listing

#"Bil Mon"
#"Ballad of Jed Clampett"
#"Pineapple Heart"
#"Snatchin'"
#"Next"
#"The Leaning Tower"
#"Puffy"
#"Sherpa"
#"Off the Top (The Gravity Wheel)"
#"Off the Top (Line Dance)"