Rocket Science (Béla Fleck and the Flecktones album)
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| Studio album by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones | ||||
| Released | May 17, 2011 | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion, progressive bluegrass, post-bop | |||
| Length | 64:28 | |||
| Label | eOne | |||
| Producer | Béla Fleck | |||
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Rocket Science is a studio album by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 2011. It reached number 1 on the Billboard Jazz chart and number 36 on the Top Independent Albums chart. The song "Life in Eleven" won Best Instrumental Composition at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards.
The album is the first since 1992's UFO Tofu to feature founding member Howard Levy in the regular band lineup.
In his Allmusic review, music critic Thom Jurek praised the album, calling the Flecktones re-energized. He wrote "With Levy on harmonica and piano, it's as if he never left. Rather than try to re-create the band's old sound, the Flecktones push ever further into their own seamless, unclassifiable meld of jazz, progressive bluegrass, rock, classical, funk, and world music traditions on this delightful—and at times mind-blowing—record."
All songs by Béla Fleck unless otherwise noted.
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