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Collaboration between banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck and Jazz pianist Marcus Roberts and his trio. The recording brings their two styles together for an enjoyable listen.

"A Banjo Concerto follows banjo trailblazer Bêla Fleck through one of his most challenging musical journeys so far, into the world of the Symphony Orchestra. Bêla is commissioned to compose a major banjo concerto, possibly the first of its kind, for banjo and 80 piece symphony orchestra. It begins before he has written a note, and concludes a year later, with the sold out premiere concert with the Nashville Symphony." --