Victor Lemonte Wooten (born September 11, 1964) is an
American bass player, composer, author, producer, and recipient of five Grammy
Awards.
Wooten has won the "Bass Player of the Year" award
from Bass Player magazine three times in a row, and was the first person to win
the award more than once. In 2011, he was named #10 in the "Top 10
Bassists of All Time" by Rolling Stone. In addition to a solo career and
collaborations with various artists, Wooten has been the bassist for Béla Fleck
and the Flecktones since the group's formation in 1988.
In 2008, Wooten joined Stanley Clarke and Marcus Miller to
record an album. The trio of bassists, under the name SMV, released Thunder in
August 2008 and began a supporting tour the same month.
Wooten has also written a novel titled "The Music
Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music". On his website he has stated that he is
currently writing a sequel and intends to release at least three more books.
Wooten also operates his own record label, Vix Records, on
which he releases his own music.
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