Béla Fleck And The Flecktones Bring Instrumental Mastery To The Sunset Music Series
Catch more great performances this summer at the Newport Yachting Center.
A performer in a pirate hat named Future Man is playing an instrument you cannot identify that seems to be making a percussion sound. The lead man electrifies the stage, but not with vocals. He strums an electric banjo with energy and style, seeming to find new and previously unheard chords. Left of stage, a pianist leaves his seat to blow on a harmonica. But wait...doesn't that sound like a piccolo? What is that box Future Man is sitting on and how does it make that sound? Welcome to Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, an inspired instrumental combination of classical, jazz, bluegrass, funk and more that defies definition. The group's one night only performance at the Newport Yachting Center Saturday brought together the original line up of …
