Béla Fleck
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July 10, 1958
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Béla Fleck Bio
Born on July 10, 1958, in New York City, United States, Béla Anton Leoš Fleck is a 15 times Grammy award-winning American banjo player known for reinventing bluegrass and country music with his extraordinary performance and remarkable talent. Over the course of his stellar career, his versatile craft saw him creating everything from traditional country to progressive jazz, flawlessly. He was named after renowned music artists Béla Bartók, Anton Webern and Leoš Janáček and it was only poetic that he grew up to be a prodigy himself. He started his professional career with the group Tasty Licks and recorded two albums. It wasn’t until 1979 when he released his debut album ‘Crossing the Tracks’ as a solo artist and received widespread attention. After playing for a while with the band Spectrum that he formed with guitarist Glen Lawson and mandolinist Jimmy Gaudreau, he went on to join New Grass Revival with which he performed for 9 years. During that time, he shared the stage with the likes of Doc Watson, Merle Watson and Jerry Garcia. In 1988, together with the bassist and record producer Victor Wooten, Fleck formed the Béla Fleck and the Flecktones and released top-selling album ‘Flight of the Cosmic Hippo’. He has been nominated for Grammy Awards for 36 times in categories including country, pop, jazz, bluegrass, classical and folk. Out of 36 Grammy nominations, he won 15 awards.
