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Béla Fleck (born July 10, 1958 in New York City
New York City

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, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
) is an American banjo
Banjo

The banjo is a stringed instrument developed by Slavery in the United States Africans in the United States, adapted from several African instruments....
 virtuoso. He is best known for his work with the band Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

B?la Fleck and the Flecktones is a multi-Grammy winning, primarily instrumental group from the USA, that draws equally on bluegrass music, jazz fusion and jazz, sometimes dubbed "blu-bop." The band formed in 1988, initially to perform once on the PBS series Lonesome Pine Specials....
, with bassist Victor Wooten
Victor Wooten

Victor Lemonte Wooten is an electric bass player. He is known for his technical Virtuoso and his skills as musician, composer, and author. Wooten has won the "Bass Player of the Year" award from Bass Player three times in a row, and was the first person to win the award more than once....
, saxophonist Jeff Coffin
Jeff Coffin

Jeff Coffin is an American jazz musician best known as the current saxophonist for B?la Fleck and the Flecktones and the Dave Matthews Band. In addition to the saxophone, he plays clarinet and flute....
, and percussionist Future Man
Future Man

Roy Wilfred Wooten , also known as "RoyEl", best known by his stage name Future Man , is an inventor, musician, and composer. He is known as Futch to his fans, He is a percussionist and member of the jazz quartet B?la Fleck and the Flecktones, along with banjoist B?la Fleck, saxophone Jeff Coffin, and Roy's brother, Bass guitar...
.

Anton Leoš Fleck, who is named after famous Hungarian composer Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók

B?la Viktor J?nos Bart?k was a Hungarian people composer and pianist, considered to be one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. Through his collection and analytical study of folk music, he was one of the founders of ethnomusicology....
, Austrian composer Anton Webern
Anton Webern

Anton Webern was an Austrian composer and Conducting. He was a member of the Second Viennese School. As a student and significant follower of Arnold Schoenberg, he became one of the best-known proponents of the twelve-tone technique; in addition, his innovations regarding schematic organization of pitch, rhythm and dynamics were formative...
, and Czech composer Leoš Janácek
Leoš Janácek

Leo? Jan?cek , was a Czech people composer, Music theory, Folkloristics, publicist and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and all Slavic folk music to create an original, modern musical style....
, was drawn to the banjo when he first heard Earl Scruggs
Earl Scruggs

Earl Eugene Scruggs is a musician noted for perfecting and popularizing a 3-finger style on the 5-string banjo that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music....
 play the theme song for the television show Beverly Hillbillies.






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Béla Fleck (born July 10, 1958 in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
) is an American banjo
Banjo

The banjo is a stringed instrument developed by Slavery in the United States Africans in the United States, adapted from several African instruments....
 virtuoso. He is best known for his work with the band Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

B?la Fleck and the Flecktones is a multi-Grammy winning, primarily instrumental group from the USA, that draws equally on bluegrass music, jazz fusion and jazz, sometimes dubbed "blu-bop." The band formed in 1988, initially to perform once on the PBS series Lonesome Pine Specials....
, with bassist Victor Wooten
Victor Wooten

Victor Lemonte Wooten is an electric bass player. He is known for his technical Virtuoso and his skills as musician, composer, and author. Wooten has won the "Bass Player of the Year" award from Bass Player three times in a row, and was the first person to win the award more than once....
, saxophonist Jeff Coffin
Jeff Coffin

Jeff Coffin is an American jazz musician best known as the current saxophonist for B?la Fleck and the Flecktones and the Dave Matthews Band. In addition to the saxophone, he plays clarinet and flute....
, and percussionist Future Man
Future Man

Roy Wilfred Wooten , also known as "RoyEl", best known by his stage name Future Man , is an inventor, musician, and composer. He is known as Futch to his fans, He is a percussionist and member of the jazz quartet B?la Fleck and the Flecktones, along with banjoist B?la Fleck, saxophone Jeff Coffin, and Roy's brother, Bass guitar...
.

Life and early career

Béla Anton Leoš Fleck, who is named after famous Hungarian composer Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók

B?la Viktor J?nos Bart?k was a Hungarian people composer and pianist, considered to be one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. Through his collection and analytical study of folk music, he was one of the founders of ethnomusicology....
, Austrian composer Anton Webern
Anton Webern

Anton Webern was an Austrian composer and Conducting. He was a member of the Second Viennese School. As a student and significant follower of Arnold Schoenberg, he became one of the best-known proponents of the twelve-tone technique; in addition, his innovations regarding schematic organization of pitch, rhythm and dynamics were formative...
, and Czech composer Leoš Janácek
Leoš Janácek

Leo? Jan?cek , was a Czech people composer, Music theory, Folkloristics, publicist and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and all Slavic folk music to create an original, modern musical style....
, was drawn to the banjo when he first heard Earl Scruggs
Earl Scruggs

Earl Eugene Scruggs is a musician noted for perfecting and popularizing a 3-finger style on the 5-string banjo that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music....
 play the theme song for the television show Beverly Hillbillies. He received his first banjo at age fifteen from his grandfather (1973). He was a member of the class of 1970 at P.S. 75 (the Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life....
 School) in Manhattan. Later, Fleck enrolled in New York City's High School of Music and Art
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts

Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, also officially known as "H.S. 485" and informally as "LaGuardia Arts" , is a high school specializing in teaching visual arts and performing arts, located near the Juilliard School in the Lincoln Center district of Manhattan, on Amsterdam Avenue between 65th Street and 6...
 where he studied the French horn. He was a banjo student under Tony Trischka
Tony Trischka

Tony Trischka is an American five-string banjo player....
.

Almost immediately after high school, Fleck traveled to Boston to play with Jack Tottle, Pat Enright, and Mark Schatz in Tasty Licks. During this period, Fleck released his first solo album (1979): Crossing the Tracks and made his first foray into progressive bluegrass
Progressive bluegrass

Progressive bluegrass is one of two major subgenres of bluegrass music. It is also known as newgrass, a term attributed to New Grass Revival member Ebo Walker)....
 composition.

Fleck played on the streets of Boston with bassist Mark Schatz; and the two, along with guitarist/vocalist Glen Lawson and mandolin great Jimmy Gaudreau, formed Spectrum: the Band in 1981. Fleck toured with Spectrum during 1981. That same year, Sam Bush
Sam Bush

Sam Bush is an United States Bluegrass music mandolin player considered an originator of the Progressive bluegrass style....
 asked Fleck to join New Grass Revival
New Grass Revival

New Grass Revival was a progressive bluegrass band from 1971 to 1989....
. Fleck performed with New Grass Revival for nine years. During this time, Fleck recorded another solo album, Drive. It was nominated for a Grammy Award
Grammy Award

The Grammy Awards ?or Grammys?are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry....
 in the then first-time category of "Best Bluegrass Album" (1988).

During the 1980s Fleck and Bush also peformed live occasionnaly with Doc Watson
Doc Watson

Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson is an United States guitar player, songwriter and singer of Bluegrass music, American folk music, country music, blues and gospel music....
 and Merle Watson in various bluegrass festivals, most notably the annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
Telluride Bluegrass Festival

The Telluride Bluegrass Festival is held annually in Telluride, Colorado by . Although traditionally the festival focuses on bluegrass music, it often features music from a variety of genres....
.

Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

Bela Fleck With Victor Wooten
Béla Fleck and Victor Wooten formed Béla Fleck and the Flecktones in 1988, along with keyboardist and harmonica player Howard Levy
Howard Levy

Howard Levy is an United States harmonica player and Piano.He is probably best known as a founding member of B?la Fleck and the Flecktones, with whom he won a Grammy Awards of 1997 for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for their live recording of their 1991 song "The Sinister Minister"....
 and Wooten's percussionist brother Roy "Future Man" Wooten, who played synthesizer-based percussion. Levy left the group in 1992, making the band a trio until Saxophonist Jeff Coffin
Jeff Coffin

Jeff Coffin is an American jazz musician best known as the current saxophonist for B?la Fleck and the Flecktones and the Dave Matthews Band. In addition to the saxophone, he plays clarinet and flute....
 joined the group onstage part-time in 1997, eventually becoming a permanent member. His first studio recording with the band was their 1998 album Left of Cool. In 1996, he appeared on the tribute album to Hank Marvin
Hank Marvin

Hank Brian Marvin is an England guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist for The Shadows. The group, which primarily performed instrumentals, was formed as a backing band for singer Cliff Richard....
, one of his influences, and The Shadows
The Shadows

Nick-named: the Shads, The Shadows are the most successful United Kingdom instrumental and vocal group from the 1950s to the 2000s with an aggregate total of at least 64 UK hit singles....
 "Twang" playing a Shadows UK hit from the 1960s, "The Stranger".

With the Flecktones, Fleck has been nominated for and won several Grammy awards. (Cf. Grammy sections below.)

Other music and recordings

Fleck has shared Grammy wins with Asleep at the Wheel
Asleep at the Wheel

Asleep at the Wheel, is a multiple Grammy Award-winning Country /Western Swing band formed in Paw Paw, West Virginia, but based in Austin, Texas....
, Alison Brown
Alison Brown

Alison Brown is an American banjo player and guitarist known for a soft nylon-string banjo sound....
, and Edgar Meyer
Edgar Meyer

Edgar Meyer is a prominent contemporary double bass. His styles include european classical music, Bluegrass music, Progressive bluegrass, and jazz....
. He has been nominated in more categories than any other musician, namely country
Country music

Country music is a blend of popular American music forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in Traditional music, Celtic music, gospel music, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s....
, pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
, jazz
Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
, bluegrass
Bluegrass music

Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and is a sub-genre of country music. It has its own roots in Folk music of Ireland, Music of Scotland, Music of Wales and Folk Music of England traditional music....
, classical, folk
Folk music

Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including:* Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous with the term "Traditional music", also often including World Music and Roots music; the term "Traditional music" was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the other definition...
, spoken word
Spoken word

Spoken word is a form of literature art or artistic performance in which lyrics, poetry, or stories are spoken rather than sung. The category of spoken-word that is often done with a musical background is performance poetry....
, composition
Musical composition

Musical composition is:* an original piece of music* the musical form of a musical piece* the process of creating a new piece of music...
, and arranging
Arrangement

In music, an arrangement is either a rewriting of a piece of existing music with additional new material or a fleshing-out of a compositional sketch, such as a lead sheet....
.

In 2001, Fleck collaborated with long-time friend and playing-partner Edgar Meyer
Edgar Meyer

Edgar Meyer is a prominent contemporary double bass. His styles include european classical music, Bluegrass music, Progressive bluegrass, and jazz....
 to record Perpetual Motion
Perpetual Motion (album)

Perpetual Motion is an album of classical music released in 2001. The album is unique in that none of the pieces featured on it are played on the instruments for which they were written....
, an album of classical material played on the banjo along with an assortment of accompanists, including John Williams
John Williams (guitarist)

John Christopher Williams is a Grammy Award winning Australian-born British classical guitarist....
, Evelyn Glennie
Evelyn Glennie

Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie, Order of the British Empire is a Scotland virtuoso percussionist. She was the first full-time solo professional percussionist in 20th century western society....
, Joshua Bell
Joshua Bell

Joshua David Bell is an American Grammy Award-winning violinist....
 and Gary Hoffman. The album includes selections such as Chopin
Frédéric Chopin

Fr?d?ric Chopin was a composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic music period. He is widely regarded as the greatest Polish composer, and one of music's greatest tone poets....
's Etude
Étude

An ?tude , is an instrumental musical composition, most commonly of considerable difficulty, usually designed to provide practice material for perfecting a particular technical skill....
 Op. 10 No. 4 in C# minor, Debussy
Claude Debussy

Achille-Claude Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he is considered one of the most prominent figures working within the field of Impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions....
's Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum, and Paganini
Niccolò Paganini

Niccol? Paganini was an Italy violinist, viola, classical guitar, and composer. He was one of the most celebrated violin virtuosi of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique....
's Moto Perpetuo (from which is derived the name), as well as more lyrical pieces such as the first movement of Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical music era and Romantic music eras in classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time....
's Moonlight Sonata
Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven)

The Piano sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor "Quasi una fantasia", Opus number 27, No. 2, by Ludwig van Beethoven, is popularly known as the "Moonlight" Sonata ....
, two of Chopin's mazurka
Mazurka

A mazurka is a stylized Poland folk dance in triple meter with a lively tempo that has a heavy Accent on the third or second Beat . Its folk origins are the slow kujawiak and the fast oberek....
s, and two Scarlatti
Domenico Scarlatti

Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti , son of the composer Alessandro Scarlatti, was an Italy composer who spent much of his life in Spain and Portugal....
 keyboard sonatas. Perpetual Motion won two Grammys at the Grammy Awards of 2002
Grammy Awards of 2002

The 44th Grammy Awards were held on February 27, 2002. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. The biggest winner of this year was Alicia Keys, winning 5 Grammys, including Best New Artist and Song of the Year for "Fallin'"....
 for Best Classical Crossover Album and Best Arrangement for Fleck and Meyer's arrangement of Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum. Fleck and Meyer have also composed a double concerto
Concerto

The term Concerto usually refers to a three-part musical work in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra. The concerto, as understood in this modern way, arose in the Baroque period side by side with the concerto grosso, which contrasted a small group of instruments with the rest of the orchestra....
 for banjo and bass, and performed its debut with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Nashville Symphony Orchestra

The Nashville Symphony is an American symphony orchestra, based in Nashville, Tennessee....
.

Fleck names Chick Corea
Chick Corea

Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea is a multiple Grammy Award winning American jazz pianist, keyboardist, drummer, and composer.He is known for his work during the 1970s in the genre of jazz fusion....
, Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker

Charles Parker, Jr. was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.Parker is widely considered one of the most influential of jazz musicians, along with Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington....
, and the aforementioned Earl Scruggs
Earl Scruggs

Earl Eugene Scruggs is a musician noted for perfecting and popularizing a 3-finger style on the 5-string banjo that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music....
 as influences. He regards Scruggs as "certainly the best" banjo player of the three-finger style.

Solo and with the Flecktones, Fleck has appeared at Telluride Bluegrass Festival
Telluride Bluegrass Festival

The Telluride Bluegrass Festival is held annually in Telluride, Colorado by . Although traditionally the festival focuses on bluegrass music, it often features music from a variety of genres....
, Merlefest
MerleFest

MerleFest is an annual Americana music festival held in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, North Carolina at Wilkes Community College at the end of April....
, Montreal International Jazz Festival, Toronto Jazz Festival, Newport Folk Festival
Newport Folk Festival

The Newport Folk Festival is an Music of the United States annual folk music-oriented music festival in Newport, Rhode Island, which began in 1959....
, Austin City Limits Music Festival
Austin City Limits Music Festival

The Austin City Limits Music Festival is an annual three-day music and art festival in Austin, Texas's Zilker Park. The Festival brings together more than 130 bands on eight stages, including rock, country, folk, indie, Americana, hip-hop, reggae, and bluegrass, and attracts a crowd of about 65,000 visitors each day....
, Bonnaroo, and Jazzfest, among others.

He has also appeared as a sideman with artists ranging from Tony Rice
Tony Rice

Tony Rice is an acoustic music guitarist and Bluegrass music musician.Rice spans the range of acoustic music, from traditional bluegrass to jazz-influenced "Spacegrass" music, to songwriter-oriented folk music....
 to Ginger Baker
Ginger Baker

Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker is an England drummer, best known for his work with Cream . He is also known for his numerous associations with New World music and the use of Music of Africa influences and other diverse collaborations such as his work with the Rock music Hawkwind....
 and Phish
Phish

eruses4|the band|deceptive internet practices|Phishing}}Phish is an United States band noted for their musical improvisation, extended jam sessions, exploration of music between genres, and their "fiercely loyal fans." Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983, the band's four members performed together for over 20 years until their hia...
.

In 2005, while the Flecktones were on hiatus, Fleck undertook several new projects: recording with African traditional musicians; cowriting a documentary film called Bring it Home about the Flecktones' first year off in 17 years and their reunion after that time; coproducing Song of the Traveling Daughter, the debut album by Abigail Washburn
Abigail Washburn

Abigail Washburn is an American clawhammer banjo player and singer. She performs and records as a soloist, as well as with the old-time music bands Uncle Earl and Sparrow Quartet....
 (a young banjo player who mixes bluegrass
Bluegrass music

Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and is a sub-genre of country music. It has its own roots in Folk music of Ireland, Music of Scotland, Music of Wales and Folk Music of England traditional music....
 and Chinese music); forming the acoustic fusion
Fusion (music)

A fusion genre is a music genre which combines two or more genres. For example, rock and roll originally developed as a fusion of blues, Gospel music and country music....
 supergroup
Supergroup (music)

In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups." Supergroups tend to be short-lived, often lasting only for an album or two....
 Trio!
TRIO!

Trio! was a one-time acoustic music jazz fusion Supergroup during 2005. It consisted of bassist Stanley Clarke , jazz violinist Jean-Luc Ponty , and banjoist B?la Fleck ....
 with fellows Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty

Jean-Luc Ponty is a French virtuoso violinist and jazz composer....
 and Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke

Stanley Clarke is an United States jazz musician and composer known for his innovative and influential work on double bass and bass guitar as well as for his numerous film and television scores....
, and recording an album as a member of the Sparrow Quartet
Sparrow Quartet

The Sparrow Quartet is an United States acoustic music group that formed in 2005. Its members include Abigail Washburn , B?la Fleck , Casey Driessen , and Ben Sollee ....
 (along with Abigail Washburn
Abigail Washburn

Abigail Washburn is an American clawhammer banjo player and singer. She performs and records as a soloist, as well as with the old-time music bands Uncle Earl and Sparrow Quartet....
, Ben Sollee
Ben Sollee

Ben Sollee is a classically trained cellist, singer and songwriter who has incorporated banjo, guitar, percussion, and other unusual techniques to create a musical style uniquely his own....
, and Casey Driessen
Casey Driessen

Casey Christopher Driessen is an American Bluegrass music fiddler and singer. He plays acoustic and electric Five string violin violins, each of which has an additional low C string....
).

In late 2006, Fleck teamed up with Chick Corea
Chick Corea

Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea is a multiple Grammy Award winning American jazz pianist, keyboardist, drummer, and composer.He is known for his work during the 1970s in the genre of jazz fusion....
 to record an album, The Enchantment, released in May 2007 . Fleck and Corea toured together throughout 2007.

In July 2007 at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, he appeared and jammed with Toumani Diabaté
Toumani Diabaté

Kutta Toumani Diabat? is a Malian Kora player who has gained international acclaim for his music. He is a versatile performer, being equally at home with the traditional music of Mali as well as with cross-cultural collaborations with flamenco, blues, jazz, and other international styles....
, a kora player from Mali. He is also scheduled to play the 2009 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival with Toumani Diabaté.

In December 2007, he performed charity concerts in Germany to help promote AIDS awareness. His largest concert was held in Grosse Halle Bern on December 1, 2007.

On June 13, 2008, he performed as part of The Bluegrass Allstars, composed of bluegrass heavyweights Sam Bush, Luke Bulla, Edgar Meyer, Bryan Sutton, and Jerry Douglas at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee.

The next day Fleck performed with Abigail Washburn
Abigail Washburn

Abigail Washburn is an American clawhammer banjo player and singer. She performs and records as a soloist, as well as with the old-time music bands Uncle Earl and Sparrow Quartet....
 and the Sparrow Quartet
Sparrow Quartet

The Sparrow Quartet is an United States acoustic music group that formed in 2005. Its members include Abigail Washburn , B?la Fleck , Casey Driessen , and Ben Sollee ....
 also at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.

Banjos played

  • Nechville Meteor Electric Banjo made by Nechville Musical Products
  • Nechville Nextar Banjo made by Nechville Musical Products
  • Deering Crossfire Banjo made by the Deering Banjo Company
    Deering Banjo Company

    The Deering Banjo Company was started in 1975 by Greg and Janet Deering. They are located in Spring Valley, California. Deering Banjos makes Deering, Vega Company, Tenbrooks, and Goodtime banjos....
  • Deering Tenbrooks Saratoga Star made by the Deering Banjo Company
    Deering Banjo Company

    The Deering Banjo Company was started in 1975 by Greg and Janet Deering. They are located in Spring Valley, California. Deering Banjos makes Deering, Vega Company, Tenbrooks, and Goodtime banjos....
  • Deering John Hartford banjo made by Deering Banjo Company
    Deering Banjo Company

    The Deering Banjo Company was started in 1975 by Greg and Janet Deering. They are located in Spring Valley, California. Deering Banjos makes Deering, Vega Company, Tenbrooks, and Goodtime banjos....


Discography


Solo/with multiple other musicians

  • Crossing the Tracks (Rounder Records
    Rounder Records

    Rounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts but now based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is an independent record label founded in 1970 in music by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students....
    , 1979)
  • Natural Bridge (Rounder Records, 1982)
  • Double Time (Rounder Records, 1984)
  • Inroads (Rounder Records, 1986)
  • Daybreak (Rounder Records, 1987)
  • Drive (Rounder Records, 1988; SACD reissue: Mobile Fidelity, 2004)
  • Places (Rounder Records, 1988)
  • Tales From The Acoustic Planet (Warner Brothers, 1995)
  • The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2
    The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2

    The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet Volume 2 is an album by B?la Fleck. ...
     (Warner Brothers, 1999)
  • Perpetual Motion
    Perpetual Motion (album)

    Perpetual Motion is an album of classical music released in 2001. The album is unique in that none of the pieces featured on it are played on the instruments for which they were written....
     (Sony Classical, 2001)
  • Banjo and Harpsichord (Sony Classical, 2004)


As part of a musical group

Tasty Licks
  • Tasty Licks (Rounder Records
    Rounder Records

    Rounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts but now based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is an independent record label founded in 1970 in music by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students....
    , 1978)
  • Anchored to the Shore (Rounder Records, 1979)


Spectrum
  • Opening Roll (Rounder Records
    Rounder Records

    Rounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts but now based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is an independent record label founded in 1970 in music by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students....
    , 1981)
  • Too Hot For Words (Rounder Records, 1982)
  • Live in Japan (Rounder Records, 1983)


The New Grass Revival
New Grass Revival

New Grass Revival was a progressive bluegrass band from 1971 to 1989....
  • On the Boulevard (Sugar Hill
    Sugar Hill Records (folk)

    Sugar Hill Records is a folk music record label that was founded in 1978 in music by Barry Poss and was acquired by the Welk Music Group in 1998 in music....
     1984)
  • New Grass Revival (EMI
    EMI

    The EMI Group is a United Kingdom music company comprising the major record label EMI Music ? which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in London, England, United Kingdom ? and EMI Music Publishing, based in New York City....
     1986)
  • Hold to a Dream
    Hold to a Dream

    Hold to a Dream is an album by the Progressive bluegrass band New Grass Revival, released in 1987. The lead-off single "Unconditional Love" reached number 44 on the Billboard charts Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart....
     (Capitol
    Capitol Records

    Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood, California and New York City as part of Capitol Music Group....
     1987)
  • Live, (Sugar Hill 1989)
  • Friday Night in America (Capitol 1989)
  • Anthology (Capitol 1989)
  • Deviation (Rounder Records
    Rounder Records

    Rounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts but now based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is an independent record label founded in 1970 in music by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students....
    , 1984) – billed as "Béla Fleck with the New Grass Revival", sometimes considered a solo album
  • Best of New Grass Revival (Liberty
    Liberty Records

    Liberty Records was a United States-based record label. It was started by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Alvin Bennett as president and Theodore Keep as chief engineer....
     1994)
  • Grass Roots: The Best of the New Grass Revival (Capitol 2005)


Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

B?la Fleck and the Flecktones is a multi-Grammy winning, primarily instrumental group from the USA, that draws equally on bluegrass music, jazz fusion and jazz, sometimes dubbed "blu-bop." The band formed in 1988, initially to perform once on the PBS series Lonesome Pine Specials....
  • Béla Fleck And The Flecktones
    Béla Fleck and the Flecktones (album)

    B?la Fleck and the Flecktones was the first album by the B?la Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 1990. It reached number 17 on the Billboard charts Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart....
     (Warner Brothers, 1990)
  • Flight of the Cosmic Hippo
    Flight of the Cosmic Hippo

    Flight of the Cosmic Hippo was the second album released by B?la Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 1991. It reached number 1 on the Billboard charts Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart....
     (Warner Brothers, 1991)
  • UFO Tofu
    UFO Tofu

    UFO Tofu was the third album released by B?la Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 1992. The title is a palindrome and was referenced by Weird Al in the song "Bob " on the album Poodle Hat....
     (Warner Brothers, 1992)
  • Three Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
    Three Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    Three Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was the fourth album released by B?la Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 1993. It was the only release of the band as a trio, as it was after the departure of Howard Levy but before the arrival of Jeff Coffin....
     (Warner Brothers, 1993)
  • Live Art
    Live Art

    Live Art was the fifth album released by B?la Fleck and the Flecktones and their first non-studio album. It was recorded live at various concerts between 1992 and 1996 and features ten all-star guest musicians....
     (Warner Brothers, 1996)
  • Left of Cool
    Left of Cool

    Left of Cool was the fifth studio album released by B?la Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 1998. It is the first album to feature Jeff Coffin, who joined the band to replace Howard Levy....
     (Warner Brothers, 1998)
  • Greatest Hits of the 20th Century
    Greatest Hits of the 20th Century

    Greatest Hits of the 20th Century was the seventh album released by B?la Fleck and the Flecktones and their first greatest hits compilation album....
     (Warner Brothers, 1999)
  • Outbound
    Outbound

    Outbound was the eighth album released by B?la Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 2000. It is the band's first album on the Sony/Columbia label....
     (Columbia Records
    Columbia Records

    Columbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders....
    , 2000)
  • Live at the Quick
    Live at the Quick

    Live at the Quick was the ninth album released by B?la Fleck and the Flecktones and their second non-studio album. It was recorded live at the Quick Center For The Arts in Fairfield, Connecticut in 2000....
     (Columbia Records, 2002)
  • Little Worlds
    Little Worlds

    Little Worlds is the tenth album released by B?la Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 2003.The album contains several tracks that are hidden at the beginning and end of Disc One and at the end of Disc Three....
     (Columbia Records, 2003)
  • Ten From Little Worlds (Selections from Little Worlds, Columbia Records, 2003)
  • The Hidden Land
    The Hidden Land

    The Hidden Land is the eighth studio album and twelfth album overall released by B?la Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 2006. It was recorded before the band's year-long hiatus during 2005 and released afterward....
     (Columbia Records, 2006)
  • Jingle All the Way (Rounder Records, 2008)


The Sparrow Quartet with Abigail Washburn
Abigail Washburn

Abigail Washburn is an American clawhammer banjo player and singer. She performs and records as a soloist, as well as with the old-time music bands Uncle Earl and Sparrow Quartet....
, Casey Driessen
Casey Driessen

Casey Christopher Driessen is an American Bluegrass music fiddler and singer. He plays acoustic and electric Five string violin violins, each of which has an additional low C string....
, and Ben Sollee
Ben Sollee

Ben Sollee is a classically trained cellist, singer and songwriter who has incorporated banjo, guitar, percussion, and other unusual techniques to create a musical style uniquely his own....
  • The Sparrow Quartet EP (Nettwerk Records, 2005)
  • Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet (Nettwerk Records, 2008)


One-off collaborations

  • Fiddle Tunes For Banjo with Tony Trischka
    Tony Trischka

    Tony Trischka is an American five-string banjo player....
     and Bill Keith
    Bill Keith (musician)

    Bill Keith is a five-string banjoist who made a significant contribution to the stylistic development of the instrument. In the 1960s he introduced a variation on the popular "Scruggs style" of Banjo#Five-string_banjo playing which would soon become known as melodic style, or "Keith style." ...
     (Rounder Records
    Rounder Records

    Rounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts but now based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is an independent record label founded in 1970 in music by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students....
    , 1981)
  • Snakes Alive! as part of The Dreadful Snakes (Rounder Records, 1983)
  • Telluride Sessions
    Telluride Sessions

    The Telluride Sessions is an album recorded by five acoustic-music instrumentalists under the name Strength in Numbers and released in 1989 on MCA Records Nashville....
     as part of Strength in Numbers (MCA Nashville Records, 1989)
  • Solo Banjo Works with Tony Trischka (Rounder Records, 1992)
  • The Great Dobro Sessions
    The Great Dobro Sessions

    The Great Dobro Sessions is a 1994 country music and bluegrass music album featuring an all-star line-up of 10 United States resonator guitar players, produced by dobro players Jerry Douglas and Tut Taylor....
     (Sugar Hill Records
    Sugar Hill Records

    Sugar Hill Records is the name given to two different record labels.*Sugar Hill Records specialized in rap music.*Sugar Hill Records specializes in traditional Folk music, Bluegrass music and Country music music....
    , 1994)
  • Tabula Rasa with Jie-Bing Chen
    Jiebing Chen

    Jiebing Chen is a Chinese musician based in the United States specializing in the erhu .Born in Shanghai, China, Chen went to the United States in 1989 to study at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, where she received an M.A....
     and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
    Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

    Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt is an exponent of Hindustani music .Vishwa Mohan Bhatt is one of the most celebrated shishyas of the guitartist...
     (Water Lily Acoustics
    Water Lily Acoustics

    Water Lily Acoustics is an United States record label based in Santa Barbara, California, California. It primarily releases recordings of Indian classical music and cross-cultural collaborations between musicians from around the world....
    , 1996)
  • Uncommon Ritual
    Uncommon Ritual

    Uncommon Ritual is the second album released by Sony Classical Records of string trios, following Appalachia Waltz, with unusual instrumentation and influences from Bluegrass music and folk music to create an Americana-style of traditional European classical music....
     with Mike Marshall and Edgar Meyer
    Edgar Meyer

    Edgar Meyer is a prominent contemporary double bass. His styles include european classical music, Bluegrass music, Progressive bluegrass, and jazz....
     (Sony
    Sony

    is a multinational corporation list of conglomerates corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest media conglomerates with revenue exceeding US$99.1 billion ....
    , 1997)
  • Music For Two
    Music For Two

    Music for Two is an album of duets by Edgar Meyer and B?la Fleck created and recorded while touring to support Perpetual Motion and released by Sony Classical Records in 2004....
     with Edgar Meyer (Sony, 2004)
  • The Enchantment with Chick Corea
    Chick Corea

    Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea is a multiple Grammy Award winning American jazz pianist, keyboardist, drummer, and composer.He is known for his work during the 1970s in the genre of jazz fusion....
     (Concord Records
    Concord Records

    Concord Records is a United States record label now based in Beverly Hills, California. Originally known as Concord Jazz, it was established in 1972 in music as an off-shoot of the Concord Jazz Festival in Concord, California by festival founder Carl Jefferson, a local automobile dealer and jazz fan who sold his Lincoln Mercury dealers...
    , 2007)


As a guest musician

  • Sam Bush
    Sam Bush

    Sam Bush is an United States Bluegrass music mandolin player considered an originator of the Progressive bluegrass style....
     – Late as Usual (Rounder Records
    Rounder Records

    Rounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts but now based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is an independent record label founded in 1970 in music by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students....
    , 1984)
  • Øystein Sunde
    Øystein Sunde

    ?ystein Sunde is a Norway folk music singer and guitarist. He is known for his high-speed guitar and banjo style and his satirical lyrics. Although often regarded as a comedian, Sunde is a versatile jazz guitarist who has played with several dixieland bands and jazz combos over the years....
     - Kjekt å Ha (Universal Music, 1989)
  • Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
    Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an United States country music-folk music-rock and roll band that has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966 in music....
     - Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two
    Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two

    Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two is a 1989 album by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The album follows the same concept as the band's 1972 album, Will the Circle Be Unbroken, which featured guest performances from many notable country music stars....
     (MCA Records
    MCA Records

    MCA Records was an United States-based record label owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part....
    , 1989)
  • Shawn Colvin
    Shawn Colvin

    Shawn Colvin is a Grammy Award-winning United States singing, songwriter and musician....
     – Fat City (Sony Records, 1992)
  • Phish
    Phish

    eruses4|the band|deceptive internet practices|Phishing}}Phish is an United States band noted for their musical improvisation, extended jam sessions, exploration of music between genres, and their "fiercely loyal fans." Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983, the band's four members performed together for over 20 years until their hia...
     – Hoist
    Hoist (album)

    Hoist is the fifth studio album by the jam band Phish. At the time of its release, Hoist was Phish's best selling album. Hoist includes guest appearances from Alison Krauss, B?la Fleck, and other musicians, as well as actor Jonathan Frakes on trombone....
     (Elektra Records
    Elektra Records

    Elektra Records is a now-dormant United States record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group....
    , 1994)
  • Bruce Hornsby
    Bruce Hornsby

    Bruce Randall Hornsby is an American singer, pianist, accordion player, and songwriter. Known for the spontaneity and creativity of his live performances, Hornsby draws frequently from classical music, jazz, bluegrass music, Folk music, motown, Rock music, blues, and jam band musical traditions with his songwriting and the seamless improvis...
     – Hot House
    Hot House (album)

    Hot House is a 1995 album by American musician Bruce Hornsby. It is Hornsby's second solo-credited album and his fifth overall release....
     (RCA Records
    RCA Records

    RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1983 and a partner from 1983 to 1986....
    , 1995)
  • David Grier
    David Grier

    David Grier is an United States Steel-string guitar. He is considered to be one of the premier flatpicking guitarists in the world. His unique phrasing and his ability to create multiple variations on a theme are hallmarks of his playing style....
     - Lone Soldier (Rounder Records
    Rounder Records

    Rounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts but now based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is an independent record label founded in 1970 in music by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students....
    , 1995)
  • Curandero
    Curandero

    A curandero is a traditional folk healer or shaman in Hispanic America, who is dedicated to curing physical or spiritual illnesses....
     – Aras (Silver Wave, 1996)
  • Dave Matthews Band
    Dave Matthews Band

    Dave Matthews Band is an United States rock music band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, Virginia in 1991. Founding members include singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bass guitar Stefan Lessard, violinist Boyd Tinsley, and drum kit Carter Beauford....
     – Before These Crowded Streets
    Before These Crowded Streets

    Before These Crowded Streets is the third studio album by Dave Matthews Band, released on April 28, 1998. It is the last album by the group to be produced by longtime producer Steve Lillywhite and their first album recorded at Record Plant Studios in Sausalito, California....
     (RCA
    RCA

    RCA Corporation, founded as Radio Corporation of America, was an electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986. Today, the RCA is owned by the France conglomerate Thomson SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Thomson....
    , 1998)
  • Eddie From Ohio
    Eddie From Ohio

    Eddie from Ohio is an American folk music band.Formed in 1991 in Northern Virginia, the band has achieved considerable local success, winning four Washington Area Music Awards and a nationwide following, all outside the purview of major record labels....
     – Looking Out the Fishbowl (Vriginia Soul Records, 1999)
  • Leftover Salmon
    Leftover Salmon

    Leftover Salmon is a jam band from Boulder, Colorado, formed in 1989. Their unique blend of bluegrass music, rock music, country music, and Cajun music/Zydeco, which the band calls "Polyethnic Cajun Slamgrass", has found favor with the jam band scene....
     - "The Nashville Sessions" (Hollywood Records, 1999)
  • Phish
    Phish

    eruses4|the band|deceptive internet practices|Phishing}}Phish is an United States band noted for their musical improvisation, extended jam sessions, exploration of music between genres, and their "fiercely loyal fans." Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983, the band's four members performed together for over 20 years until their hia...
     – Farmhouse
    Farmhouse (album)

    Farmhouse is the eleventh studio album by the American jam band Phish. The tracks were recorded at The Barn, Trey Anastasio's studio in Vermont....
     (Elektra Records
    Elektra Records

    Elektra Records is a now-dormant United States record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group....
    , 2000)
  • Jorma Kaukonen
    Jorma Kaukonen

    Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr. is an United States blues, folk music and rock music guitarist....
     – Blue Country Heart
    Blue Country Heart

    Blue Country Heart is a Jorma Kaukonen studio album released in June, 2002. It was his first album on a major label since 1980's Barbeque King....
     (2002)
  • Rodney Crowell
    Rodney Crowell

    Rodney Crowell is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music.Crowell was born in Houston, Texas to James Walter Crowell and Addie Cauzette Willoughby....
     - Fate's Right Hand (2003)
  • Bernie Williams
    Bernie Williams

    Bernab? Figueroa Williams is a Puerto Rico former Major League Baseball outfielder and a professional jazz musician.A switch hitter, Williams played his entire career with the New York Yankees....
     - The Journey Within
    The Journey Within

    The Journey Within is 2003 major label debut of Puerto Rico former New York Yankees outfielder Bernie Williams. In addition to playing lead and rhythm guitar, Williams composed seven songs for the album....
     (2003)
  • Gov't Mule
    Gov't Mule

    Gov't Mule is a southern rock/jam band formed in 1994 as an Allman Brothers Band side project. They released their debut album Gov't Mule in 1995....
     - The Deepest End: Live in Concert - ATO Records (2003)
  • Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra – Let's Polka 'Round (2003)
  • Dave Matthews Band – Live Trax Vol. 1
    Live Trax Vol. 1

    Live Trax Vol. 1 is the first release of the Dave Matthews Band's Live Trax series. This two-disc set was released on November 2 2004 and features the band's live performance at the former Centrum Centre in Worcester, MA on December 8 1998....
    : 12.8.98 Centrum Centre, Worcester, MA     (2004)
  • Charlie Peacock
    Charlie Peacock

    Charlie Peacock is an United States singer-songwriter, pianist, record producer, session musician, and author. He is often noted as a unique musical and lyrical voice,intelligent, innovative,and difficult to categorize....
     – Full Circle (2004)
  • Jerry Douglas
    Jerry Douglas

    Jerry Douglas may refer to:*Jerry Douglas , actor, who has been on The Young and the Restless for 25 years*Jerry Douglas , country/bluegrass musician...
     - The Best Kept Secret (Koch Records
    Koch Records

    E1 Music , the primary subsidiary of E1 Entertainment LP, is the largest independent record label in the United States. It is also distributed by the Universal Music Group in Europe and in Asia under the name E1 Universal....
    , 2005)
  • Dave Matthews Band – Live Trax Vol. 7
    Live Trax Vol. 7

    Live Trax Vol. 7 is the seventh release of the Dave Matthews Band's Live Trax series. This concert was recorded during the band's Dave Matthews Band tours on December 31, 1996 at Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia....
    : 12.31.96 Hamptom Coliseum, Hampton, VA     (2006)
  • Keller Williams
    Keller Williams

    Keller Williams is an United States singer from Fredericksburg, Virginia who began performing in the early 1990s. His music combines elements of Bluegrass music, folk music, Alternative rock, reggae, electronica/dance, jazz, funk, and other assorted genres....
     – Dream (2007)


Grammy awards

  • 1995
    • Best Country Instrumental Performance
      Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance

      The Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance was first awarded in 1970. Between 1986 and 1989 the award was presented as the Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance ....
      , Hightower by Asleep at the Wheel
      Asleep at the Wheel

      Asleep at the Wheel, is a multiple Grammy Award-winning Country /Western Swing band formed in Paw Paw, West Virginia, but based in Austin, Texas....
       with Béla Fleck and Johnny Gimble
      Johnny Gimble

      Johnny Gimble Gimble began playing in a band with his brothers at age 12, and continued playing with two of them, George and Jerry, as the Rose City Swingsters....
  • 1996
    • Best Pop Instrumental Performance
      Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance

      The Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance has been awarded since 1969.*In 1969 it was awarded as Best Contemporary-Pop Performance, Instrumental...
      , The Sinister Minister by Béla Fleck And The Flecktones (with Sam Bush
      Sam Bush

      Sam Bush is an United States Bluegrass music mandolin player considered an originator of the Progressive bluegrass style....
       & Paul McCandless
      Paul McCandless

      Paul McCandless, Jr. is an United States of America jazz woodwind player and composer. He is one of few expert jazz oboe, and also plays cor anglais, soprano saxophone, sopranino saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet, and pennywhistle, among other instruments....
      )
  • 1998
    • Best Instrumental Composition
      Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition

      The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition has been awarded since 1960. The award is presented to the composer of the music.There have been several minor changes to the name of the award:...
      , Almost 12 by Béla Fleck And The Flecktones
  • 2000
    • Best Contemporary Jazz Album
      Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album

      The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album has been presented since 1992. The award has had several minor name changes:*In 1992 the award was known as Best Contemporary Jazz Performance...
      , Outbound
      Outbound

      Outbound was the eighth album released by B?la Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 2000. It is the band's first album on the Sony/Columbia label....
       by Béla Fleck And The Flecktones
    • Best Country Instrumental Performance
      Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance

      The Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance was first awarded in 1970. Between 1986 and 1989 the award was presented as the Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance ....
      , Leaving Cottondale by Alison Brown
      Alison Brown

      Alison Brown is an American banjo player and guitarist known for a soft nylon-string banjo sound....
       and Béla Fleck
  • 2001
    • Best Instrumental Arrangement
      Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement

      The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement has been awarded since 1963. The award is presented to the arranger of the music.There have been several minor changes to the name of the award:...
      , Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum from Children's Corner Suite (Debussy) by Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer
      Edgar Meyer

      Edgar Meyer is a prominent contemporary double bass. His styles include european classical music, Bluegrass music, Progressive bluegrass, and jazz....
    • Best Classical Crossover Album
      Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album

      The Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album has been awarded since 1999.Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year....
      , Perpetual Motion
      Perpetual Motion (album)

      Perpetual Motion is an album of classical music released in 2001. The album is unique in that none of the pieces featured on it are played on the instruments for which they were written....
       by Béla Fleck with Edgar Meyer, Joshua Bell
      Joshua Bell

      Joshua David Bell is an American Grammy Award-winning violinist....
      , and others
  • 2006
    • Best Contemporary Jazz Album
      Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album

      The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album has been presented since 1992. The award has had several minor name changes:*In 1992 the award was known as Best Contemporary Jazz Performance...
      , The Hidden Land
      The Hidden Land

      The Hidden Land is the eighth studio album and twelfth album overall released by B?la Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 2006. It was recorded before the band's year-long hiatus during 2005 and released afterward....
       by Béla Fleck And The Flecktones
  • 2008
    51st Grammy Awards

    The 51st Annual Grammy Awards took place on February 8, 2009, and was broadcast in HD on CBS in the United States at 8 pm EST/PST. The nominations were announced on a special concert airing on CBS on December 3, 2008, and were then posted on the official website....
    • Best Pop Instrumental Album
      Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album

      The Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album has been awarded since 2001.Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year....
      , Jingle All The Way by Béla Fleck And The Flecktones


Grammy nominations

Béla Fleck has been nominated in more categories than any other musician in Grammy history.

  • 2008
    • Pop Instrumental Album Jingle All The Way
    • Country Instrumental Performance Sleigh Ride (from Jingle All The Way)
  • 2006
    • Pop Instrumental Subterfuge (from The Hidden Land
      The Hidden Land

      The Hidden Land is the eighth studio album and twelfth album overall released by B?la Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 2006. It was recorded before the band's year-long hiatus during 2005 and released afterward....
      )
  • 2005
    • Country Instrumental Who's Your Uncle (from Best Kept Secret by Jerry Douglas
      Jerry Douglas

      Jerry Douglas may refer to:*Jerry Douglas , actor, who has been on The Young and the Restless for 25 years*Jerry Douglas , country/bluegrass musician...
      )
    • Contemporary Jazz Album Soulgrass by Bill Evans
      Bill Evans (saxophonist)

      Bill Evans is an United States jazz saxophone. His father was a classical piano prodigy and until junior high school Evans studied classical clarinet....
  • 2002
    • Country Instrumental Performance Bear Mountain Hop (from The Country Bears Soundtrack)
  • 2000
    • Pop Instrumental Zona Mona (from Outbound
      Outbound

      Outbound was the eighth album released by B?la Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 2000. It is the band's first album on the Sony/Columbia label....
      )
  • 1999
    • Bluegrass Bluegrass Sessions
  • 1998
    • Pop Instrumental Big Country (from Left Of Cool
      Left of Cool

      Left of Cool was the fifth studio album released by B?la Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 1998. It is the first album to feature Jeff Coffin, who joined the band to replace Howard Levy....
      )
    • Country Instrumental The Ride (from Restless On the Farm by Jerry Douglas
      Jerry Douglas

      Jerry Douglas may refer to:*Jerry Douglas , actor, who has been on The Young and the Restless for 25 years*Jerry Douglas , country/bluegrass musician...
      )
  • 1996
    • World Music Tabula Rasa
  • 1995
  • 1994
    • Spoken Word For Children The Creation by Amy Grant
      Amy Grant

      Amy Lee Grant is an United Statesn singer-songwriter, author, media personality and occasional actress, best known for her contemporary Christian music....
  • 1992
    • Jazz Instrumental Magic Fingers (from UFO Tofu
      UFO Tofu

      UFO Tofu was the third album released by B?la Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 1992. The title is a palindrome and was referenced by Weird Al in the song "Bob " on the album Poodle Hat....
      )
  • 1991
    • Jazz Album Flight of the Cosmic Hippo
      Flight of the Cosmic Hippo

      Flight of the Cosmic Hippo was the second album released by B?la Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 1991. It reached number 1 on the Billboard charts Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart....
    • Jazz Instrumental Blu-Bop
  • 1990
    • Jazz Album Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
    • Jazz Instrumental
  • 1989
    • Country Instrumental Bigfoot (from Friday Night In America by New Grass Revival
      New Grass Revival

      New Grass Revival was a progressive bluegrass band from 1971 to 1989....
  • 1988
    • Bluegrass album Drive
  • 1987
    • Country Instrumental Metric Lips (from Hold to a Dream by New Grass Revival
      New Grass Revival

      New Grass Revival was a progressive bluegrass band from 1971 to 1989....
      )
  • 1986
    • Country Instrumental Seven By Seven (from New Grass Revival by New Grass Revival
      New Grass Revival

      New Grass Revival was a progressive bluegrass band from 1971 to 1989....
      )


External links

  • - Official website
  • - Official Website
  • with Béla Fleck on Aural States (July 2008)