The Telluride Sessions
Product Description
Collectively, the members of Strength in Numbers are recipients of seven CMA awards, seven Grammys and thirteen ACM awards. Sam Bush, Bela Fleck, Mark O’Connor, Edgar Meyer and Jerry Douglas formed their group in 1989 for this recording. Their subsequent fame and renown inspired this reissue.
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Media Type: CD
Artist: STRENGTH IN NUMBERS
Title: TELLURIDE SESSIONS
Street Release Date: 03/24/1998
I wanted this CD to be good, I really did. I love Bela Fleck. Edgar Meyer? Of course! Sam Bush? Genius. But this CD just blows. There is no way around it. When I first played it, I thought I had entered some kind of new-age aroma-therapy hut. I wanted to hear each player show off a little…get the heart pumping with some soaring mandolin melodies and quick banjo riffs. I didn’t even need it to be fast, I just wanted some style, some bantering between the performers. All I got were lathargic, oozing melodies that could make a person go slowly insane. I know that the intent of the recording was to NOT focus on any one individual, but to play harmoniously as one group. Either these guys needed to play a lot more with each other or they needed to do a little showing off individually. If you’re on the same track as my thinking, then I suggest Uncommon Ritual, an energetic recording that soars without any pink flamingos.
Rating: 1 / 5
I wanted this CD to be good, I really did. I love Bela Fleck. Edgar Meyer? Of course! Sam Bush? Genius. But this CD just blows. There is no way around it. When I first played it, I thought I had entered some kind of new-age aroma-therapy hut. I wanted to hear each player show off a little…get the heart pumping with some soaring mandolin melodies and quick banjo riffs. I didn’t even need it to be fast, I just wanted some style, some bantering between the performers. All I got were lathargic, oozing melodies that could make a person go slowly insane. I know that the intent of the recording was to NOT focus on any one individual, but to play harmoniously as one group. Either these guys needed to play a lot more with each other or they needed to do a little showing off individually. If you’re on the same track as my thinking, then I suggest Uncommon Ritual, an energetic recording that soars without any pink flamingos.
Rating: 1 / 5
A wonderful batch of musicians, but some of the music is a bit on the poindexter side. Unless you’re a musician (in some cases)… this may be over your head. Wonderful study music if you are a player. Outstanding listening, beautiful themes, and amazing virtuosity.
Rating: 5 / 5
Hailing from Arkansas, like I do, I always regarded bluegrass as “Marrying Your Sister”- music and withstanding all the hillbilly-Bill Clinton jokes the rest of the world could muster. THIS IS NOT BLUEGRASS!!! This is acoustic jazz played on bluegrass instruments. This cd first exposed me to Edgar Meyer, Mark O’Conner and Jerry Douglas, three of the most creative talents in modern history. In music, speed isn’t everything. Taste and phrasing are even more important. This cd, along with Hop, Skip, and Wobble provides all 3 elements.
Rating: 5 / 5
Great recording. However, listening to them play at the Telluride Blue Grass festival is even better.
Rating: 5 / 5