Béla Fleck

banjo, producer, mix, editor, arranger, guitars, synthesizer, guitar, five-string banjo, performer, engineer, gut guitar, vocal, mandolin

Sample recordings

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Teemu Hämäläinen
Mayonesa
Juha-Pekka Tiainen
Tasty Licks
Forest Fires (Scottish alternative rock band)

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Tony Trischka producer Barbara's Waltz, Christina's Jig / Plain Brown Jig, Fiddler's Dream, Sally, Silverbell
Edgar Meyer double bass, piano "Adagio Sostenuto" from "Moonlight" Sonata, Melody in E-flat, Three-Part Invention No. 10, Three-Part Invention No. 7, Two-Part Invention No. 6
Evelyn Glennie marimba Presto in G minor I after Bach, Three-Part Invention No. 15, Two-Part Invention No. 11, Two-Part Invention No. 13
Joshua Bell violin "Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum" from Children's Corner, Three-Part Invention No. 15, Three-Part Invention No. 7
Chris Thile mandolin Keyboard Sonata in C major, K. 159, Keyboard Sonata in D minor K. 213, Three-Part Invention No. 10
Chick Corea producer, piano [BF on Bugle Call], [BF on the Waltse]
Gary Hoffman (Canadian cello player) cello "Adagio Sostenuto" from "Moonlight" Sonata, "Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum" from Children's Corner, Etude in C-sharp minor
Anania Ngoliga vocal, mbira Dunia Haina Wema / Thumb Fun, Kabibi
Bernie Kirsh recording [BF on Bugle Call], [BF on the Waltse]
Brian Vibberts mix [BF on Bugle Call], [BF on the Waltse]
Oumou Sangaré vocal Ah Ndiya, Djorolen
Jerry Douglas dobro Crossfire
John Williams (classical guitarist) guitar Mazurka in F-sharp minor, Seven Variations on "God Save the King"
Alou Coulibaly calabash, shakers Mariam, Throw Down Your Heart
Ateso Jazz Band (Ugandan thumb piano band) arranger, performer Jesus Is the Only Answer
Bassekou Kouyate ngɔni Throw Down Your Heart
Benogo Diakite kamalen ngɔni Ah Ndiya
Bob Shumaker engineer Crossfire
Bruce Hornsby performer Tangled Up in Blue (feat. Bruce Hornsby) (live)
Casey Driessen fiddle Kinetsa
D'Gary guitar Kinetsa
Darol Anger fiddle Crossfire
David Grisman mandolin Crossfire
Djélimady Tounkara guitar Mariam
Habib Sangaré bolon Throw Down Your Heart
Harouna Samake kamalen ngɔni Throw Down Your Heart
John Hartford vocal Polka on the Banjo
Madou Sanogo djembe Throw Down Your Heart
Mark O’Connor (US bluegrass, country and classical fiddler/composer) fiddle, guitar Crossfire
Mark Schatz bass Crossfire
Nabintou Diakité vocal Ah Ndiya
Pat Enright vocal Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow
Richard Adler (producer/engineer) mix Crossfire
Sekou Bah bass guitar Ah Ndiya
Souleymane Sidibé other instruments Ah Ndiya
Toumani Diabaté kora Ah Ndiya
Vusi Mahlasela vocal, guitar Thula Mama
Xavier-Martial François vocal, handclaps, percussion Kinetsa
Zoumana Tereta bowed string instruments Ah Ndiya

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Teemu Hämäläinen arranger, banjo, synthesizer Bigfoot, Blu-Bop, Cheeseballs in Cowtown, Early Reflection / Bach / The Ballad of Jed Clampett, Far East Medley, Flight of the Cosmic Hippo, Flying Saucer Dudes, Lochs of Dread, More Luv, New South Africa, Oh! Darling, Shubbee's Doobie, Star of the County Down, Stomping Grounds, Sunset Road, The Message, The Sinister Minister, The Star Spangled Banner, UFO Tofu, Vix 9
Mayonesa mix, producer, banjo A Strange Romance, Armando’s Rhumba, Au Gré des Ondes: Prelude en Berceuse, Brazil, Bugle Call Rag, Children's Song #6, Children’s Song no. 6, Joban Dna Nopia, Menagerie, Mountain, Señorita, Spectacle, Sunset Road, The Climb, The Enchantment, Waltse for Abby, [CC and BF on Dutilleux], [CC and BF on Joban], [CC and BF on Spectacle]
Juha-Pekka Tiainen editor, mix, producer Allegro Vivace from Sonata, Blue Spruce, Bug Tussle, Canon, Invention No. 10, Largo from Sonata, Menuett I-II from Partita No. 1, Palmyra, Pile-Up, Prelude No. 2, Prelude No. 24, Solar, The Lake Effect, The One I Left Behind, Wishful Thinking, Woolly Mammoth, Wrong Number
Tasty Licks banjo A Fool Such as I, Ain't Nobody Cryin' but Me, Anchored to the Shore, Banjo Signal, Blue Days, Black Nights, East Tennessee Rag, Foggy River, I'll Sail My Ship Alone, In the City, Jimmie Rogers' Last Blue Yodel, Leavin', Northbound Headligts Can't Blind Me, Slow Train Through Georgia, Weary Blues From Waintin'
Forest Fires producer, banjo Across the Imaginary Divide, I'm Gonna Tell You This Story One More Time, Kalimba, Let Me Show You What To Do, Let's Go, One Blue Truth, Petunia, Some Roads Lead Home, That Old Thing, That Ragtime Feeling, The Sunshine and the Moonlight, Topaika
Directions in Jazz Unit producer, banjo, guitars, gut guitar Bed for the Night, Can't Stop the Girl, Cast a Long Shadow, Helpless Heart, Isn't It Always Love, Just Like the Blues, Only a Fool, Summerfly, Trouble in the Fields, Western Highway, You'll Never Know
Tony Trischka producer Black Mountain Rag, Dust on the Needle / Paddy Kelly's Jig, Old Sandy River Belle, Vanished
Bill Evans banjo Easy Way Out, Kinda Green, Nowhere to Go, Ode to the Working Man, Professor Pork Phat, Slippery Bigs Forever, Sweet Tea, Walk Into the Light
Phish banjo Bow Mountain Rag, Lifeboy, Llama, Nellie Cane, Riker’s Mailbox, Scent of a Mule, The Old Home Place
Sugar 'N' Dandy arranger, engineer, banjo Banjo Banjo (live), Evening in Transylvania, Hao Hua Hong, Railroad (live), Shotgun Blues (live), The Final Countdown
Bill Keith producer Clinging Vine, Jolly Waffle Man, Mead Mountain Blues, Panhandle Country
Tony Rice banjo Cold on the Shoulder, John Hardy, Likes of Me, Muleskinner Blues
Natalie MacMaster arranger, banjo A Blast, Bela's Tune, Devil and the Dirk, The Ewe With the Crooked Horn
Chinese Football banjo Emily’s Reel, Old Tyme, Sliding Down
Dave Matthews Band banjo Don’t Drink the Water, Spoon, The Last Stop
Julian Lage banjo Alameda, Long Day, Short Night, The Informant
Maarten van der Valk guitar, mandolin By the River, Sliding Down, Travis
Mari Kattman banjo Amberjack, My Favorite Things, Trade Winds
Elfika banjo Amarillo, Barbados, Au Privave, Taney County
박선영 mix, producer, banjo Armando's Children, Ivory Toad of Catalan, Twilight Kingdom
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band vocal, banjo I'm Sittin' on Top of the World, Little Mountain Church House, Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Chick Corea mix, producer, banjo [CC’s intro]
Solas five-string banjo It's Still Raining / Carlisle Street Reels: The Upstairs Reel / Eminor Reel / Floating Candles, Just You
Colin Sieg banjo Lay of the Sunflower, Patchwork Quilt
Dar Williams banjo Closer to Me, Fishing in the Morning
Jerry Douglas banjo Gone to Fortingall
The Viper Vikings banjo While Roving on a Winter's Night
Cuttooth five-string banjo The Water Is Wide
The Duhks banjo The Magnolia Set
Buma banjo Dream of a Miner's Child
Juyen Sebulba banjo Mazurka in F-sharp minor, op. 10 no. 4
C. Richard F. Maunder performer Down the Old Plank Road
塩塚博 mix Farewell Blues
Deonte banjo Heart of the Dreamer
Charlie Peacock banjo In the Light
Artie Traum banjo Butternut
Nelly Furtado banjo Força
Brian Bromberg banjo Hayride
Gene Stovall banjo Molly Bán (Bawn)
Seker banjo Who's Your Uncle?
Shawn Colvin banjo Tennessee
Hauk 'n Baum banjo Clinch Mountain Windmills
Strength in Numbers guitar One Winter's Night
Hoots performer, banjo Ladies Pantalettes / Belles of Blackville / First House in Connaught
Bryan Sutton arranger Moto Perpetuo (Bluegrass version)