Béla Fleck
Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond
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Lang, I Love Charley Parker's Playing
Lang: I was real big fan of charle parker's playing. And for me, arle parker had the same rhythmic intensity of earl scruggs. He also played these long lines, long, very rhythmic, in rhythmically solid lines. Lang: You're going back to the perpetual motion idea that you ere bringing up before. That's what the banjo does really well. It can be very plaintive and beautiful when you figure out how to leave that space.
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