# Béla Fleck discography

This is the discography of the Grammy-winning banjoist Béla Fleck which consists of 25 studio albums (15 solo, two with Tasty Licks, three with Spectrum, two with Sparrow Quartet, three with Abigail Washburn), 13 collaboration albums, one live album, three music videos, 22 singles (16 as lead artist and six as featured artist), and 76 other appearances.

## Albums
### Studio albums
#### Solo albums

| Title | Album details |
| Crossing the Tracks | Released: 1979 Label: Rounder Format: Vinyl, LP |
| Natural Bridge | Released: 1982 Label: Rounder Format: Vinyl, LP |
| Deviation | Released: 1984 Label: Rounder Format: Vinyl, LP |
| Double Time | Released: 1984 Label: Rounder Format: Vinyl, LP |
| Inroads | Released: 1986 Label: Rounder Format: Vinyl, LP |
| Drive | Released: 1988 Label: Rounder Format: CD |
| Tales from the Acoustic Planet | Released: 1995 Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD |
| The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2 | Released: June 22, 1999 Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD |
| Perpetual Motion | Released: October 2, 2001 Label: Sony Format: CD |
| Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3: Africa Sessions | Released: March 3, 2009 Label: Rounder Format: CD, digital download |
| Throw Down Your Heart: Africa Sessions Part 2 | Released: 2010 Label: Acoustic Planet Format: CD, digital download |
| The Impostor | Released: August 13, 2013 Label: Mercury Format: CD, digital download |
| My Bluegrass Heart | Released: September 10, 2021 Label: Renew Format: CD, digital download, streaming |
| Rhapsody in Blue | Release: February 12, 2024 Label: Thirty Tigers Format: CD, digital download, streaming |

#### Tasty Licks

| Title | Album details |
| Tasty Licks | Released: 1978 Label: Rounder Format: Vinyl, LP |
| Anchored to the Shore | Released: 1979 Label: Rounder Format: Vinyl, LP |

#### Spectrum

| Title | Album details |
| Opening Roll | Released: 1980 Label: Rounder Format: Vinyl, LP |
| Live in Japan | Released: 1983 Label: Rounder Format: Vinyl, LP |
| It's Too Hot for Words | Released: 1982 Label: Rounder Format: Vinyl, LP |

#### Sparrow Quartet

| Title | Album details |
| Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet | Released: May 20, 2008 Label: Nettwerk Format: CD, digital download |
| The Sparrow Quartet EP | Released: May 29, 2009 Label: Nettwerk Format: CD |

#### Abigail Washburn

| Title | Album details |
| Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn | Released: October 7, 2014 Label: Rounder Format: Vinyl, LP digital download |
| Banjo Banjo | Released: February 5, 2016 Label: Rounder Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, digital download, streaming |
| Echo in the Valley | Released: October 20, 2017 Label: Rounder Format: Vinyl, LP, digital download, streaming |

### Collaborations

| Title | Album details |
| Fiddle Tunes for Banjo (Tony Trischka, Bill Keith, and Béla Fleck) | Release 1981 Label: Rounder Format: Vinyl, LP |
| Snakes Alive! (Jerry Douglas, Blaine Sprouse, Pat Enright, Roland White, Mark Hembree, and Béla Fleck as Dreadful Snakes) | Released: 1983 Label: Rounder Format: Vinyl, LP |
| The Telluride Sessions (Jerry Douglas, Mark O'Connor, Edgar Meyer, and Sam Bush, Béla Fleck as Strength in Numbers) | Released: 1989 Label: MCA Nashville Format: Vinyl, LP |
| Solo Banjo Works (Tony Trischka and Béla Fleck) | Released: 1992 Label: Rounder Format: CD |
| Tabula Rasā (Jie-Bing Chen, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, and Béla Fleck) | Released: July 2, 1996 Label: Water Lily Acoustics Format: CD |
| Uncommon Ritual (Mike Marshall, Edgar Meyer, and Béla Fleck) | Released: September 30, 1997 Label: Sony Classical Format: CD |
| The Enchantment (Chick Corea and Béla Fleck) | Released: May 22, 2007 Label: Concord Format: CD |
| The Melody of Rhythm: Triple Concerto & Music for Trio (Edgar Meyer, Zakir Hussain, and Béla Fleck with Rakesh Chaurasia) | Released: August 25, 2009 Label: Koch Format: CD, digital download |
| Across the Imaginary Divide (Marcus Roberts and Béla Fleck) | Released: June 5, 2012 Label: Rounder Format: CD, digital download |
| Two (Chick Corea and Béla Fleck) | Released: September 11, 2015 Label: Stretch Format: Digital download, streaming |
| The Ripple Effect (Toumani Diabaté and Béla Fleck) | Released: March 27, 2020 Label: Craft Format: Vinyl, LP, digital download, streaming |
| "As We Speak" (Edgar Meyer, Zakir Hussain, and Béla Fleck with Rakesh Chaurasia) | Release: May 12, 2023 Label: Thirty Tigers Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Remembrance (Chick Corea and Béla Fleck) | Released: May 10, 2024 Label: Thirty Tigers Format: Digital download, streaming |

### Live albums

| Title | Album details |
| Music for Two (Edgar Meyer and Béla Fleck) | Released: May 24, 2004 Label: Sony Classical Format: CD |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details |
| Daybreak | Release 1987 Label: Rounder Format: CD |
| Places | Released: 1988 Label: Rounder Format: CD |

## Singles
### As lead artist

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Pile-Up" (with Edgar Meyer) | 2004 | Music For Two |
| "The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude 24 in B Minor BMV 869" (Arr. B. Fleck & E. Meyer) (with Edgar Meyer) | 2004 | Music For Two |
| "Sunrise" (featuring Sam Bush) | 2018 | Non-album single |
| Come All Ye Coal Miners / Take Me to Harlan (with Abigail Washburn) | 2018 | Echo in the Valley |
| "Christmas Time's a Coming (And I Know I'm Staying Home) (with Abigail Washburn) | 2020 | Non-album single |
| "Charm School" (featuring Billy Strings and Chris Thile) | 2021 | My Bluegrass Heart |
| "Vertigo" (featuring Sam Bush, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Bryan Sutton) | 2021 | My Bluegrass Heart |
| "Wheels Up" (featuring Sierra Hull and Molly Tuttle) | 2021 | My Bluegrass Heart |
| "Owl's Misfortune" (with Edgar Meyer, Zakir Hussain featuring Rakesh Chaurasia) | 2023 | As We Speak |
| "Unidentified Piece for Banjo" | 2023 | Rhapsody in Blue |
| "Rhapsody in Blue (grass)" | 2024 | Rhapsody in Blue |
| "Remembrance" (with Chick Corea) | 2024 | Remembrance" |
| "Juno" (with Chick Corea) | 2024 | Remembrance" |
| "Sakkarakaari" - Tamil (with Raghu Dixit and Madhan Karky) | 2024 | Non-album singles |
| "Sakkarakaari" - Hindi (with Raghu Dixit and Neeraj Rajawat) | 2024 | Non-album singles |
| "Chakkera Pilla" - Telugu (with Raghu Dixit and Kittu Vissapragada | 2024 | Non-album singles |
| "Let the Creek Rise" (with Bill Evans and Jerry Douglas | | Non-album singles |

### As featured artist

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Don't Drink the Water" (Dave Matthews Band featuring Alanis Morissette and Béla Fleck) | 1998 | Before These Crowded Streets |
| "Stars" (Bootsy Collins with Dr. Cornel West featuring EmiSunshine, Chew Fu, Uche’ Ndubizu, Steve Jordan, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Victor Wooten, Brian Culbertson, Az Yet, Olvido Ruiz, Manou Gallo, and Béla Fleck) | 2020 | Non-album singles |
| "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" (The Blind Boys of Alabama featuring Béla Fleck) | 2021 | Non-album singles |
| "Better 'N You" (Allan Corby featuring Béla Fleck) | 2022 | Non-album singles |
| "Eye of the Tiger" (Scary Pockets featuring Mario Jose and Béla Fleck) | 2023 | Non-album singles |
| "Sakkare Chakori" - Kannada (Raghu Dixit and Kiran Kaverappa featuring Béla Fleck) | 2024 | Non-album singles |

## Music videos

| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album |
| "Don't Let It Bring You Down" | 2017 | Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn | Echo in the Valley |
| "Let It Go" | 2018 | Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn | Echo in the Valley |
| "Come All You Coal Miners/Take Me To Harlan" (featuring Pilobolus) | 2018 | Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn | Echo in the Valley |

## Production and songwriting

These are writing and production credits for music outside of Béla Fleck's own solo work, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, with Abigail Washburn, and others listed.
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Notes |
| — | 1988 | Maura O'Connell | Just in Time | Producer |
| "Burn On" | 2006 | Béla Fleck | Sail Away: The Songs of Randy Newman | Recorder, producer, and mixer |
| "People Watchin'" | 2007 | Keller Williams | Dream | Engineer |
| — | 2009 | Bryan Sutton and Friends | Almost Live | Composer |

## Other appearances

| Title | Year | Credited artist(s) | Album |
| "Crooked Smile" | 1985 | Sam Bush | Late as Usual |
| — | 1985 | Hobo Jim | Lost and Dyin' Breed |
| — | 1988 | Leon Redbone | No Regrets |
| "Don't You Hear Jerusalem Moan" | 1989 | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two |
| "Little Mountain Church House" | 1989 | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two |
| "I'm Sittin' on Top of the World" | 1989 | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two |
| "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" | 1989 | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two |
| — | 1989 | Øystein Sunde | Kjekt å Ha |
| "Happy to Meet" | 1992 | The Chieftains | Another Country |
| "Killybegs" | 1992 | The Chieftains | Another Country |
| "Finale: Did You Ever Go-A-Courtin', Uncle Joe/Will the Circle Be Unbroken" | 1992 | The Chieftains | Another Country |
| — | 1992 | Shawn Colvin | Fat City |
| "Riker's Mailbox" | 1994 | Phish | Hoist |
| "Lifeboy" | 1994 | Phish | Hoist |
| "Scent of a Mule" | 1994 | Phish | Hoist |
| "Birdland" | 1994 | Jerry Douglas | The Great Dobro Sessions |
| "Wave" | 1994 | Mike Auldridge | The Great Dobro Sessions |
| "Wake Forest" | 1994 | Mike Auldridge | The Great Dobro Sessions |
| "White Wheeled Limousine" | 1995 | Bruce Hornsby | Hot House |
| "The Meeting" | 1995 | David Grier | Lone Soldier |
| "Alphabet Soup" | 1995 | David Grier | Lone Soldier |
| "Segue" | 1996 | Curandero | Aras |
| "Embrujada" | 1996 | Curandero | Aras |
| "Man of the Shadows" | 1996 | Curandero | Aras |
| "Once Upon a Time" | 1996 | Curandero | Aras |
| "Amarillo Barbados" | 1996 | Ginger Baker | Falling Off the Roof |
| "Au Privave" | 1996 | Ginger Baker | Falling Off the Roof |
| "Taney County" | 1996 | Ginger Baker | Falling Off the Roof |
| "The Last Stop" | 1998 | Dave Matthews Band | Before These Crowded Streets |
| "Spoon" | 1998 | Dave Matthews Band (featuring Alanis Morissette and Béla Fleck) | Before These Crowded Streets |
| "Zenergy" | 1999 | Victor Wooten (featuring Carter Beauford and Béla Fleck) | Yin-Yang |
| "Dance On Your Head" | 1999 | Leftover Salmon (featuring Jeff Coffin, Reese Wynans, and Béla Fleck) | The Nashville Sessions |
| "Up On the Hill Where We Do the Boogie" | 1999 | Leftover Salmon (featuring Reese Wynans and Béla Fleck) | The Nashville Sessions |
| "Old Dominion" | 1999 | Eddie from Ohio | Looking Out the Fishbowl |
| "The Inlaw Josie Wales" | 2000 | Phish | Farmhouse |
| "Dark as a Dungeon" | 2001 | John Cowan | A Tribute to John Hartford: Live From Mountain Stage |
| "On the Road" | 2001 | Béla Fleck | A Tribute to John Hartford: Live From Mountain Stage |
| "Just Because" | 2002 | Jorma Kaukonen | Blue Country Heart |
| "Bread Line Blues" | 2002 | Jorma Kaukonen | Blue Country Heart |
| "Down the Old Plank Road" | 2002 | The Chieftans (with John Hiatt, Jeff White, Tim O'Brien, and Béla Fleck) | Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions |
| "Dark as a Dungeon" | 2002 | The Chieftans (with Vince Gill and Béla Fleck) | Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions |
| "Molly Bán (Bawn)" | 2002 | The Chieftans (with Alison Krauss and Béla Fleck) | Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions |
| "Give the Fiddler a Dram" | 2002 | | Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions |
| "Bonnaroo Traveler" | 2002 | Edgar Meyer | Live From Bonnaroo Music Festival 2002 |
| "Amazing Grace" | 2003 | Rory Gallagher | Wheels Within Wheels |
| "Walkin' Blues" | 2003 | Rory Gallagher | Wheels Within Wheels |
| "Deep Elem Blues" | 2003 | Rory Gallagher | Wheels Within Wheels |
| "La Salsa en Mi" | 2003 | Bernie Williams | The Journey Within |
| "Stranded on the Bridge" | 2003 | Bernie Williams | The Journey Within |
| — | 2003 | Mike Gordon | Inside In |
| "Polka on the Banjo" | 2003 | Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra | Let's Polka 'Round |
| "Patchwork Quilt | 2003 | Gov't Mule (featuring Béla Fleck) | The Deepest End: Live in Concert |
| "Lay of the Sunflower" | 2003 | Gov't Mule (featuring Béla Fleck) | The Deepest End: Live in Concert |
| "Força" | 2003 | Nelly Furtado | Folklore |
| — | 2003 | Michael Card | A Fragile Stone |
| — | 2004 | Dave Matthews Band | Live Trax Vol. 1: 12.8.98 Centrum Centre, Worcester, MA |
| — | 2004 | Charlie Peacock | Full Circle: A Celebration of Songs and Friends |
| — | 2005 | Jeff Coffin | Bloom |
| "Who's Your Uncle?" | 2005 | Jerry Douglas | The Best Kept Secret |
| — | 2005 | Jamie Hartford | Part of Your History: The Songs of John Hartford |
| — | 2006 | Dave Matthews Band | Live Trax Vol. 7: 12.31.96 Hamptom Coliseum, Hampton, VA |
| "Burn On" | 2006 | Béla Fleck | Sail Away: The Songs of Randy Newman |
| "People Watchin'" | 2007 | Keller Williams | Dream |
| — | 2008 | Jeff Coffin | Mutopia |
| "Trade Winds" | 2008 | McCoy Tyner | Guitars |
| "Amberjack" | 2008 | McCoy Tyner | Guitars |
| "My Favorite Things" | 2008 | McCoy Tyner | Guitars |
| — | 2009 | Bryan Sutton and Friends | Almost Live |
| "If Looks Could Kill" | 2011 | Bootsy Collins (featuring Zionplanet-10, Dennis Chambers, and Béla Fleck) | Tha Funk Capital of the World |
| "Midnight Moonlight" | 2013 | Jerry Garcia Band (featuring Béla Fleck) | Garcia Live Volume Two |
| "The Harder They Come" | 2013 | Jerry Garcia Band (featuring Béla Fleck) | Garcia Live Volume Two |
| "Heart of the Dreamer" | 2015 | Steve Martin and Edie Brickell | So Familiar |
| "Focus Poem" | 2018 | Jonathan Scales | Pillar |
| "No Fear" | 2019 | Grégoire Maret and Edmar Castañeda (featuring Béla Fleck) | Harp vs. Harp |
| "Santa Morena" | 2019 | Grégoire Maret and Edmar Castañeda (featuring Béla Fleck) | Harp vs. Harp |
| — | 2019 | Roger Burn | Trilogy (A Tribute To Roger Burn & Shapes) |
| "Line and Lure" | 2022 | Cory Wong (featuring Béla Fleck) | Power Station |
| "Pebbles" | 2022 | Cory Wong (featuring Béla Fleck) | Power Station |
| "Brown Ferry Blues | 2024 | Terry Trischka (featuring Billy Strings) | Earl Jam: A Tribute to Earl Scruggs |
| "—" denotes he wasn't on one song, but an entire album. |||||

## Footnotes

* ↑ "Drink the Water" featuring Alanis Morissette and Béla Fleck peaked at No. 23 on Billboard's Active Rock charts
* ↑ "Drink the Water" featuring Alanis Morissette and Béla Fleck peaked at No. 19 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Airplay charts
* ↑ "Drink the Water" featuring Alanis Morissette and Béla Fleck peaked at No. 50 on Billboard's Radio Songs charts
* ↑ "Drink the Water" featuring Alanis Morissette and Béla Fleck peaked at No. 4 on Billboard's Alternative Airplay charts
* ↑ "Drink the Water" featuring Alanis Morissette and Béla Fleck peaked at No. 3 on RPM's Alternative Rock charts
* ↑ "Drink the Water" featuring Alanis Morissette and Béla Fleck peaked at No. 34 on RPM's Singles charts