Yin-Yang

Editorial Review:

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. --Michael Ross

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Nice if not perfect:

"Yin Yang" from living bass legend, the incomparable and inimitable Victor Wooten offers more of that wholesome bass goodness, that we all love and listen in amazement at, combined with a couple of swing-and-miss-like-a-blindfolded-drunkard tracks.
Some of the tracks on this double album, 'Hip Bop', 'Hormones in the Headphones', 'Imagine This", to name a few, are as good as anything Wooten has ever produced, being creative, tight, and well composed. Others, namely all the tracks featuring his daughter... more info

Stick to Intsrumental Music, Vic:

To state the obvious, Wooten is an amazing bass player. He can slap like a maniac, keep a groove like no one else and improvise with amazing skill. His writing of music is amazing. Now that we've established how amazing Vic really is (which is that he's probably the best electric bass player on the planet right now), let's get into this album.
Yin-Yang is a very bold project. Wooten has made one disc of instrumental music, and one disc of vocal music. The instrumental stuff is quite amazing, really... more info

Are you the BASS God?:

He must be one of theBass god of 21th century.Like James jemarson,Booty Colins....etc
This dable album have two side.Like the titlle of this Album as you can see.
The side of Yin means Shadow,dark...Anyway It featured instmental mainly of course Bass.The other side Yang means Daytime,light....
anyway it Futured Songs.
Yin have feels more fusion and smooth jazz.Yang is more Funky and straght to feel energys.I like both.
It have diffrent flava each other.You can choose the feeling of the... more info

Are you the BASS God?:

He must be one of theBass god of 21th century.Like James jemarson,Booty Colins....etc
This dable album have two side.Like the titlle of this Album as you can see.
The side of Yin means Shadow,dark...Anyway It featured instmental mainly of course Bass.The other side Yang means Daytime,light....
anyway it Futured Songs.
Yin have feels more fusion and smooth jazz.Yang is more Funky and straght to feel energys.I like both.
It have diffrent flava each other.You can choose the feeling of the... more info

Tracks:

1. Imagine This
2. Yinin' & Yangin'
3. Hip Bop
4. Joe's Journey
5. The Urban Turban
6. Tali Lama
7. Zenergy
8. Kaila Speaks
9. Sacred Place
10. Resolution
11. Hormones in the Headphones - Victor Wooten, Kott, Michael
12. Yinin' & Yangin'
13. Kaila Raps
14. One
15. What Crime Is It?
16. Go Girl Go - Victor Wooten, Kott, Michael

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