Béla Fleck

Béla Fleck (* July 10, 1958 in New York) is an American bluegrass and jazz musicians.

Béla Fleck began in early childhood, playing folk guitar. When he was 15 years old, he got from his grandfather, a banjo given. Since then, the banjo is his main instrument. Fleck plays with bands and musicians from different genres. He is a leader of the Flecktones ( Victor Wooten among others ), but worked with Edgar Meyer at some releases on Sony Classical.

From 1995 to 2010 Fleck won 11 Grammys in areas as diverse as country, jazz, pop, world music and classical crossover singer, and was nominated an additional 26 times.

Discography

Solo

  • Crossing the Tracks ( Rounder Records, 1979)
  • Natural Bridge ( Rounder Records, 1982)
  • Double Time ( Rounder Records, 1984)
  • Inroads ( Rounder Records, 1986)
  • Daybreak (Compilation, Rounder Records, 1987)
  • Drive ( Rounder Records, 1988)
  • Places ( Compilation, Rounder Records, 1988)
  • Tales from the Acoustic Planet ( Warner Brothers, 1995)
  • Tales from the Acoustic Planet Vol 2, the Bluegrass Sessions ( Warner Brothers, 1999)
  • Perpetual Motion ( Sony Classical, 2001)
  • Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol 3: Africa Sessions ( Rounder Records, 2009)

With the Flecktones

  • Béla Fleck and the Flecktones ( Warner Brothers, 1990)
  • Flight of the Cosmic Hippo ( Warner Brothers, 1991)
  • UFO TOFU ( Warner Brothers, 1992)
  • Three Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest ( Warner Brothers, 1993)
  • Live Art ( Warner Brothers, 1996)
  • Left of Cool ( Warner Brothers, 1998)
  • Greatest Hits of the 20th Century (Compilation, Warner Brothers, 1999)
  • Outbound (Columbia Records, 2000)
  • Little Worlds (Columbia Records, 2003)
  • Ten from Little Worlds ( Selections from Little Worlds, Columbia Records, 2003)
  • The Hidden Country (2006)
  • Rocket Science (2011)
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