Composer
Victor Lemonte Wooten
American bass guitarist
b. 1964
10 works in the index
- Born
- 1964
- Birthplace
- Mountain Home
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Victor Lemonte Wooten (born September 11, 1964) is an American bassist, songwriter, and record producer. He has been the bassist for Béla Fleck and the Flecktones since the group's formation in 1988 and a member of the bass supergroup SMV (2008–2009) with two other bassists, Stanley Clarke and Marcus Miller. From 2017 to 2019, he recorded as the bassist for the metal band Nitro.
He owns Vix Records which releases his albums. He wrote the novel The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music. He later released the book's sequel, The Spirit of Music: The Lesson Continues, on February 2, 2021.
Wooten is the recipient of five Grammy Awards. He won the Bass Player of the Year award from Bass Player magazine three times and is the first person to win the award more than once. In 2011, he was ranked No. 10 in the Top 10 Bassists of All Time by readers of Rolling Stone magazine.
In 2018–2019, Wooten was diagnosed with focal dystonia, a rare neurological condition, in his hands and upper body, which had been limiting his ability to play in previous years, but has since abated somewhat.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- bassist; jazz musician; guitarist; composer
- Education
- Denbigh High School
- Recorded memberships
- Béla Fleck and the Flecktones; Bass Extremes
- Instruments played
- bass guitar; guitar; bass instrument
- Genres
- bluegrass music; jazz; jazz-funk
- Official website
- http://www.victorwooten.com/
- Birth name
- Victor Lemonte Wooten
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 37128431
- ISNI
- 0000000055174121
- GND ID
- 13494139X
- Library of Congress ID
- no98097551
- MusicBrainz ID
- 1d0ae4e0-384f-4854-a1b4-ebb4cc81414b
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Genres represented
- Jazz
- Works with composition dates
- 0 of 10
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| More Love | — | — | — | — | Jazz | 1 |
| Sometimes I Laugh | — | — | — | — | Jazz | 1 |
| The Vision | — | — | — | — | Jazz | 1 |
| Amazing Grace | — | — | — | — | Jazz | 1 |
| You Can't Hold No Groove | — | — | — | — | Jazz | 1 |
| Classical Thump | — | — | — | — | Jazz | 1 |
| Heaven Is Where The Heart Is | — | — | — | — | Jazz | 1 |
| A Show Of Hands | — | — | — | — | Jazz | 1 |
| Sex In A Pan | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Show Of Hands, A | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 37128431. Portrait: Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.