Live in America (Victor Wooten album)

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Live in America
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Live album by
Released2001
Genre Jazz
Label Vanguard Records
Producer Victor Wooten
Victor Wooten chronology
Yin-Yang
(1999)
Live in America
(2001)
Soul Circus
(2005)
Professional ratings
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Live in America is an album by Victor Wooten, released in 2001. [2] The double disc contains highlights of the Yin-Yang tour.

Contents

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Are You Ready, Baby?" – 2:24 w/Bootsy Collins
  2. "What Did He Say?" – 6:54
  3. "Hormones In The Headphones" – 6:46
  4. "Nobody Knows My Name" – 4:50
  5. "Hero" – 5:06
  6. "Yinin' And Yangin'/Hey Girl" – 12:36
  7. "Sacred Silence/The Jam Man" – 5:46
  8. "Tappin' And Thumpin'/Born In The Dark/I Can't Make You Love Me" – 5:31
  9. "James Brown!/Iron Man" – 7:46

Disc two

  1. "Miller Time" – 10:41
  2. "Good People" – 7:52
  3. "Imagine This" – 8:39
  4. "I Dream In Color" – 4:18
  5. "My Life" – 4:18
  6. "U Can't Hold No Groove..." – 5:24
  7. "Me And My Bass Guitar" – 4:40
  8. "Pretty Little Lady" – 4:37
  9. "If You Want Me To Stay/Thank You (Fallentin Me Be Mice Elf Agin)" – 9:47

Personnel

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References

  1. David R. Adler (2001-10-09). "Live in America - Victor Wooten | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  2. "Victor Wooten: Live in America - JazzTimes".