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.
Béla Fleck discography | |
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Studio albums | 25 |
Live albums | 1 |
Compilation albums | 1 |
Singles | 17 |
Music videos | 3 |
As featured artist | 6 |
Collaboration albums | 13 |
Other appearances | 76 |
Albums
editStudio albums
editSolo albums
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Crossing the Tracks | |
Natural Bridge |
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Deviation |
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Double Time |
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Inroads |
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Drive |
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Tales from the Acoustic Planet |
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The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2 |
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Perpetual Motion |
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Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3: Africa Sessions |
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Throw Down Your Heart: Africa Sessions Part 2 |
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The Impostor |
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My Bluegrass Heart[1] |
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Rhapsody in Blue[2] |
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Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
editThe New Grass Revival
editTasty Licks
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Tasty Licks | |
Anchored to the Shore |
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Spectrum
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Opening Roll | |
Live in Japan |
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It's Too Hot for Words |
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Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet |
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The Sparrow Quartet EP |
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Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn |
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Banjo Banjo |
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Echo in the Valley |
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Collaborations
editTitle | Album details |
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Fiddle Tunes for Banjo (Tony Trischka, Bill Keith, and Béla Fleck) |
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Snakes Alive! (Jerry Douglas, Blaine Sprouse, Pat Enright, Roland White, Mark Hembree, and Béla Fleck as Dreadful Snakes) |
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The Telluride Sessions (Jerry Douglas, Mark O'Connor, Edgar Meyer, and Sam Bush, Béla Fleck as Strength in Numbers) |
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Solo Banjo Works (Tony Trischka and Béla Fleck) |
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Tabula Rasā (Jie-Bing Chen, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, and Béla Fleck) |
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Uncommon Ritual (Mike Marshall, Edgar Meyer, and Béla Fleck) |
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The Enchantment (Chick Corea and Béla Fleck) |
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The Melody of Rhythm: Triple Concerto & Music for Trio (Edgar Meyer, Zakir Hussain, and Béla Fleck with Rakesh Chaurasia) |
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Across the Imaginary Divide (Marcus Roberts and Béla Fleck) |
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Two (Chick Corea and Béla Fleck) |
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The Ripple Effect (Toumani Diabaté and Béla Fleck) |
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"As We Speak"[3] (Edgar Meyer, Zakir Hussain, and Béla Fleck with Rakesh Chaurasia) |
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Remembrance (Chick Corea and Béla Fleck)[4] |
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Live albums
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Music for Two (Edgar Meyer and Béla Fleck) |
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Compilation albums
editTitle | Album details |
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Daybreak | |
Places |
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Singles
editAs lead artist
editTitle | Year | Album |
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"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) | ||
"Sunrise" (featuring Sam Bush) |
2018 | Non-album single |
Come All Ye Coal Miners / Take Me to Harlan (with Abigail Washburn) |
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) | ||
"Wheels Up" (featuring Sierra Hull and Molly Tuttle) | ||
"Owl's Misfortune"[3] (with Edgar Meyer, Zakir Hussain featuring Rakesh Chaurasia) |
2023 | As We Speak |
"Unidentified Piece for Banjo"[2] | Rhapsody in Blue | |
"Rhapsody in Blue (grass)"[5] | 2024 | |
"Remembrance" (with Chick Corea) |
Remembrance" | |
"Juno" (with Chick Corea) | ||
"Sakkarakaari" - Tamil (with Raghu Dixit and Madhan Karky) |
Non-album singles | |
"Sakkarakaari" - Hindi (with Raghu Dixit and Neeraj Rajawat) | ||
"Chakkera Pilla" - Telugu (with Raghu Dixit and Kittu Vissapragada | ||
"Let the Creek Rise" (with Bill Evans and Jerry Douglas |
As featured artist
editTitle | Year | Album | Ref. |
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"Don't Drink the Water" (Dave Matthews Band featuring Alanis Morissette and Béla Fleck) |
1998 | Before These Crowded Streets | [A][6][B][7][C][8][D][9][E][10][F][11] |
"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 | [12] |
"I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" (The Blind Boys of Alabama featuring Béla Fleck) |
2021 | [13] | |
"Better 'N You" (Allan Corby featuring Béla Fleck) |
2022 | ||
"Eye of the Tiger" (Scary Pockets featuring Mario Jose and Béla Fleck) |
2023 | ||
"Sakkare Chakori" - Kannada (Raghu Dixit and Kiran Kaverappa featuring Béla Fleck) |
2024 |
Music videos
editTitle | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Ref. |
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"Don't Let It Bring You Down" | 2017 | Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn | Echo in the Valley | |
"Let It Go" | 2018 | |||
"Come All You Coal Miners/Take Me To Harlan" (featuring Pilobolus) |
[14] |
Production and songwriting
editThese 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 |
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— | 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
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"Crooked Smile" | 1985 | Sam Bush | Late as Usual | ||||||||
— | 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" | |||||||||||
"I'm Sittin' on Top of the World" | |||||||||||
"Will the Circle Be Unbroken" | |||||||||||
— | Øystein Sunde | Kjekt å Ha | |||||||||
"Happy to Meet" | 1992 | The Chieftains | Another Country | ||||||||
"Killybegs" | |||||||||||
"Finale: Did You Ever Go-A-Courtin', Uncle Joe/Will the Circle Be Unbroken" | [15] | ||||||||||
— | Shawn Colvin | Fat City | |||||||||
"Riker's Mailbox" | 1994 | Phish | Hoist | ||||||||
"Lifeboy" | |||||||||||
"Scent of a Mule" | |||||||||||
"Birdland" | Jerry Douglas | The Great Dobro Sessions | |||||||||
"Wave" | Mike Auldridge | ||||||||||
"Wake Forest" | |||||||||||
"White Wheeled Limousine" | 1995 | Bruce Hornsby | Hot House | ||||||||
"The Meeting" | David Grier | Lone Soldier | |||||||||
"Alphabet Soup" | |||||||||||
"Segue" | 1996 | Curandero | Aras | ||||||||
"Embrujada" | |||||||||||
"Man of the Shadows" | |||||||||||
"Once Upon a Time" | |||||||||||
"Amarillo Barbados" | Ginger Baker | Falling Off the Roof | |||||||||
"Au Privave" | |||||||||||
"Taney County" | |||||||||||
"The Last Stop" | 1998 | Dave Matthews Band | Before These Crowded Streets | ||||||||
"Spoon" | Dave Matthews Band (featuring Alanis Morissette and Béla Fleck) |
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"Zenergy" | 1999 | Victor Wooten (featuring Carter Beauford and Béla Fleck) |
Yin-Yang | ||||||||
"Dance On Your Head" | Leftover Salmon (featuring Jeff Coffin, Reese Wynans, and Béla Fleck) |
The Nashville Sessions | |||||||||
"Up On the Hill Where We Do the Boogie" | Leftover Salmon (featuring Reese Wynans and Béla Fleck) |
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"Old Dominion" | 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" | Béla Fleck | ||||||||||
"Just Because" | 2002 | Jorma Kaukonen | Blue Country Heart | [16] | |||||||
"Bread Line Blues" | |||||||||||
"Down the Old Plank Road" | 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" | The Chieftans (with Vince Gill and Béla Fleck) |
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"Molly Bán (Bawn)" | The Chieftans (with Alison Krauss and Béla Fleck) |
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"Give the Fiddler a Dram" | |||||||||||
"Bonnaroo Traveler" | Edgar Meyer | Live From Bonnaroo Music Festival 2002 | |||||||||
"Amazing Grace" | 2003 | Rory Gallagher | Wheels Within Wheels | [17] | |||||||
"Walkin' Blues" | |||||||||||
"Deep Elem Blues" | |||||||||||
"La Salsa en Mi" | Bernie Williams | The Journey Within | |||||||||
"Stranded on the Bridge" | |||||||||||
— | Mike Gordon | Inside In | |||||||||
"Polka on the Banjo" | Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra | Let's Polka 'Round | |||||||||
"Patchwork Quilt | Gov't Mule (featuring Béla Fleck) |
The Deepest End: Live in Concert | |||||||||
"Lay of the Sunflower" | |||||||||||
"Força" | Nelly Furtado | Folklore | [18] | ||||||||
— | Michael Card | A Fragile Stone | |||||||||
2004 | Dave Matthews Band | Live Trax Vol. 1: 12.8.98 Centrum Centre, Worcester, MA | |||||||||
Charlie Peacock | Full Circle: A Celebration of Songs and Friends | ||||||||||
2005 | Jeff Coffin | Bloom | |||||||||
"Who's Your Uncle?" | Jerry Douglas | The Best Kept Secret | [19] | ||||||||
— | 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" | Béla Fleck | Sail Away: The Songs of Randy Newman | |||||||||
"People Watchin'" | 2007 | Keller Williams | Dream | [20] | |||||||
— | 2008 | Jeff Coffin | Mutopia | ||||||||
"Trade Winds" | McCoy Tyner | Guitars | |||||||||
"Amberjack" | |||||||||||
"My Favorite Things" | |||||||||||
— | 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 | [21] | |||||||
"Midnight Moonlight" | 2013 | Jerry Garcia Band (featuring Béla Fleck) |
Garcia Live Volume Two | ||||||||
"The Harder They Come" | |||||||||||
"Heart of the Dreamer" | 2015 | Steve Martin and Edie Brickell | So Familiar | [22] | |||||||
"No Fear" | 2019 | Grégoire Maret and Edmar Castañeda (featuring Béla Fleck) |
Harp vs. Harp | ||||||||
"Santa Morena" | |||||||||||
— | Roger Burn | Trilogy (A Tribute To Roger Burn & Shapes) | [23] | ||||||||
"Line and Lure" | 2022 | Cory Wong (featuring Béla Fleck) |
Power Station | ||||||||
"Pebbles" | |||||||||||
"Brown Ferry Blues | 2024 | Terry Trischka (featuring Billy Strings) |
Earl Jam: A Tribute to Earl Scruggs | [24] | |||||||
"—" denotes he wasn't on one song, but an entire album. |
Footnotes
edit- ^ "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
References
edit- ^ Hudak, Joseph (July 28, 2021). "Béla Fleck Previews New Bluegrass Album With Billy Strings, Chris Thile Collab 'Charm School'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
- ^ a b Lawless, John (December 11, 2023). "Béla Fleck's banjo tackles George Gershwin". Bluegrass Today. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- ^ a b "Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer, and Zakir Hussain Announce New LP 'As We Speak' with Rakesh Chaurasia". Relix. March 3, 2023. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
- ^ Flynn, Mike (April 15, 2024). "Chick Corea & Béla Fleck's final Duo recordings to be released as 'Remembrance' album". Jazzwise. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
- ^ Lawless, John (January 5, 2024). "Rhapsody in Blue(grass) from Béla Fleck". Bluegrass Today. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- ^ "Dave Matthews Band Chart History (Active Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
- ^ "Dave Matthews Band Chart History (Radio Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
- ^ "Dave Matthews Band Chart History (Mainstream Rock Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
- ^ "Dave Matthews Band Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
- ^ "Rock/Alternative - Volume 67, No. 12)" (PDF). Library and Archives Canada. RPM. June 15, 1998. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
- ^ "Top Singles - Volume 67, No. 11)" (PDF). Library and Archives Canada. RPM. June 8, 1998. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
- ^ Boggiano, Bryan (June 12, 2020). "Bootsy Collins Collaborates With Dr. Cornel West, Steve Jordan and Bela Fleck On New Uplifting Track 'Stars' With Proceeds Benefiting MusiCares". mxdwn Music. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
- ^ "Blind Boys of Alabama and Bela Fleck team up for Record Store Day 2021". Single Lock Records. April 8, 2021. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
- ^ Crawford, Robert (August 23, 2018). "Abigail Washburn Clogs, Bela Fleck Riffs on the Banjo in 'Take Me to Harlan' Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
- ^ Himes, Geoffrey (March 12, 1993). "Chieftains Behind Us, Chieftains Ahead". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
- ^ "Jorma Kaukonen Celebrates the Release of His Columbia Records Debut Blue Country Heart". Sony. May 22, 2002. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
- ^ Hagerman, Brent (June 1, 2003). "Rory Gallagher - Wheels Within Wheels". Exclaim!. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ Alter, Gaby (June 1, 2006). "Nelly Furtado - Folklore With a Pop Infusion". MixOnline.com. Mix. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
- ^ Oksenhorn, Stewart (August 24, 2006). "Slidewinder Jerry Douglas". The Aspen Times. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
- ^ Sclafani, Tony (December 17, 2007). "Keller Williams: 12". PopMatters. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ Brown, Corey (April 26, 2011). "Bootsy Collins Releases Tha Funk Capital Of The World". No Treble. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
- ^ "Steve Martin & Edie Brickell". Rounder Records. 24 September 2018. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
- ^ "Roger Burn - Trilogy (A Tribute To Roger Burn & Shapes)". Blue Canoe Records. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
- ^ Hudak, Joseph (January 12, 2024). "Hear Billy Strings Join Banjo Great Tony Trischka on a Fiery Salute to Earl Scruggs". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
External links
edit- Official website
- Béla Fleck discography at AllMusic
- Béla Fleck discography discography at Discogs
- Béla Fleck discography discography at MusicBrainz