Little Worlds - Personnel

Personnel

The Flecktones

• Béla Fleck – banjo (tracks 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16-18, 21, 22, 26), banjos (tracks 24, 25, 27), acoustic banjo (tracks 11, 13), synth banjo (tracks 2, 13), electric banjo (tracks 7, 13, 16, 19), electric synth banjo (tracks 1, 6, 11, 23), reverse banjo (track 5), gut string banjo (track 14), synth (track 4), piano (track 10), vocals (track 10)
• Jeff Coffin – clarinet (track 6), bass clarinet (track 7), flute (tracks 17, 27), alto flute (tracks 4, 22), flute singing (track 25), alto saxophone (tracks 2, 8, 9), soprano saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 13, 16, 24, 27), tenor saxophone (tracks 6, 8, 9, 11, 15, 19, 21, 25, 26), tenor saxophone with harmonizer (track 23), didgeridoo (track 25), finger cymbals (track 1), whistling (tracks 10, 25), Low D (track 10) and Low F (track 25) whistle, percussion (track 27), keyboards (tracks 2, 3, 11, 16, 22, 23, 25)
• Future Man – synth-axe drumitar (tracks 1-4, 6, 8-11, 13, 14, 16, 21-23, 25, 27), X-Drum acoustic kick (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 11, 16, 24, 25, 27), acoustic drums and cymbals (tracks 4, 6, 11, 16, 25), acoustic percussion (track 18), cajón (tracks 6, 17, 19, 24, 27), gong (track 1), Roy-El Piano (tracks 7, 20, 26), acoustic shakers (track 13), synth–axe shakers (tracks 17, 24), Mexican hand drum (track 16), volume effects pedal (track 26), vocals (tracks 3, 7, 10)
• Victor Wooten – bass (tracks 2-5, 7-9, 16, 21, 23, 24), electric bass (tracks 6, 11), electric basses (track 10), fretless bass (tracks 1, 13, 22, 27), upright bass (tracks 6, 17, 27), electric standup bass (track 11), acoustic hollow-body bass guitar (track 26), 6-string bass (tracks 14, 25), tenor basses (track 17), cello (track 21), keyboards (tracks 21, 23), Roland Sound Canvas (track 1), foot pedal synth (track 23), sustain pedal (track 5), vocals (track 10)

Guest artists

• Derek Bell – Irish harp (tracks 13, 25)
• Paul Brantley – cello (tracks 4, 25)
• Sandip Burman – tabla (track 25), vocals (track 25)
• Sam Bush – mandolin (tracks 2, 22)
• Thetakudi Harihara Subash Chandran – vocals (track 25), jaw harp (track 25), ghatam (tracks 21, 25)
• Kevin Conneff – vocals (track 25), bodhran (track 13)
• Jerry Douglas – dobro (tracks 17, 27), lap steel guitar (track 17)
• Feng Xiu Hong – vocals (track 25)
• Sean Keane – fiddle (tracks 13, 25)
• Kanjira Ganesh Kumar – kanjira (tracks 21, 25), vocals (track 25)
• Pamelia Kurstin – theremin (tracks 4, 11, 25), theremins (tracks 3, 24), triple theremin (track 14), tenor saxophone (track 14)
• Branford Marsalis – soprano saxophone (tracks 11, 15, 19)
• Bobby McFerrin – vocals (tracks 2, 11, 12, 25)
• Matt Molloy – Irish flute (tracks 13, 25)
• Paddy Moloney – Uillean pipes (tracks 4, 13)
• Cyrus Niccore – didjeridoo (tracks 1, 4, 17, 27)
• Congar Ol Ondar – Tuvan throat singing (track 21)
• Divinity Roxx – vocals (track 2)
• Jake Shimabukuro – ukulele (tracks 25. 27)
• Chris Thile – mandolin (tracks 8, 9, 16)
• Derek Trucks – electric slide guitar (tracks 22, 27), electric slide guitars (track 7)
• Sara Watkins – fiddle (tracks 2, 8, 9)
• Sean Watkins – guitar (tracks 8, 9)
• Bernie Williams – guitar (track 27)
• Joe Wooten – theremin (tracks 7, 14, 22, 27)