Victor Wooten
Musician
Merry Times for Bela Fleck & the Flecktones...in 2008 and are at it again this year, with a visit to the Classic Center set for Wednesday. Fleck and his band - bassist Victor Wooten, percussionist Future Man and saxophonist Jeff Coffin - will be joined at the Classic Center by the... In this article: Bela Fleck, Jeff Coffin, Edgar Meyer, Grammy Award, Zakir Hussain, Figgy pudding, Christmas album, and LeRoi Moore |
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Greenville Online | November 21, 2009
Peace Center offers holiday concerts with a twist
...more than 500,000 people each year, have received 18 Grammys among them. Since their 1990 debut, Fleck and the Flecktones including Victor Wooten on electric bass, Jeff Coffin on saxophone and flute and Future Man on percussion and custom...
In this article: Brian Setzer, Grammy Award, Bela Fleck, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Bela Bartok, Lester Flatt, and Jeff Coffin
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all about jazz | November 03, 2009
Take Five With Prince Bulo
...Corea. As well as Wayne Shorter and Brian Blade. I have a desire to also do some recordings with great bass players like Victor Wooten and Marcus Miller. Road story: Your best or worst experience: Touring Canada in June 2009 to do a...
In this article: Philosophy, Chick Corea, Brian Blade, Wayne Shorter, Marcus Miller, Herbie Hancock, and Canada
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Wikipedia | October 22, 2009
Victor Wooten
Victor Lemonte Wooten (born September 11, 1964) is an American bass player, composer and author. Wooten has won the "Bass Player of the Year" award from Bass Player magazine three times in a row, and was the first person to win the award...
In this article: Victor Lemonte Wooten, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Stanley Clarke, and Marcus Miller
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Music City Miracles | October 02, 2009
Tennessee Titans Morning Links: This Is A Little Trickier With An Instrumental Friday Jam Edition
...song, and right tackle David Stewart) Once you're done with the links, take an hour or so to watch some footage of Bela and Victor Wooten's solo stuff on there... these cats are absolutely unreal. Follow us through the jump to see what...
In this article: Tennessee Titans, Bo Scaife, Chris Johnson, NFL, Cortland Finnegan, Jacksonville, SB Nation, and Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
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The Daily Iowan | September 17, 2009
Bring on the bass
Sept. 11 marked legendary bassist Victor Wooten's 45th birthday. After asking him what his advice was after decades of playing bass, he paused and simply said, "Make it groove. " "Nowadays, the young bass players are focusing on fancy...
In this article: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Palmystery, JD Blair, and Jimi Hendrix
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all about jazz | April 05, 2009
Victor Wooten -- The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth through Music
The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music Bassist Victor Wooten's book The Music Lesson is a tour de force, a bold and courageous exploration of how to shift one's consciousness and engage the world from a nonordinary...
In this article: Nashville, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Grammy-award, and New York
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all about jazz | January 28, 2009
EDUCATION: Wooten Woods Opens April 5
...would cause a teenage boy to speak those words? On Sunday April 5, 2009, you can find out for yourself by visiting Wooten Woods. Victor Wooten and his wife have recently purchased nearly 150 acres on the beautiful Duck River near Nashville,...
In this article: Elektric Band, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Palmystery, Heads Up International, Chick Corea, Grammy Award, Concord Music Group, Mike Stern, and Duck River
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www.washingtonpost.com | August 17, 2008
S.M.V.'s Thunderously Good Bass Lines
...should form a "bass army." Three bassists may not qualify as such, but Clarke's summer "Thunder" tour with Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten makes up in force and virtuosity what it lacks in numbers. Featuring keyboardist Federico Pena and...
In this article: Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, Trademark, Thunder, When I Fall in Love, Pete Townshend, Jaco Pastorius, and Charles Mingus
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NPR | June 28, 2008
Victor Wooten: The 'Palmystery' of Deft Fingers : NPR Music
Victor Wooten: The 'Palmystery' of Deft Fingers Victor Wooten released his new album, Palmystery, simultaneously with his new novel, The Music Lesson, about a young musician and his relationship with a seemingly mystical instructor. All...
In this article: Palmystery, Bela Fleck, God, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, and NPR
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www.washingtonpost.com | May 16, 2007
POP MUSIC
...lined up around the block. But it was mostly because Stern can't conceal the enjoyment he derives from playing with bassist Victor Wooten, drummer Dennis Chambers and saxophonist Bob Franceschini. Stern, who played alongside Miles Davis in...
In this article: Mike Stern, Mono, World's End Girlfriend, Dennis Chambers, Yoda, Fall to Pieces, and Slither
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Description from Wikipedia:
Victor Lemonte Wooten (born September 11, 1964) is an electric bass player. He is known for his technical virtuosity and his skills as musician, composer, and author. Wooten has won the "Bass Player of the Year" award from Bass Player magazine three times in a row, and was the first person to win the award more than once. In addition to a solo career and collaborations with various artists, Wooten has been the bassist for Béla Fleck and the Flecktones since the group's formation in 1988.
In 2008, Wooten joined Stanley Clarke and Marcus Miller to record an album. The trio of bassists, under the name SMV, released Thunder in August 2008 and began a supporting tour the same month.
- Name At Birth:
- Victor Lemonte Wooten
- Birth Date:
- September 11, 1964
- Occupation:
- Bassist, Composer, Singer, Songwriter, Bandleader, Record producer, Author
- Instrument Played:
- Various Fodera Basses and Joe Compito 5-string fretless bass
- Bass guitar, Double bass, Cello
- Years Active:
- 1980 -
- Associated With:
- Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Steve Bailey, Vital Tech Tones, SMV, Greg Howe
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