Béla Fleck And The Flecktones at Burlington Discover Jazz Festival at Waterfront Park Tent

Featuring High and Mighty Brass Band and Soule Monde.

5pm Doors and Nectar’s VT Grill
6pm Show

“It’s all fair game in the limitless musical universe of the Flecktones.” —NPR

Béla Fleck and the Flecktones formed in 1988 at the barren crossroads of bluegrass and jazz and soon established themselves as one of the most innovative supergroups in music history. Along with Fleck’s prodigious banjo playing, the Flecktones also introduced the world to bassist Victor Wooten, who has since become one of the most influential bass players since Jaco Pastorius; and to his brother, Futureman, whose drumitar redefined the possibilities of percussion. Harmonicist/pianist Howard Levy is now acknowledged as the world’s most advanced diatonic harmonic player. The original lineup of the mutli-Grammy Award winning Flecktones reunites for this 2016 tour. Futureman likens the reunion to Star Trek, with “the original crew of the Enterprise coming together on a new mission.”...

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Featuring High and Mighty Brass Band and Soule Monde.

5pm Doors and Nectar’s VT Grill
6pm Show

“It’s all fair game in the limitless musical universe of the Flecktones.” —NPR

Béla Fleck and the Flecktones formed in 1988 at the barren crossroads of bluegrass and jazz and soon established themselves as one of the most innovative supergroups in music history. Along with Fleck’s prodigious banjo playing, the Flecktones also introduced the world to bassist Victor Wooten, who has since become one of the most influential bass players since Jaco Pastorius; and to his brother, Futureman, whose drumitar redefined the possibilities of percussion. Harmonicist/pianist Howard Levy is now acknowledged as the world’s most advanced diatonic harmonic player. The original lineup of the mutli-Grammy Award winning Flecktones reunites for this 2016 tour. Futureman likens the reunion to Star Trek, with “the original crew of the Enterprise coming together on a new mission.”

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