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.

## Discography
### 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