Additional personnel: Sam Bush (vocals, mandolin, fiddle); Bruce Hornsby (vocals, piano); John Cowan (vocals); Paul McCandless (sopranino & soprano saxophones, English horn, penny whistle, bass clarinet); Branford Marsalis (soprano saxophone); Howard Levy (harmonica, keyboards); Jerry Douglas (dobro); Stuart Duncan (fiddle); Chick Corea (piano, zendrum); Edgar Meyer (acoustic bass).

Recorded live between 1992 and 1996. Includes liner notes by Bela Fleck, Victor Lemonte Wooten and Future Man.

"The Sinister Minister" won a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.

Live Art is a double-disc, 20-track anthology of live performances by Béla Fleck & the Flecktones, spanning four years in the mid-'90s. The song selections cover the group's entire career, ranging from new arrangements of several of classics to covers and seven previously unrecorded originals. There are a couple of vocals on the record, but the core of the album is Fleck & the Flecktones' dynamite instrumental improvisations, where they can demonstrate the true range of their eclecticism and talent. Of special note are the songs that feature jams with Branford Marsalis, Chick Corea, and Bruce Hornsby, who help spur the Flecktones to new heights. ~ Thom Owens