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Béla Fleck Béla Anton Leoš Fleck (born July 10, 1958) is an American banjo player. An acclaimed virtuoso, he is an innovative and technically proficient pioneer and ambassador of the banjo, playing music from bluegrass, jazz, classical, rock and various ...

. His next compilation, ''

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'' which was released in 1988, Fleck continued to merge his bluegrass roots with forays into other genres, which turned into his Flecktones project in the 90's.

Track listing

All tracks written by Béla Fleck; except where noted # "Texas Barbeque" # "Spain" (

Chick Corea Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain (instrumental), Spain", "500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba" ...

) # "Twilight" # "Reading in the Dark" # "Growling Old Man and the Grumbling Old Woman" (Traditional) # "How Can You Face Me Now" (

Andy Razaf Andy Razaf (born Andriamanantena Paul Razafinkarefo; December 16, 1895 – February 3, 1973) was the American lyricist of such well-known songs as " Ain't Misbehavin'" and " Honeysuckle Rose". He was also a composer, poet and vocalist. Biograph ...

Fats Waller Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, and singer. His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid much of the basis for modern jazz piano. A widely popular star ...

) # "Bill Cheatham" (Traditional) # "Christina's Jig / Plain Brown Jig" # "Silverbell" (Traditional) # "Fiddler's Dream" (Traditional) # "Daybreak" # "Dawg's Due" # "Flexibility" # "Old Hickory Waltz" # "Crossfire" # "Applebutter" # "The Natural Bridge Suite" # "Punchdrunk"

Personnel

- banjo, guitar *

Tony Trischka Anthony Cattell Trischka (born January 16, 1949) is an American five-string banjo player. Sandra Brennan wrote of him in 2020: "One of the most influential modern banjoists, both in several forms of bluegrass music and occasionally in jazz and ...

, Bill Keith - banjo (track 7) *

Russ Barenberg Russ Barenberg (born October 8, 1950) is an American Bluegrass music, bluegrass musician. Biography Barenberg began playing guitar at age 13, taking lessons from Alan Miller, whose brother, John Miller, Barenberg would later play with. His style ...

, Glenn Lawson, David Parmley - guitar *

Sam Bush Charles Samuel Bush (born April 13, 1952) is an American mandolinist who is considered an originator of progressive bluegrass music. In 2020, he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame as a member of New Grass Revival. ...

, Randy Sabien - fiddle *

Mark O'Connor Mark O'Connor (born August 5, 1961) is an American fiddle player, composer, guitarist, and mandolinist whose music combines bluegrass, country, jazz and classical. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he has won six Country Music Association Mu ...

- fiddle, guitar, viola *

Darol Anger Darol Robert Anger is an American violinist and founding member of The David Grisman Quintet. Career Darol Anger entered popular music at the age of 21 as a founding member of The David Grisman Quintet. Anger played fiddle to David Grisman' ...

- fiddle, violectra *

Jerry Douglas Gerald Calvin Douglas (born May 28, 1956) is an American Dobro and lap steel guitar player and record producer. He is widely regarded as "perhaps the finest Dobro player in contemporary acoustic music, and certainly the most celebrated and prol ...

, Stacy Philips - Dobro *

David Grisman David Jay Grisman (born March 23, 1945) is an American mandolinist. His music combines bluegrass, folk, and jazz in a genre he calls "Dawg music". He founded the record label Acoustic Disc, which issues his recordings and those of other acousti ...

Jimmy Gaudreau James Arnott “Jimmy” Gaudreau is a singer and mandolinist playing traditional and progressive bluegrass music. He is best known for his solo albums, and his work with The Country Gentlemen, Tony Rice, and J. D. Crowe. Biography Early life I ...

, Jack Tottle - mandolin * Paul Kahn,

Mark Schatz Mark L. Schatz (born April 23, 1955) is an American double bass, bassist, banjoist, mandolinist, acoustic guitar, guitarist, clogging, clogger, and Juba dance, hambone performer who has recorded on albums for and toured with artists including Be ...

- bass * Pat Enright - vocals

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Daybreak (Bela Fleck Album) 1987 compilation albums Béla Fleck albums Rounder Records compilation albums