Live Art is a double-disc, 20-track anthology of live performances by
Béla Fleck & the Flecktones, spanning four years in the mid-'90s. The song selections cover the group's entire career, ranging from new arrangements of several of classics to covers and seven previously unrecorded originals. There are a couple of vocals on the record, but the core of the album is
Fleck & the Flecktones' dynamite instrumental improvisations, where they can demonstrate the true range of their eclecticism and talent. Of special note are the songs that feature jams with
Branford Marsalis,
Chick Corea, and
Bruce Hornsby, who help spur
the Flecktones to new heights. ~ Thom Owens