Béla Fleck

**Béla Fleck** (born July 10, 1958 in New York City, New York) is an American banjo player. He is best known for his work with the band Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.

### Solo/with other musicians

- _Crossing the Tracks_ (Rounder Records, 1979)
- _Natural Bridge_ (Rounder Records, 1982)
- _Double Time_ (Rounder Records, 1984)
- _Inroads_ (Rounder Records, 1986)
- _Daybreak_ (Rounder Records, 1987)
- _Drive_ (Rounder Records, 1988)
- _Places_ (Rounder Records, 1988)
- _Tales From The Acoustic Planet_ (Warner Brothers, 1995)
- _The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2_ (Warner Brothers, 1999)
- _Perpetual Motion_ (Sony Classical, 2001)
- _Drive_ (Mobile Fidelity, 2004) (SACD reissue)

### As part of a musical group

**Tasty Licks**
- _Tasty Licks_ (Rounder Records, 1978)
- _Anchored to the Shore_ (Rounder Records, 1979)

**Spectrum**
- _Opening Roll_ (Rounder Records, 1981)
- _Too Hot For Words_ (Rounder Records, 1982)
- _Live in Japan_ (Rounder Records, 1983)

**The New Grass Revival**
- _On the Boulevard_ (Sugar Hill 1984)
- _New Grass Revival_ (EMI 1986)
- _Hold to a Dream_ (Capitol 1987)
- _Live_, (Sugar Hill 1989)
- _Friday Night in America_ (Capitol 1989)
- _Anthology_ (Capitol 1989)
- _Deviation_ (Rounder Records, 1984) [billed as Bela Fleck with the New Grass Revival—sometimes considered a solo album]
- _Best of New Grass Revival_ (Liberty 1994)
- _Grass Roots: The Best of the New Grass Revival_ (Capitol 2005)

**Béla Fleck and 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_ (Warner Brothers, 1999)
- _Outbound_ (Columbia Records, 2000)
- _Live at the Quick_ (Columbia Records, 2002)
- _Little Worlds_ (Columbia Records, 2003)
- _Ten From Little Worlds_ (Selections from _Little Worlds_, Columbia Records, 2003)
- _The Hidden Land_ (Columbia Records, 2006)

### One-off collaborations

- _Fiddle Tunes For Banjo_ with Tony Trischka and Bill Keith (Rounder Records, 1981)
- _Snakes Alive!_ as part of The Dreadful Snakes (Rounder Records, 1983)
- _Telluride Sessions_ as part of Strength In Numbers (MCA Nashville Records, 1989)
- _Solo Banjo Works_ with Tony Trischka (Rounder Records, 1992)
- _The Great Dobro Sessions_ (Sugar Hill Records, 1994)
- _Tabula Rasa_ with Jie-Bing Chen and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (Water Lily Acoustics, 1996)
- _Uncommon Ritual_ with Mike Marshall and Edgar Meyer (Sony, 1997)
- _Music For Two_ with Edgar Meyer (Sony, 2004)
- _The Sparrow Quartet_ with Abigail Washburn, Casey Driessen, and Ben Sollee (Nettwerk Records, 2005)
- _The Enchantment_ with Chick Corea (Concord Records, 2007)

### As a guest musician

**Sam Bush**
- _Late as Usual_ (Rounder Records, 1984)
**Curandero**
- _Aras_ (Silver Wave, 1996)
**Dave Matthews Band**
- _Before These Crowded Streets_ (RCA, 1998)
- _Live Trax Vol. 1: 12.8.98 Centrum Centre, Worcester, MA_ (2004)
- _Live Trax Vol. 7: 12.31.96 Hamptom Coliseum, Hampton, VA_ (2006)
**Eddie From Ohio**
- _Looking Out the Fishbowl_ (Vriginia Soul Records, 1999)
**Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra**
- _Let's Polka 'Round_ (2003)
**Jorma Kaukonen**
- _Blue Country Heart_ (2002)
**Nitty Gritty Dirt Band**
- _Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two_ (MCA Records, 1989)
**Charlie Peacock**
- _Full Circle_ (2004)
**Phish**
- _Hoist_ (Elektra Records, 1994)
- _Farmhouse_ (Elektra Records, 2000)
**Keller Williams**
- _Dream_ (2007)

## Other websites

- Béla Fleck and the Flecktones World Headquarters Web Site
- Béla Fleck - The Official Website

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Béla Fleck
- **img**: Belafleck.jpg
- **img capt**: Béla Fleck performing on February 9, 2007.
- **landscape**: yes
- **background**: solo_singer
- **birth place**: New York City, New York (state), New York,
- **origin**: Boston, Massachusetts

- **instrument**: Banjo
- **genre**: Bluegrass music, Bluegrass
Jazz fusion
Folk music, Folk
Classical music, Classical
- **occupation**: Songwriter, composer, banjoist
- **years active**: 1978–
- **associated acts**: Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
TRIO!
Strength In Numbers
New Grass Revival
- **url**: [http://www.belafleck.com/ www.BelaFleck.com]