Béla Fleck doesn’t discriminate. Whether an instrument is 4 inches long or 4 feet, contains two strings or 21, plugs in or runs on finger power, he’s ready to explore musical possibilities if the player wields it with unorthodox creativity.
So it’s no surprise that the banjo maestro has formed a band with Colombian jazz harp innovator Edmar Castañeda, a brilliant improviser who’s spent the past three decades taking his specially built EC Llanera harp where the instrument has never gone before.