Left of Cool

Infobox Album | Name = Left Of Cool
Type = Album
Artist = Béla Fleck and the Flecktones


Released = June 9, 1998
Recorded = Béla Fleck's house
Genre = Jazz
Length = 76:22
Label = Warner Bros.
Producer = Béla Fleck
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:vucm96oogep2 link]
Last album = "Live Art"
(1996)
This album = "Left Of Cool"
(1998)
Next album = "Greatest Hits of the 20th Century"
(1999) |

"Left Of Cool" was the fifth studio album released by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 1998. It is the first album to feature Jeff Coffin, who joined the band to replace Howard Levy. The album cover depicts Future Man, Béla Fleck, and Victor Wooten standing on Coffin's head.

Track listing

:"Note: the liner notes for" Left Of Cool "swap tracks 6 and 7. The list below reflects the tracks as they are ordered on the album itself."
#"Throwdown At The Hoedown" (Béla Fleck) – 5:09
#"Communication" (music: Fleck/Future Man; lyrics: Fleck) – 4:16
#"Big Country" (Fleck) – 5:31
#"Sojourn Of Arjuna" (music: Victor Wooten/Future Man; lyrics: Future Man, adapted from Bhagavad Gita) – 5:27
#"Let Me Be The One" (music: Wooten/Fleck/Future Man; lyrics: Fleck) – 4:38
#"Trane To Conamarra" (Fleck/Jeff Coffin) – 6:48
#"Almost 12" (Wooten/Fleck/Future Man) – 3:15
#"Step Quiet" (Fleck/Sarah Mason) – 4:02
#"Oddity" (Fleck) – 5:32
#"Sleeping Dogs Lie" (Fleck) – 4:02
#"Trouble and Strife" (Fleck) – 5:15
#"Slow Walker" (Fleck) – 5:23
#"shanti" (Fleck/Coffin) – 5:12
#"The Big Blink" (Fleck) – 7:57
#"Prelude To Silence" (Future Man) – 3:55

Personnel

*Béla Fleck - banjo, guitar, mandolin, theremin
*Future Man - synthaxe drumitar, acoustic percussion, samples, vocals
*Victor Wooten - basses, standup bass, cello, violin
*Jeff Coffin - saxophones, flutes, clarinets, saxello, singing bowl

Guest musicians
*Dave Matthews - vocals on tracks 2 and 11
*Amy Grant - vocals on track 8