Yin-Yang is the third album released by Victor Wooten.
The track "Pretty Little Lady" has a vocal line that was recorded
backwards and then played in reverse, so that it appears to sound
normal. This is an example of phonetic reversal.
There is video of the recording of "Zenergy" and "Resolution" found on Victor Wooten and Carter Beauford "Making Music".
There's little question that Victor Wooten is an ambitious musician. That was evident from his first two records, but Yin-Yang easily reaches farther than any album he has yet made. Spanning two discs, one instrumental and one vocal, Yin-Yang
tries a little bit of everything, all underneath a smooth fusion
umbrella. There's a bass showcases, worldbeat fusions, bluegrass jazz,
smooth soulful jazz with banjos, full-fledged urban soul, songs based
around baby gibberish -- a little bit of everything, all given
immaculate, glossy production. That clean production not only makes the
record sound accessible, but it makes the eclecticism and unpredictable
stylistic fusions sound familiar. Depending on your point of view,
that's either a good or a bad thing -- it either means Wooten is welcoming more listeners, or it means that it's not challenging. And that's the strange thing about Yin-Yang
-- it's not particularly challenging, yet it is complex and difficult
to digest in one sitting. That's largely because there's so much music
on the record, but it's also because Wooten's
ideas sound better when heard a few cuts at a time. He's a very
talented musician and has some great ideas, but a little discipline and
editing would make his records more convincing and compelling.
Admittedly, what Victor Wooten can do goes well beyond conventional
limits of the bass. In fact, in some cases, it has nothing to do with
the bass at all. In his eagerness to “sing” melodies on his 4-string
electric bass, the extraordinary bassman from Bela Fleck & The
Flecktones becomes a saxophonist, a pianist, a guitarist. Stanley
Clarke, Alphonso Johnson and Jaco Pastorius pioneered this territory and
John Patitucci took it a step further by developing uncannily fluid
chops on the 6-string electric bass.
Wooten is a chops monster himself and he certainly gets to strut his
stuff on this two-CD set (one instrumental, one vocal). But while he
can play the hell out of the bass (check the sheer burn on “Hip Bop” and
the ultra-funky “What Crime Is It?” featuring special guest vocalist
Bootsy Collins) he seems to have a bigger agenda that transcends his
instrument. Wooten is in love with melodies, and it shows. He gushes
shamelessly on smooth numbers like “Urban Turban,” “Resolution” and
“Joe’s Journey,” a paean to a fallen friend. He revisits Flecktones
country on “Zenergy,” featuring a guest spot by Bela on banjo, and
‘sings’ lyrically on “Sacred Place.”
The natural progression of Wooten’s vocal approach to the bass is to
actually sing himself, which he does in convincing fashion on the
pop-flavored second CD, revealing a particular fondness for Roger
Troutman & Zapp (“Hormones in the Headphones”), Prince (“Yinin’
& Yangin’,” “Singing My Song”) and Morris Day & The Time
(“Pretty Little Lady”).
One clever track is “Kaila Speaks,” in which Wooten records the musical
warblings of his 13-month-old daughter, then transcribes the natural
pitches of her rap and scores music behind it. It’s a neat trick, one
that guitarist Steve Vai also pulled off with his infant son on a tune
he called “Goo-Goo-Gak.” But Wooten’s tender rendition is especially
poignant. Kaila reprises her star turn as a seasoned 16-month-old on
“Kaila Raps.”
Victor is reunited on this project with his talented brothers Regi on
guitar, Joseph on keyboards and Rudy on sax, who along with drummer
brother Roy (a.k.a. Future Man) made up the pre-Flecktones band, The
Wootens. They all contribute mightily on this homecoming that traverses
world music, funk, smooth jazz, bebop, pop, bluegrass and beyond.
Jazz bassist Victor Wooten has become a living legend in the modern jazz
scene. As a member of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, he has been
astounding audiences for years. As a solo artist he makes records that
are deeply musical and technically breathtaking. His latest effort,
Wooten's latest release, Yin Yang is a 2-CD set: Yin is devoted to
instrumental tracks and Yang is devoted to vocal-oriented tracks.
Featuring special guest artists Bela Fleck, Bootsy Collins, Peter Rowan,
Carter Beau ford, Stuart Duncan, Jeff Coffin, Rod McGaha, Jonell
Mosser, JD Blair, Kirk Whalum and the Wooten Brothers.
Victor Wooten is one of those rare electric bass technocrats who learned all the right lessons from Jaco Pastorius.
While sounding not at all like him, Wooten exhibits the same ability to
retain the groove and a warm midrange tone while demonstrating
considerable prowess. On this ambitious two-CD project, Wooten runs the
gamut from "wave" type instrumentals like "Imagine This," where
overdubbed basses function as both foundation and melody instruments, to
sampled spoken-word pieces. Yin-Yang is definitely a family
affair, including three other Wootens--Joseph (keys), Regi (guitar), and
Rudy (sax)--as well as extended family members like Victor's fellow
Flecktone Béla Fleck and Dave Matthews Band
drummer Carter Beauford. Even with all these guests, one would've
preferred perhaps a more tightly edited single CD that featured more of
Wooten's instrumental individuality (on the order of "Singing My Song"
with its stripped-down bass, drum, and vocal approach, or "Tali Lama"
with its bluegrass tinges courtesy of Peter Rowan, and less generic "happy jazz" like "The Urban Turban"). Nevertheless, Yin-Yang should be required listening for any player or fan of electric bass.
Track listing
Disc one - instrumental
"Imagine This" (V. Wooten) – 5:08
"Yinin' & Yangin'" instrumental (V. Wooten) – 4:36
"Hip Bop" (V. Wooten) – 4:03
"Joe's Journey" (V. Wooten) – 5:20
"The Urban Turban" (V. Wooten) – 2:42
"Tali Lama" (V. Wooten) – 5:17
"Zenergy" (Béla Fleck, Carter Beauford, V. Wooten) – 6:46
"Kaila Speaks" (Future Man, V. Wooten) – 3:00
"Sacred Place" (V. Wooten) – 3:46
"Resolution" (Carter Beauford, V. Wooten) – 4:57
Disc two - instrumental and vocal
"Hormones in the Headphones" (Michael Kott) – 4:06
"Yinin' & Yangin'" vocal version (J.D. Blair, Dwight Farrell, Jonathan Morse, V. Wooten) – 4:12
"Kaila Raps" (V. Wooten) - 4:42
"One" (V. Wooten) – 4:54
"What Crime Is It?" (J.D. Blair, Bootsy Collins, William Collins II, V. Wooten) – 4:55
"Go Girl Go" (Michael Kott) – 3:18
"Pretty Little Lady" (V. Wooten) – 3:34
"Hero" (Future Man) – 4:42
"Singing My Song" (V. Wooten) – 4:43
"Think About That" (V. Wooten) – 4:09
Personnel
Victor Wooten - bass guitar, cello, programming, background vocals, acoustic bass, electric upright bass
Steve Bailey - bass
Carter Beauford - drums
J.D. Blair - drums, vocals, drum programming
David Blazer - cello
Kathy Chiavola - vocals
Jeff Coffin - tenor saxophone
Bootsy Collins - vocals
Billy Contreras - violin
Count Bass D - rap
Stuart Duncan - fiddle
Tabitha Fair - vocals
Béla Fleck - banjo
Joseph Wooten - organ, piano, keyboards, theremin, background vocals
Aseem Hetep - vocals
Michael Kott - cello, background vocals
Park Law - vocals
Rod McGaha - trumpet
Jonathan Morse - background vocals
Jonell Mosser - vocals
Jim Roberts - djembe, shaker
Peter Rowan - vocals
Buddy Spicher - violin, viola
Kurt Storey - violin
Allyson Taylor - vocals
Kirk Whalum - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
Roger "Rock" Williams - soprano saxophone
Dorothy G. Wooten - vocals
Holly Wooten - background vocals
Kaila Wooten - vocals
Regi Wooten - acoustic guitar, guitar, wah-wah guitar
Rudy Wooten - saxophone
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