Jump to content

A Show of Hands (Victor Wooten album)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Jon Kolbert (talk | contribs) at 18:15, 7 April 2018 (Repairing deprecated music infobox parameters). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

A Show of Hands
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 20, 1996
StudioTop of the Hill Recorders, Nashville, Tennessee
GenreJazz
Length44:56
62:11 (15th Anniversary Edition)
LabelCompass
ProducerVictor Wooten
Victor Wooten chronology
A Show of Hands
(1996)
What Did He Say?
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

A Show of Hands is the first album released by bassist Victor Wooten. The album features bass guitar with only the accompaniment of vocals. The album features almost entirely slap bass, using a large amount of Wooten's signature open-hammer-pluck technique.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."U Can't Hold No Groove..."4:08
2."More Love"3:28
3."Lotta Stuffis?"0:12
4."The Vision"5:35
5."Overjoyed"2:56
6."Live for Peace"0:05
7."A Show of Hands"5:27
8."Not Like the Other"0:41
9."Justice"4:01
10."Medley" (Someday My Prince will come, Misty, A Night In Tunisia, Victors Blues)4:30
11."Radio W-OO-10"0:27
12."Classical Thump"4:38
13."Keep Chargin'"0:25
14."Me & My Bass Guitar"5:14
15."Words of Wisdom"3:09
15th Anniversary Edition
No.TitleLength
1.""Yo Victa""0:12
2."U Can't Hold No Groove..."4:00
3."More Love"3:31
4."Lotta Stuffis?"0:14
5."The Vision"5:37
6."Overjoyed"2:58
7."Live for Peace"0:06
8."A Show of Hands"5:28
9."Not Like the Other"0:41
10."Justice"4:01
11."Medley"4:31
12."Radio W-OO-10"0:28
13."Classical Thump"4:40
14."Keep Chargin'"0:25
15."Me & My Bass Guitar"5:18
16."Words of Wisdom"3:09
17."U Can't Hold No Groove... (Enhanced Version)"4:25
18."Flip Flop"2:42
19."Live Solo #2"12:25

Personnel

  • Victor Wooten – bass, vocals, voice
  • JD Blair – vocals
  • Cortney and Brittany Knight – vocals, voices
  • Michael Saleem – vocals
  • Mark "Zeke" Sellers – vocals
  • Roy Wooten – vocals
  • Joseph Wooten- vocals, voice
  • Michael Kott – vocals, voice
  • Elijah "Pete" Wooten – voice
  • Park Law – vocals
  • Kurt Story – vocals
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. – pre-recorded sample from a speech
  • Malcolm X – pre-recorded sample from a speech
  • Aashid – voice
  • Dorothy G. Wooten – voice


References