★★★★★
Ever since Stanley Clarke laid down the blueprint for modern bass players everywhere with his anthemic "School Days" ode, life at the low end hasn't been the same. Along comes Victor Wooten, the very Bela Fleck Flecktone, with his own finger-funkin' spin on things that's bound to have a profound effect on future thumpers to come...
- www.offbeat.com
2010-11-09
★★★★★
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...
- www.jazztimes.com
2010-02-19
★★★★★
Bass students from Berklee to the Bass Institute Of Technology and all points inbetween are going to lay with this record for some time to come. Perhaps the preeminent chops monster in the bass world today, Wooten wowed critics with his 1996 debut, A Show Of Hands. Fans of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones had been aware of Wooten's amazing abilities on the four-string electric bass for years but this stunning unaccompanied solo bass showcase drove home the point that Victor was indeed the cat...
- www.jazztimes.com
2010-02-19
★★★★★
Sound: While this album has it's up and down moments, it is a solid, well constructed effort by Wooten. This album (being his second) opens with track "yo victa" which consists of essentially that. We are then led through the grinding, loud, a-rhythmic title track, "What Did He Say." After the end of that you are wondering if he's going to be done soon. But Mr. Wooten never fails to disappoint...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2009-11-15
★★★★★
A longstanding member of the Flecktones and recent member of Chick Corea's Elektric Band, Wooten is among a handful of elite electric bassists today who are developing a new post-Jaco vocabulary on the instrument. On the genre-bending Palmystery, Wooten showcases his extraordinary range and unparalleled facility on a collection of originals that run the gamut from jazz to fusion, funk, gospel and world music...
- www.jazztimes.com
2009-11-06
★★★★★
"If you listen to a lot of music, it gradually seeps into your consciousness or your unconsciousness and comes out in your music." ~ John Abercrombie Victor Wooten has listened to, and played, a wide variety of music in his lifetime. An extremely precocious young lad, he picked up a bass guitar at the age of only three years old, thanks to the urging and tutelage of his older brother Regi...
- www.jazzreview.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Bassist Victor Wooten makes his strongest musical statement yet on his debut disc with Heads Up Palmystery. While he has already garnered the great critical praise he richly deserves as a solo artist, this disc may finally give him broader recognition among jazz fans...
- www.jazzreview.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
The latest release Soul Circus from bassist Victor Wooten is exactly what it says it is a circus. Let me first say don't expect a jazz album from this one. Victor is working on a new category- family friendly hip-hop. I do believe Victor is one of the most extraordinary bassist to grace the instrument. With that said this album is nothing near extraordinary. It is amusing, the grooves are funky, the bass playing is tight, but the entire album is a little overly produced...
- www.jazzreview.com
2009-06-07
★★★★★
Track Listing: 2 Timers; Combo; I saw God; The Lesson; Left, Right & Center; Sifu; Miss U; Flex; The Gospel; Song for my Father; Happy Song; Us 2 Personnel: Victor Wooten: bass, lead vocals (2), hand claps (4), vocals (9), slide bass (7, 12), tenor bass (8), drum programming (12); Derico Watson: drums (1-3, 8, 10); J.D...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2009-06-05
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