Little Worlds is the tenth album by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 2003. The album was released as a 3-disc set. Ten tracks from the set were also released on a single disc called Ten from Little Worlds.
The album contains several tracks that are hidden at the beginning and end of Disc One and at the end of Disc Three. These hidden tracks present a short and humorous story of two men, voiced by Yankees outfielder Bernie Williams and Michael McKean (as David St. Hubbins of Spinal Tap), stuck in traffic and flipping through different radio stations. The songs they hear are songs from the album played in different styles and on different instruments. For example, the slow and soothing song "Poindexter" is featured but redone as a heavy metal song with each band member playing an instrument different from his ordinary one. The redone version is also complete with rhythmic screaming to which one of the men listening in the car makes the comment "I don't even know what they are saying."
- Béla Fleck – banjo (tracks 3, 6, 8, 9, 11–13, 16–18, 21, 22, 24-27), gut string banjo (track 14), electric banjo (tracks 1, 6, 7, 11, 13, 16, 19, 23), synth (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 11, 13, 23), reverse banjo (track 5), piano (track 10), vocals (track 10)
- Jeff Coffin – tenor saxophone (tracks 6, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15, 19, 21, 23, 25, 26), soprano saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 13, 16, 24, 27), alto saxophone (tracks 2, 8, 9), flute (tracks 17, 25, 27), alto flute (tracks 4, 22), clarinet (track 6), bass clarinet (track 7), Low D whistle (track 10), Low F whistle (track 25), didgeridoo (track 25), synthesizer (tracks 2, 3, 11, 16, 22, 23, 25, 27), finger cymbals (track 1), harmonizer (track 23), whistling (tracks 10, 25)
- Future Man – Synth-Axe Drumitar (tracks 1–4, 6, 8–11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 21–25, 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), Mexican hand drum (track 16), gong (track 1), acoustic shakers (track 13), Roy-El Piano (tracks 7, 20, 26), sustain pedal (track 26), vocals (tracks 3, 7, 10)
- Victor Wooten – bass (tracks 2–11, 16, 23, 24), six string bass (tracks 14, 21, 25), fretless bass (tracks 1, 11, 13, 22, 27), tenor basses (track 17), acoustic hollow-body bass guitar (track 26), upright bass (tracks 6, 11, 17, 27), cello (track 21), synthesizer (tracks 21), Roland Sound Canvas (track 1), foot pedal synth (track 23), vocals (track 10)
CD 1
1.01 Bil Mon 8:42
1.02 Ballad Of Jed Clampett 4:07
1.03 Puffy 6:45
1.04 New Math 6:59
1.05 Longitude 3:04
1.06 Latitude 5:04
1.07 Centrifuge 2:05
1.08 Off The Top (The Gravity Wheel) 4:54
1.09 Off The Top (Line Dance) 9:49
1.10 Untitled 0:49
CD 2
2.01 The Fjords Of Oslo 0:41
2.02 Sherpa 5:21
2.03 What It Is 3:41
2.04 The Leaning Tower 6:06
2.05 Mudslingers Of The Milky Way 6:14
2.06 Captive Delusions 3:54
2.07 Costa Brava 8:23
2.08 Poindexter 5:38
2.09 Prequel 3:14
2.10 Return Of The Mudslingers 2:51
CD 3
3.01 The Cave 1:35
3.02 Next 5:56
3.03 Pineapple Heart 5:06
3.04 Snatchin' 4:47
3.05 Reminiscence 5:34
3.06 Sleeper 12:16
3.07 Flunky 0:39
3.08 The Last Jam 14:26
3.09 [Untitled Hidden Track] 1:11
