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Rapper / actor Ludacris (1977)

It's been fifteen years since Béla Fleck and the Flecktones first wowed audiences and pioneered a genre all their own, mixing virtuosic musicianship with experimental, bluegrass, jazz, and pop influences, but in 2005 the Flecktones did something they've never done before: they took a break. On January 31, the reunited core group of banjoist Fleck, bassist Victor Wooten, percussionist Future Man, and saxophonist Jeff Coffin mark a stripped down and explosive return to roots, and new creative peak, with the release of 'The Hidden Land' (click for review).