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Béla Fleck Discography
Béla Fleck was a member of the Boston based bluegrass group Tasty Licks at the end of the 1970's. He released his first solo LP in 1979. In the early 1980's he was a member of Spectrum and, from late 1981 to 1989, New Grass Revival. The other members of New Grass Revival during this period were Pat Flynn, John Cowan, and Sam Bush. Béla Fleck and the Flecktones were formed in 1988. The original line-up of the group was Béla Fleck, Victor Wooten, Future Man (Roy Wooten) and Howard Levy. Levy left the band in 1992 and they continued as a trio until Jeff Coffin joined them in 1997. In addition to recordings as a member of these groups Fleck has recorded solo albums, collaborative albums and made numerous contributions to the recordings of other musicians.
Additions, corrections and comments are welcome
Solo, group leader/co-leader, collaborations
Solo, group leader/co-leader, collaborations: albums
Tasty Licks, Tasty Licks, 1978
Crossing The Tracks, Béla Fleck, 1979
Anchored To The Shore, Tasty Licks, 1979
Opening Roll, Spectrum, 1980
Fiddle Tunes for Banjo, Tony Trischka / Bill Keith / Béla Fleck, 1981
Live In Japan, Spectrum, 1981
Natural Bridge, Béla Fleck, 1982
It's Too Hot For Words, Spectrum, 1982
Live, New Grass Revival, 1984
On The Boulevard, New Grass Revival, 1984
Deviation, Béla Fleck, 1984
Double Time, Béla Fleck, 1984
Inroads, Béla Fleck, 1986
New Grass Revival, New Grass Revival, 1986
Hold To A Dream, New Grass Revival, 1987
Drive, Béla Fleck, 1988
Friday Night In America, New Grass Revival, 1989
Telluride Sessions, Strength in Numbers, 1989
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, 1990
Flight Of The Cosmic Hippo, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, 1991
UFO Tofu, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, 1992
Solo Banjo Works, Tony Trischka / Bela Fleck, 1992
Three Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Béla Fleck, 1993
Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Béla Fleck, 1995
Live Art, Béla Fleck, 1996
Tabula Rasa, Jie Bing Chen, V M Bhatt, Béla Fleck, 1996
Uncommon Ritual, Edgar Meyer with Béla Fleck and Mike Marshall, 1997
Left Of Cool, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, 1998
The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2, Béla Fleck, 1999
Outbound, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, 2000
Perpetual Motion, Béla Fleck, 2001
Heartland: An Appalachian Anthology, Joshua Bell / Sam Bush / Bela Fleck / Yo-Yo Ma et al, 2001
Live At The Quick, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, 2002
Little Worlds, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, 2003
Ten From Little Worlds, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, 2003
Music For Two, Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer, 2004
The Hidden Land, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, 2006
Enchantment, Chick Corea and Bela Fleck, 2007
Jingle All The Way, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, 2008
Throw Down Your Heart, Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3: Africa Sessions, Béla Fleck, 2009
The Melody of Rhythm: Triple Concerto & Music for Trio, Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, 2009
Rocket Science, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, 2011
Throw Down Your Heart: Africa Sessions Part 2, Béla Fleck, 2010
Across The Imaginary Divide, Béla Fleck And The Marcus Roberts Trio, 2012
The Impostor, Béla Fleck with the Nashville Symphony, 2013
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, 2014
Two, Chick Corea / Béla Fleck, 2015
Banjo Banjo, Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, 2016
Echo In The Valley, Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, 2017
Juno Concerto, Béla Fleck With The Colorado Symphony, 2017
The Ripple Effect, Béla Fleck And Toumani Diabaté, 2020
My Bluegrass Heart, Béla Fleck, 2021
Solo, group leader or co-leader: compilations
Daybreak, Béla Fleck, 1988
Places, Béla Fleck, 1988
The Best Of New Grass Revival, New Grass Revival, 1994
Greatest Hits of the 20th Century, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, 1999
Outbound / Ten from Little Worlds / Live at the Quick, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, 2004
Grass Roots: The Best of New Grass Revival, New Grass Revival, 2005
Solo, group leader or co-leader previously unreleased tracks on various artist compilations
1992 Telluride Bluegrass Festival: Incredibly Live, Various Artists, 1994
Best Of Mountain Stage, Vol. 7, Various Artists, 1994
A Different Mozart: A Contemporary Collection, Various Artists, 1996
Twang!: A Tribute to Hank Marvin & the Shadows, Various Artists, 1996
Jazz Christmas Party, Various Artists, 1997
Alive At Twenty Five: The Telluride Bluegrass Festival's Silver Anniversary, Various Artists, 1998
A Tribute to John Hartford: Live From Mountain Stage, Various Artists, 2001
Montreal Jazz Festival, Various Artists, 2002
Live From Bonnaroo, Various Artists, 2002
The Country Bears Soundtrack, Various Artists, 2002
Live From Bonnaroo Music Festival 2003, Various Artists, 2003
Telluride Bluegrass Festival: Reflections, Vol. 1, Various Artists, 2003
Appalachian Picking Society, Various Artists, 2004
Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now, Various Artists, 2005
Sail Away: The Songs of Randy Newman, Various Artists, 2006
Solo, group leader or co-leader previously released tracks on various artist compilations
New Acoustic Music, Various Artists, 1984
Rounder Folk, Various Artists, 1986
Rounder Banjo, Various Artists, 1987
Rounder Bluegrass Two, Various Artists, 1988
Bluegrass Class Of 90, Various Artists, 1990
Jazziz 3: Jazziz on Disc, Vol. 3, Various Artists, 1990
The Stained Glass Hour: Bluegrass and Old Timey Gospel Music, Various Artists, 1991
Full House (Sampler), Various Artists, 1991
A Little on the CD Side, Vol. 3: A New Music Sampler, Various Artists, 1991
Son Of Rounder Banjo, Various Artists, 1992
Fall Fashions: Warner Bros. Jazz Sampler, Various Artists, 1992
Putumayo Presents the Best of World, Vol. 2: Instrumental, Various Artists, 1993
Everytime I Feel the Spirit: The Best of Sugar Hill Gospel, Vol. 1, Various Artists, 1993
Hand-Picked: 25 Years of Bluegrass on Rounder Records, Various Artists, 1995
Hills of Home: 25 Years of Folk Music on Rounder Records, Various Artists, 1995
The Real Music Box: 25 Years of Rounder Records, Various Artists, 1995
Rockin' the Country, Various Artists, 1995
Top of the Hill Bluegrass: The Sugar Hill Collection, Various Artists, 1995
Blue Ribbon Banjo, Various Artists, 1996
Songs Of The Louvin Brothers, Various Artists, 1997
Songs Of The Stanley Brothers, Various Artists, 1997
Amazing Grace, Vol. 2: A Country Salute to Gospel, Various Artists, 1997
Travel Channel Presents: Songs From Around The World, Various Artists, 1998
New Visions: The New Acoustics, Various Artists, 1998
Generations of Bluegrass, Vol. 1: Pickers & Fiddlers, Various Artists, 1998
Generations of Bluegrass, Vol. 2: Shoulder to Shoulder, Various Artists, 1999
Generations of Bluegrass, Vol. 3: Legendary Pickers, Various Artists, 1999
Sacred Voices: An A Capella Gospel Collection, Various Artists, 1999
Newgrass: Modern Bluegrass, Various Artists, 2000
10th Annual GPU Berks Jazz Fest CD, Various Artists, 2000
Cool Blue Rocks: Rock 'N' Roll in the Bluegrass Tradition, Various Artists, 2001
BET on Jazz Presents: Jazz Now, Various Artists, 2001
The Rough Guide to Bluegrass, Various Artists, 2001
Roots Music: An American Journey, Various Artists, 2001
American Roots Music, Various Artists, 2001
Bluegrass Mountain Style, Various Artists, 2002
Bluegrass Goes to Town: Pop Songs Bluegrass Style, Various Artists, 2002
True Bluegrass, Various Artists, 2002
The Sweet Sounds Of Superfly Vol. 1, Various Artists, 2002
Essential Bluegrass, Various Artists, 2003
Rough Guide: American Roots Box, Various Artists, 2003
Bluegrass Today, Various Artists, 2004
Can't You Hear Me Callin': Bluegrass: 80 Years of American Music, Various Artists, 2004
The Best Of Can't You Hear Me Callin': Bluegrass: 80 Years of American Music, Various Artists, 2004
Bluegrass Express, Various Artists, 2004
Pure Pickin': Classic Bluegrass Instrumentals, Various Artists, 2004
20 Best of Bluegrass, Various Artists, 2004
Jazziz: Critics & Readers Choice: The Best of 2003, Various Artists, 2004
The Copland Collection, Various Artists, 2006
Classics For A New Century, Various Artists, 2006
Revolutions In Sound: Warner Bros. Records: The First Fifty Years (USB), Various Artists, 2008
Sinner's Prayer, Various Artists, 2008
Rounder Records: Record Store Day: April 18, 2009, Various Artists, 2009
Rounder Records 40th Anniversary Concert, Various Artists, 2010
The Rounder Records Story, Various Artists, 2010
Beginner's Guide To Hoedown, Various Artists, 2011
Transatlantic Sessions 5 Volume Two, Various Artists, 2012
Transatlantic Sessions: The Best Of Folk Director's Cut Vol. 1, Various Artists, 2014
Songlines: Top Of The World 105, Various Artists, 2015
Relix 2016 December CD Sampler, Various Artists, 2016
Rounder Records 2017 IBMA Sampler, Various Artists, 2017
Songlines: Top Of The World 134, Various Artists, 2018
Songlines: Top Of The World 172, Various Artists, 2021
Playing contributions to other albums
With others: Major albums Banjoland, Tony Trischka, 1977 Catfish For Supper, Jon Sholle, 1979 Fluxedo, Jerry Douglas, 1982 Highways & Heartaches, Ricky Skaggs, 1982 Guitar, Dan Crary, 1983 David Grisman's Acoustic Christmas, David Grisman, 1983 Cold on the Shoulder, Tony Rice, 1984 Once In A Very Blue Moon, Nanci Griffith, 1984 Hill Country, Tony Trischka, 1985 Late As Usual, Sam Bush, 1985 Old Ways, Neil Young, 1985 Christmas Present, The Statler Brothers, 1985 The Last of the True Believers, Nanci Griffith, 1986 Under the Wire, Jerry Douglas, 1986 Partners, The Gatlin Brothers, 1986 Riding The Midnight Train, Doc Watson, 1986 Walk the Way the Wind Blows, Kathy Mattea, 1986 Changing Channels, Jerry Douglas, 1987 Gator Strut, Mike Marshall, 1987 Punch the Big Guy, John Stewart, 1987 Lone Star State Of Mind, Nanci Griffith, 1987 Atlantic Bridge, Davy Spillane, 1988 Humour Me, Jesse Winchester, 1988 Little Love Affairs, Nanci Griffith, 1988 Just in Time, Maura O'Connell, 1988 Moving Pictures, Russ Barenberg, 1988 Love of a Lifetime, Edgar Meyer, 1988 No Regrets, Leon Redbone, 1988 Old 8x10, Randy Travis, 1988 Stone from Which the Arch Was Made, Mark O'Connor, 1988 Kentucky Thunder, Ricky Skaggs, 1989 I Know A Good Thing, David Parmley, 1989 Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Volume 2, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, 1989 Helpless Heart, Maura O'Connell, 1989 White Limozeen, Dolly Parton, 1989 Who Was That Stranger, Loretta Lynn, 1989 No Holdin' Back, Randy Travis, 1989 A Night On The Town, Bruce Hornsby and the Range, 1990 Single (Across The River / Fire On The Cross), Bruce Hornsby, 1990 Tell Me Why, Jann Browne, 1990 The Great Exchange, Bruce Carroll, 1990 My Father's Son, Ricky Skaggs, 1991 Spring In The Old Country, Slavek Hanzlik, 1991 The New Nashville Cats, Mark O'Connor, 1991 New Dreams and Sunshine, Rhoda Vincent, 1991 EP (Set Me In Motion / Carry The Water / Barren Ground / Another Day), Bruce Hornsby, 1991 Timeless And True Love, Rhoda Vincent, 1991 Another Country, The Chieftains, 1992 Stuart Duncan, Stuart Duncan, 1992 Danny Tate, Danny Tate, 1992 Fat City, Shawn Colvin, 1992 Take A Step Over, Dan Crary, 1993 Echoes Of A Note: A Tribute to Louis "Pops" Armstrong, Tiger Okoshi, 1993 Other Voices, Other Rooms, Nanci Griffiths, 1993 Charlie's Nite Life, Charlie Floyd, 1993 Mirrors of Embarrassment, Col. Bruce Hampton & the Aquarium Rescue Unit, 1993 In Pieces, Garth Brooks, 1993 Womanly Arts, Liz Meyer, 1993 Slide Zone, Roy Rogers, 1994 Destiny's Gate, Tish Hinojosa, 1994 Hoist, Phish, 1994 Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof, Travis Tritt, 1994 Let Them Talk, Kate MacKenzie, 1994 Love and Luck, Marty Stuart, 1994 Hot House, Bruce Hornsby, 1995 The Wheel Keeps on Rollin', Asleep At The Wheel, 1995 Brand New Old Tyme Way, Mark Schatz, 1995 Jewel of the South, Rodney Crowell, 1995 Moonlighter, Claire Lynch, 1995 Lone Soldier, David Grier, 1995 Summer Solstice, Slavek Hanzlik, 1995 Spirits Colliding, Paul Brady, 1995 Hemispheres, Dan Siegel, 1995 Strings And Wings, Radim Zenkl, 1996 Brasil Duets, Mike Marshall, 1996 Glamour & Grits, Sam Bush, 1996 Falling off the Roof, Ginger Baker, 1996 Aras, Curandero, 1996 Sings Gordon Lightfoot, Tony Rice, 1996 Fall Of My Dreams, Slavek Hanzlik, 1997 What Did He Say?, Victor Wooten, 1997 Doin' My Time, Aubrey Haynie, 1997 Between Heaven And Earth, The Andy Statman Quartet, 1997 Heritage, Darol Anger, 1997 Sevens, Garth Brooks, 1997 American Landscape, David Benoit, 1997 Restless On The Farm, Jerry Douglas, 1998 Before These Crowded Streets, Dave Matthews Band, 1998 Don't Drink The Water Single, Dave Matthews Band, 1998 Howlin' at the Moon, Sam Bush, 1998 Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful), Nanci Griffith, 1998 The Words That Remain, Solas, 1998 Brady Seals, Brady Seals, 1998 Double Live, Garth Brooks, 1998 Dawg Duos, David Grisman and guests, 1999 The Family, The Del McCoury Band, 1999 The Nashville Sessions, Leftover Salmon, 1999 Yin Yang, Victor Wooten, 1999 Looking out the Fishbowl, Eddie from Ohio, 1999 Bilbao Oo:Oh, Kepa Junkera, 1999 Meetings With Remarkable Friends, Artie Traum, 1999 Kingdom Come, Charlie Peacock, 1999 Heartbreak Town, Ronnie McCoury, 2000 A Man Must Carry On, Aubrey Haynie, 2000 Big Mon, Ricky Skaggs and Friends, 2000 Ice Caps: Peaks of Telluride, Sam Bush, 2000 Farmhouse, Phish, 2000 Not All Who Wander Are Lost, Chris Thile, 2001 Full Circle, Vassar Clements, 2001 Scarecrow, Garth Brooks, 2001 Blue Country Heart, Jorma Kaukonen, 2002 Down The Old Plank Road, Chieftans, 2002 Inside In, Mike Gordon, 2003 Blueprint, Natalie MacMaster, 2003 The Beauty of the Rain, Dar Williams, 2003 Further Down the Old Plank Road, The Chieftains, 2003 Traveler, Tim O'Brien, 2003 Wheels Within Wheels, Rory Gallagher, 2003 Another Day, Solas, 2003 The Deepest End, Gov't Mule, 2003 Fate's Right Hand, Rodney Crowell, 2003 Rendezvous in New York, Chick Corea, 2003 The Journey Within, Bernie Williams, 2003 A Fragile Stone, Michael Card, 2003 Folklore, Nelly Furtado, 2003 Request, Pat Flynn, 2004 My Honky Tonk History, Travis Tritt, 2004 This World Ain't No Child, Brad Davis, 2004 On The Road: August 7, 2004, Terra Alta, WV, String Cheese Incident, 2004 Full Circle, Charlie Peacock, 2004 Part of Your History: The Songs of John Hartford, Jamie Hartford, 2005 Song of the Traveling Daughter, Abigail Washburn, 2005 Bloom, Jeff Coffin Mu'tet, 2005 The Best Kept Secret, Jerry Douglas, 2005 Walking Among the Living, Jon Randall, 2005 Sweet Reason, Mark Cosgrove, 2005 The Duhks, The Duhks, 2005 Soul Grass, Bill Evans, 2006 3D, Casey Driessen, 2006 Steppin' in the Boiler House, Mark Schatz and Friends, 2006 Myrtle Beach, SC, March 17, 2006, Ratdog, 2006 Norfolk, VA, March 18, 2006, Ratdog, 2006 Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular, Tony Trischka, 2007 It's Not Big It's Large, Lyle Lovett, 2007 Dream, Keller Williams, 2007 Bottom Half, Umphrey's McGee, 2007 Guitars, McCoy Tyner, 2008 Mutopia, Jeff Coffin Mu'tet, 2008 Rambling Boy, Charlie Haden Family & Friends, 2008 Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet, Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet, 2008 Join The Band, Little Feet, 2008 If The World Was You, J.D. Souther, 2008 1000 Miles of Life, John Oates, 2008 Silverlined, Donna the Buffalo, 2008 Learning To Bend, Ben Sollee, 2008 End of the Front, Mark Bryan, 2008 Some Assembly Required, Assembly Of Dust, 2009 Eagle, Mamer, 2009 Almost Live, Bryan Sutton and Friends, 2009 8,745 Feet: Live At Telluride, John Cowan, 2009 Prelude, Alex Hargreaves, 2010 Ages, Lorraine Feather, 2010 Memories Of John, The John Hartford Stringband, 2010 Charleston, SC 1966, Darius Rucker, 2010 The House Rules, Christian Kane, 2010 Tumble Bee: Sings Folk Songs for Children, Laura Veirs, 2011 Tha Funk Capital of the World, Bootsy Collins, 2011 Old Brooklyn, Andy Statman, 2011 Transatlantic Sessions 5: Volume One, Various Artists with Jerry Douglas & Aly Bain, 2011 Follow Me Down, Sarah Jarosz, 2011 Garcia Live: Volume Two: August 5th 1990 Greek Theatre, Jerry Garcia Band, 2013With others: single artist compilations
Everything Is Gonna Work out Fine, Jerry Douglas, 1987
A Few Old Memories, Hazel Dickens, 1987
A Collection of Hits, Kathy Mattea, 1990
Greatest Hits, Volume One, Randy Travis, 1992
Greatest Hits, Volume Two, Randy Travis, 1992
The MCA Years: A Retrospective, Nanci Griffith, 1993
Small Worlds: The Crowell Collection 1978-1995, Rodney Crowell, 2002
Nobody Knows: The Best of Paul Brady, Paul Brady, 2002
My Blue Tears, Rhonda Vincent, 2002
Trail of Memories: the Randy Travis Anthology, Randy Travis, 2002
58957: The Bluegrass Guitar Collection, Tony Rice, 2003
Will The Circle Be Unbroken, The Trilogy, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, 2003
The Complete MCA Studio Recordings, Nanci Griffith, 2003
The Very Best of Randy Travis, Randy Travis, 2004
Acoustic Jazz Guitar, Artie Traum, 2004
Waitin' for the Sun to Shine/Highways & Heartaches, Ricky Skaggs, 2005
In Good Company, Jimmy Gaudreau, 2006
The Essential Chieftains, The Chieftains, 2006
Best of the Sugar Hill Years, Jerry Douglas, 2007
12, Keller Williams, 2007
The Best of Edgar Meyer, Edgar Meyer, 2007
A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection, Alison Krauss, 2007
The Best Of 2: Slide of Hand/Slide Zone, Roy Rogers, 2007
The Ultimate Hits, Garth Brooks, 2007
Best of the Sugar Hill Years, Doc Watson, 2008
Dolly, Dolly Parton, 2009
Celebrating 50 Years of Del McCoury, Del McCoury, 2009
The Best Of, Nelly Furtado, 2010
Let the Picture Paint Itself / Jewel of the South, Rodney Crowell, 2011
The Definitive Chick Corea on Stretch and Concord, Chick Corea, 2011
An Adventure 1999-2009, Mike Marshall, 2011
With others: various artist compilations
The Great Dobro Sessions, Various Artists, 1994 Philo So Far: The 20th Anniversary Folk Sampler, Various Artists, 1994 A Woman's Heart 2, Various Artists, 1994 Legacy: A Tribute to the First Generation of Bluegrass, Various Artists, 1997 Acoustic Holidays, Various Artists, 1998 Bluegrass Breakdown, 14 Instrumentals, Various Artists, 1998 Acoustic Disc 100% Handmade Music, Vol. 5, Various Artists, 2000 Long Journey Home: Bluegrass Songs of the Stanley Brothers, Various Artists, 2002 O Sister 2: The Women's Bluegrass Collection, Various Artists, 2002 The Other Side of the Mountain: Bluegrass, Newgrass and Beyond, Various Artists, 2002 The Old Home Place: Bluegrass and Old-Time Mountain Music, Various Artists, 2003 Bluegrass All Stars: Sixteen Grand Slams from Sugar Hill, Various Artists, 2004 Merlefest Live! The Best of 2003, Various Artists, 2004 Telluride Bluegrass Festival: 30 Years, Various Artists, 2005 What About Me?: 1 Giant Leap Soundtrack, Various Artists, 2009 The Rounder Records Story, Various Artists, 2010 Christmas From the Blue Note, Various Artists, 2011