Artist
Béla Fleck
Béla Fleck is a jazz artist from New York, USA. 54 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Jazz · New York, USA · Best jazz albums
- 54
- Releases
- 1979–2026
- Active years
Discography
34
Most popular
Uncommon Ritual
1997
Echo in the Valley
2017
Drive
1988
Perpetual Motion
2001
Solo Banjo Works
1992
Deviation
1984
Fiddle Tunes for Banjo
1999
Natural Bridge
1982
Crossing the Tracks
1979
Double Time
1984
Inroads
1986
Juno Concerto
2017
Across the Imaginary Divide
2012
BEATrio
2025
Rhapsody in Blue
2024
As We Speak
2023
My Bluegrass Heart
2021
Throw Down Your Heart: The Complete Africa Sessions
2020
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
2014
The Impostor
2013
Throw Down Your Heart: Tales from The Acoustic Planet, Vol.3 - Africa Sessions
2010
Throw Down Your Heart: Africa Sessions, Part 2
2010
Throw Down Your Heart: Africa Sessions Pt. 2
2010
Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From the Acoustic Planet, Volume 3: Africa Sessions
2009
The Melody of Rhythm: Triple Concerto & Music for Trio
2009
Places
2009
Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet
2008
Music for Two
2004
Music For Two (Live)
2004
The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Volume 2
1999
The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2
1999
Tabula Rasā
1996
Tales From the Acoustic Planet
1995
Daybreak
1988
Singles & EPs
20Wheels Up
Single · 2026
Vertigo
Single · 2026
Charm School
Single · 2026
Walnut and Western
Single · 2025
Archipelago
Single · 2025
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 869 (Arr. B. Fleck & E. Meyer)
Single · 2025
Shakkarpari
Single · 2024
Rhapsody in Blue (grass)
EP · 2024
Sakkare Chakori - Kannada
Single · 2024
Chakkera Pilla - Telugu
Single · 2024
Remembrance
Single · 2024
Sakkarakaari - Tamil
Single · 2024
Juno
Single · 2024
Unidentified Piece for Banjo
Single · 2023
Owl’s Misfortune
Single · 2023
Motion
Single · 2023
Atroce (Extended Version)
Single · 2020
Come All You Coal Miners / Take Me To Harlan
Single · 2018
Banjo Banjo
EP · 2015
Pile-Up
Single · 2004
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About
Béla Anton Leoš Fleck (born July 10, 1958) is an American banjo player. Widely acknowledged as one of the world's most innovative and technically proficient banjo players, he is best known for his work with the bands New Grass Revival and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. Fleck was born in New York City, New York, and is named after Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, and Czech composers Anton Dvorak and Leoš Janáček. He was drawn to the banjo when he first heard Earl Scruggs play the theme song for the television show Beverly Hillbillies. He received his first banjo at age fifteen from his grandfather (1973). Later, Fleck enrolled in New York City's High School of Music and Art where he studied the French horn. He was a banjo student under Tony Trischka. Shortly after high school, Fleck traveled to Boston to play with Jack Tottle, Pat Enright, and Mark Schatz in Tasty Licks. During this period, Fleck released his first solo album (1979): Crossing the Tracks and made his first foray into progressive bluegrass composition.
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Fleck played on the streets of Boston with bassist Mark Schatz. The two, along with guitarist/vocalist Glen Lawson and mandolin great Jimmy Gaudreau, formed Spectrum: the Band in 1981. Fleck toured with Spectrum during 1981. That same year, Sam Bush asked Fleck to join New Grass Revival. Fleck performed with New Grass Revival for nine years. During this time, Fleck recorded another solo album, Drive. It was nominated for a Grammy Award in the then first-time category of "Best Bluegrass Album" (1988). During the 1980s Fleck and Bush also performed live occasionally with Doc Watson and Merle Watson in various bluegrass festivals, most notably the annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival.
Béla Fleck in brief
- How many Béla Fleck releases are on Riffiter?
- 54 releases are catalogued, spanning 1979 to 2026.
- What genre is Béla Fleck?
- Béla Fleck is catalogued under Jazz.
- What is the most recent Béla Fleck release on Riffiter?
- Wheels Up, released in 2026.