Sunday, September 8, 2013

***** A Show of Hands by Victor Wooten –Move Over Ron Carter, Victor Wooten Is Probably The Best

This album is a solo bass album.  Not too many bassists would do that.  It explores the bass in ways that only Wooten can.  Why?  Wooten is the probably the best bassist of his time.  I think he is far better than Ron Carter even.  He needs no other musician to aid him to fill out the sound.  In fact, I think the summit of music’s super powers, the Dennis Chambers, Greg Howe, and Victor Wooten album didn’t quite capture the essence of these players very well because they are all capable of performing solo and for them to play together tripping over each other’s beats must be very difficult.  So, I would recommend this album for anyone, and I would expect that just about anyone would like it.  Just because I would recommend an album for everyone however does not mean that I would also expect them to like it.  There are some vocals on the album.  However, they aren’t central to the album, and they add very cleverly to the sound.

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