Daybreaker

Bela Fleck | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rounder / Umgd
• ASIN: B0000003M5
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #163,558 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #65 in Music > Rock > Jam Bands > Bluegrass Jam Bands

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Genre: Country & Western
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 30-MAR-1989

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chick Corea & Fats Waller, August 26, 2002

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C. Penland - See all my reviews

This review is from: Daybreaker (Audio CD)

The first half of this album was recorded when Fleck was a punk kid in his early 20's. Recordings of Chick Corea's "Spain" and Fats Waller's "How Can You Face Me Now" will make you a Fleck fan for life. Then sprinkle in some Grisman like "Dawg's Due", and you have a CD that will be in your heavy rotation for some time. Merging bluegrass, jazz, fusion, irish music (Christina's Jig/Plain Brown Jig): don't be afraid, just buy it. Bill Keith on banjo, Sam Bush on fiddle, come on how many more reasons does this thing need to get 5 stars?

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Early & Obscure , but First Class Fleck, August 28, 2006

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jimnypivo "Jim Hisson" (west of Chicago, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Daybreaker (Audio CD)

Whenever I press a Bela Fleck disc into a friend's hand, I and ask them to listen to it,because Fleck is a virtuoso, a master of his instrument. Over the years, Bela Fleck continued to incorporate various styles into his recordings. 1988's `Daybreak' gives you a taste of how well-versed he is in playing other musical genres.

Bela stays faithful to his NewGrass style on `Texas Barbeque', `Twilight`, `Reading in the Dark', `Applebutter', `Dawg's Due' (a David Grisman tune); `Crossfire', and `Punchdrunk'.

There are jazz tunes: Spain'-- a few bars into it you'll recognize this Chic Corea favorite; and a honky-tonk version of Fats Waller's `How Can You Face Me Now' (with vocal).

This would not be a Bela Fleck disc few without a traditional bluegrass melody. This disc has several: `Bill Cheatham' featuring Bill Keith and Bela in a banjo duet; a joyful, bouncy version of `Silverbell` and a NewGrass-y version of `Fiddler's Dream'.

He also throws in a few Celtic songs---- 'Growling Old Man and the Grumbling Old Woman' and 'Christina's Jig/Plain Brown Jug'

For fans of his later `jazzgrass' sound with the Flecktones, `Daybreak', `Flexibility', `Old Hickory Waltz' and `The Natural Bridge Suite' (reminiscent of Stephane Grappelli/Django Rheinhart) won't disappoint.

If you'd like to hear more examples of Fleck's virtuosity, catch his Grammy-winning recording of classical music, 'Perpetual Motion'.
Perpetual Motion

5.0 out of 5 stars The title is DAYBREAK -- not Daybreaker ??? --and it's great, December 10, 2011

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Boston Brutus "brutus99" (Boston, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Daybreaker (Audio CD)

I had the original LP. I spent years trying to find a name for this kind of music and gave up. It's just great music..... complex rhythms, melodies. Bela Fleck tends to be too modest about his genius in coming up with songs and arrangements. He is justifiably confident in his technical mastery, but far beyond that, his compositions are great. We remember the great composers long after the great technicians are gone.....