Béla Fleck

American banjo player

Born: 10 July 1958
New York City
Country: United States
Active: 1976–
Record labels: Warner Bros. Records, Rounder Records, Sony Classical, Rhino, Nettwerk
Discography: 32 albums

Biography

Béla Fleck is a jazz musician who plays banjo and voice. Béla Fleck was born on 10 July 1958 in New York City. The music is usually filed under jazz and bluegrass music. Record labels: Warner Bros. Records, Rounder Records, Sony Classical and Rhino. The discography here lists 32 albums, from “Crossing the Tracks” (1979) to “The Fiddle and the Drum” (2026).

Béla Anton Leoš Fleck ( BAY-lə; born July 10, 1958) is an American virtuoso banjo player whose work blends bluegrass with other genres, including jazz, and who is known for his work with the bands New Grass Revival and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. Fleck has won 18 Grammy Awards and been nominated 41 times. In 2020, he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame as a member of New Grass Revival.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Crossing the Tracks 1979 · Rounder Natural Bridge 1982 · Rounder Deviation 1984 · Rounder Double Time 1984 · Rounder Inroads 1986 · Rounder Drive 1988 · Rounder Solo Banjo Works 1992 · Rounder Tales From the Acoustic Planet 1995 · Warner Bros. Records The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Volume 2 1999 · Warner Bros. Records Perpetual Motion 2001 · Sony Classical

Live 7-30-2002 2002 · Live

Music for Two 2004 · Sony Classical The Melody of Rhythm: Triple Concerto & Music for Trio 2009 · E1 Entertainment Throw Down Your Heart, Tales From the Acoustic Planet, Volume 3: Africa Sessions 2009 · New Rounder Throw Down Your Heart: The Complete Africa Sessions 2009 Throw Down Your Heart: Africa Sessions, Part 2 2010 · Acoustic Planet Across The Imaginary Divide 2012 · Rounder The Impostor 2013 · Mercury Classics Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn 2014 · Rounder Echo in the Valley 2017 · New Rounder Juno Concerto 2017 · Rounder The Ripple Effect 2020 · Craft Recordings My Bluegrass Heart 2021 · Renew Records As We Speak 2023 · Béla Fleck Productions Inc. Rhapsody in Blue 2024 · Thirty Tigers BEATrio 2025 · Thirty Tigers Live Heart: My Bluegrass Heart at the Ryman 2026 · Live · Béla Fleck Productions Inc.

The Fiddle and the Drum 2026

1998-01-17: Seattle, WA, USA · Live

1999-09-05: Strawberry Festival, Yosemite, CA, USA · Live

Live at Paste Studio NYC, Apr 5, 2017 · Live

Live at Paste Studio NYC, Dec 7, 2017 · Live

Also plays on

Albums where Béla Fleck is credited as a sideman

1984	Cold on the Shoulder — Tony Rice	banjo
1995	Hot House — Bruce Hornsby	banjo
1999	Dawg Duos — David Grisman	banjo
2007	The Enchantment — Chick Corea & Béla Fleck	banjo, producer
2007	The Other Side of Something — Bill Evans	banjo
2008	Guitars — McCoy Tyner	banjo
2015	Two — Chick Corea & Béla Fleck	banjo, mix, producer
2024	Remembrance — Chick Corea & Béla Fleck	engineer, liner notes, banjo, producer