''A Show of Hands'' is the first album released by

bassist A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a Bass (instrument), bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboar ...

Victor Wooten Victor Lemonte Wooten (born September 11, 1964) is an American bassist, songwriter, and record producer. He has been the bassist for Béla Fleck and the Flecktones since the group's formation in 1988 and a member of the band SMV with two other ...

. The album features bass guitar with only the accompaniment of vocals. The album features almost entirely

slap bass Slapping and popping are ways to produce percussive sounds on a stringed instrument. It is primarily used on the double bass or bass guitar. Slapping on bass guitar involves using the edge of one's knuckle, where it is particularly bony, to ...

, using a large amount of Wooten's signature open-hammer-pluck technique.

Track listing

Personnel

– bass, vocals, voice * JD Blair – vocals *Cortney and Brittany Knight – vocals, voices *Michael Saleem – vocals *Mark "Zeke" Sellers – vocals *Roy Wooten – vocals *Joseph Wooten- vocals, voice *Michael Kott – vocals, voice *Elijah "Pete" Wooten – voice *Park Law – vocals *Kurt Story – vocals *

Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968 ...

– pre-recorded sample from a speech *

Malcolm X Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. A spokesman for the Nation of Is ...

– pre-recorded sample from a speech *Aashid – voice *Dorothy G. Wooten – voice

References

1996 debut albums Victor Wooten albums {{1990s-jazz-album-stub