Béla Fleck and the Flecktones is an American instrumental group of virtuoso musicians , playing mainly jazz , ethnic music and progressive bluegrass . The leader of the group is Bela Fleck , a jazz banjo player who began his career in the blue grass group "New Grass Revival". The group includes a two-time Grammy winner, virtuoso bassist Viktor Wooten . The group was formed in 1988 in the USA . The name of the collective is a remake of the name of the 60s rock band “ Dick Dale and the Del-Tones ”.
| Béla Fleck and the Flecktones | |
|---|---|
 Bela Fleck and Victor Wooten | |
| basic information | |
| Genres | Jazz , jazz fusion , post-bop , progressive bluegrass , funk , funk rock , folk rock , ethnic music , instrumental |
| Years | 1988 - 2012 (on indefinite leave) |
| A country |  USA |
| City | Nashville , Tenn. |
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| Labels | , and |
| flecktones.com | |
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Discography
- Béla Fleck and the Flecktones (1990)
- Grammy nomination, Jazz Album
- Flight of the Cosmic Hippo (1991)
- No. 1, US jazz charts
- Grammy nomination, Jazz Album
- UFO Tofu (1992)
- Three Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1993)
- Live Art (1996)
- Left of Cool (1998)
- Greatest Hits of the 20th Century (1999)
- Outbound (2000)
- Live at the Quick (2002)
- Live at the Quick ( DVD , 2002)
- Little Worlds (2003)
- Ten From Little Worlds (2003)
- The Hidden Land (2006)
- Jingle All the Way (2008)
- Rocket Science (2011)
Grammy
- 1997
- Best Pop Instrumental Performance, The Sinister Minister
- 2001
- Best Contemporary Jazz Album, Outbound
- 2007
- Best Contemporary Jazz Album, The Hidden Land
- 2009
- Best Instrumental Pop Album, Jingle All the Way
- Best Country Instrumental Performance, Sleigh Ride (nominated)