Béla Fleck And The Flecktones
Béla Fleck - born in New York City, New York on July 10, 1958 - is arguably the most famous and accomplished banjo player in the world. Béla Fleck was attracted to the banjo when he heard the title song of the 1960s TV show The Beverly Hillbillies played by Earl Scruggs. He learned to play in his teens and took lessons before moving to Boston where he made two albums with the Tasty Licks group. His first solo recording, Crossing the Tracks, came out in 1979 and he spent time with a group called Spectrum and the New Grass Revival, with whom he remained throughout the 1980s. He released his second solo album Drive in 1988 and, in order to film a performance on a PBS television show, he founded the Flecktones with Victor Wooten (bass), Roy ‘Future Man’ Wooten (drumitar), and Howard Levy (harmonica/keyboards). The band was an instant success and their first two albums - Béla Fleck and the Flecktones (1990) and Flight of the Cosmic Hippo (1991) - were nominated for the Best Jazz Instrumental Album Grammy Award. After the band’s 1992 album UFO Tofu, Howard Levy left the Flecktones and the group continued as a trio for the album Three Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1993). Five years later, the group returned as a quartet with the album Left of Cool (1998), which featured new member, saxophonist Jeff Coffin. The band continued to release critically successful albums and won several Grammy Awards along the way. In 2010, Jeff Coffin departed the band and original member Howard Levy returned to the fold. In 2011, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones released the album Rocket Science before announcing a hiatus. They reunited several times in 2016 and 2017 for concert tours.
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Discography
19 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Flight Of The Cosmic Hippo
Traditional Jazz & New Orleans - Released by Warner Records on 7 Jun 1991
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Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Country - Released by Warner Records on 1 Jan 1990
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Greatest Hits Of The 20th Century
Traditional Jazz & New Orleans - Released by Warner Records on 5 Nov 1999
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Little Worlds
Jazz - Released by Columbia - Legacy on 12 Aug 2003
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UFO Tofu
Traditional Jazz & New Orleans - Released by Warner Records on 7 Aug 1992
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Left Of Cool
Traditional Jazz & New Orleans - Released by Warner Records on 9 Jun 1998
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Live Art (Live Version)
Traditional Jazz & New Orleans - Released by Warner Records on 1 Jan 1995
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Tales From The Acoustic Planet
Traditional Jazz & New Orleans - Released by Warner Records on 11 Apr 1995
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Three Flew Over The Cukoo's Nest
Traditional Jazz & New Orleans - Released by Warner Records - Nashville on 14 Sep 1993
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jingle All The Way
Christmas Music - Released by Rounder on 1 Jan 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Hidden Land (Album Version)
Jazz - Released by Columbia - Legacy on 8 Jan 2006
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Lonesome Pine Special '91 (KXCI Broadcast)
Country - Released by Second Line on 25 Sep 2020
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Om On The Range (Live California '94) (Live)
Béla Fleck And The Flecktones, Béla Fleck
Country - Released by Blue Shrimp Recordings on 22 Oct 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo