Although the Flecktones are off the road, Bela Flecks tour schedule will soon pick up momentum. His Acoustic Trio which also includes Casey Driessen on fiddle and Bryan Sutton on guitar will gig throughout the summer with the next run of shows beginning on April 12 at Detroits Emerald Theater. Then, starting on June 12 at Burlingtons Discover Jazz festival, he will debut a group which has dubbed itself with jazz legends Stanley Clarke on bass and Jean Luc Ponty on violin (exclamation points merited) . Later in the year he will add duo shows with bassist Edgar Meyer before the Flecktones return in 2006.