Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
On Tour
Play Radio
Listen to Béla Fleck and the Flecktones Radio,
featuring artists like Béla Fleck, Victor Wooten, Béla Fleck & Edgar Meyer, Chick Corea & Béla Fleck and more…
-
Search on Spotify
Yes, it scrobbles! Learn more
2,347,276 plays (142,876 listeners)
United States (1988 – present)
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones is a primarily instrumental group from the United States, that draws equally on bluegrass, fusion, and jazz, sometimes dubbed “blue-bop.” The band formed in 1988, initially to perform once on the PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) series Lonesome Pine Specials. The Flecktones have toured extensively since then, often playing over 200 concerts per year.
Frontman Béla Fleck plays acoustic and electric banjos, mixing a bluegrass and folk sound into a modern improvisational style. Fleck has received Grammy nominations for jazz, bluegrass, pop, spoken word and country.
Brothers Victor Wooten and Roy “Future Man” Wooten form the rhythm section. Victor Wooten is widely lauded in jazz circles for his sometimes hyperkinetic slap and pop technique on bass guitar. Future Man plays percussion using the one and only ‘Synthaxe Drumitar’, a MIDI controller shaped like a guitar.
Membership in The Flecktones is little changed since the band released its eponymous first album.
Harmonica and keyboards player Howard Levy appeared on the Flecktones’ first three albums. After Levy’s departure, Fleck and the Wooten Brothers regrouped on the album Three Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, the title a reference to the 1975 movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest based on Ken Kesey’s novel. Saxophonist Jeff Coffin joined the band beginning with the album Left of Cool.
Frontman Béla Fleck plays acoustic and electric banjos, mixing a bluegrass and folk sound into a modern improvisational style. Fleck has received Grammy nominations for jazz, bluegrass, pop, spoken word and country.
Brothers Victor Wooten and Roy “Future Man” Wooten form the rhythm section. Victor Wooten is widely lauded in jazz circles for his sometimes hyperkinetic slap and pop technique on bass guitar. Future Man plays percussion using the one and only ‘Synthaxe Drumitar’, a MIDI controller shaped like a guitar.
Membership in The Flecktones is little changed since the band released its eponymous first album.
Harmonica and keyboards player Howard Levy appeared on the Flecktones’ first three albums. After Levy’s departure, Fleck and the Wooten Brothers regrouped on the album Three Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, the title a reference to the 1975 movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest based on Ken Kesey’s novel. Saxophonist Jeff Coffin joined the band beginning with the album Left of Cool.
Shouts:
151 shouts
Top Albums
-
Outbound
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $9.99
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon $46.92
- eBay Search
-
The Hidden Land
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $9.99
- 7digital $9.99
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
-
Left of Cool
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $9.07
- 7digital $8.99
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
Shoutbox
-
NoelleBopBop wrote:
love love love
-
babyjrjr wrote:
ha FUCK bela fleck [8]
-
Rachyaar wrote:
LIVE AT THE QUICK
-
fromius wrote:
This kind of spectacles are so very necessaries in countries like Mexico and other ones that are so very delayed about good music.
-
Irienow wrote:
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones photos at Biltmore Estate http://www.performanceimpressions.com/Bela_Fleck_and_the_Flectones_Biltmore_Estate_2011/content/index.html
-
Irienow wrote:
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones photos at Bonnaroo 2011 http://www.performanceimpressions.com/Bele_Fleck_and_the_Flecktones_Bonnaroo_2011/index.html
-
mad0master wrote:
awesome!
-
mbareny wrote:
VW
-
Irienow1 wrote:
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones at Bonnaroo 2011 - http://www.performanceimpressions.com/Bele_Fleck_and_the_Flecktones_Bonnaroo_2011/index.html
-
Audity31 wrote:
Maybe the only group besides 'The Flashbulb' ('TF' specifically for artistic merit, not necessarily pleasant sounds) where I feel compelled to listen more than 7 seconds skimming through each track before dismissing it. It's more like half the track or the entire track. Sofresh!
-
Swanogt19 wrote:
Ordered the new album.
-
strajnic wrote:
damn fusion music!
-
archauthor wrote:
New album!
-
Swanogt19 wrote:
Group is tight.
-
mouritsdebeer wrote:
Pretty awesome. I'm surprised to see 120'000+ listeners, yet so few shouts...
-
Lodorand wrote:
This shit is groovy as hell.
-
AnimatedOysters wrote:
I'm not much for instrumental albums but damn this band is awesome.
-
Quadropheni wrote:
The First album is great.
-
naveenkartik wrote:
Amazingly smooth music. While the vocal talents of Mr. Fleck might leave something to be desired, his dexterity with the Banjo definitely won't. Is he still touring with Wooten?
-
Irgendwas90 wrote:
This slays sliced bread to pieces.
Videos
-
Play
Scratch and Sniff by Bela Fleck…
2 shouts
-
Play
Victor Wooten - A Moment So…
-
Play
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones…
-
Play
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones -…
1 shout
Events
-
Mar
30
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones
Clowes Hall, Indianapolis IN, United States
7 going
-
Mar
31
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Gallagher Blue Dorn Performing Arts Center, Cedar Falls, IA (University of Northern Iowa), United States
1 going
-
Apr
25
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
UNC Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, N.C., United States
1 going
News
The "Rocket" Has Landed!
17 May 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/belaflecktones
The time is here... Tuesday. The wait is over.
BELA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES – Rocket Science (Deluxe
Edition)
Now available for pre-order on iTunes
Includes digital ...
-
The "Rocket" Has Landed!
17 May 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/belaflecktones -
15 Dec 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/belaflecktones -
15 Dec 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/belaflecktones
Listening Now
Top Listeners
-
Laptop765
Top Listener
-
hamboy222
Top Listener
-
o2good4dat
Top Listener
-
gReens53
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
Bikkis89, catz9497, GabrielRiva and 3 other people added Béla Fleck and the Flecktones to their libraries. yesterday morning
-
dowling9 added Béla Fleck and the Flecktones to the lineup of Béla Fleck and the Flecktones at Gallagher Blue Dorn Performing Arts Center. Friday morning
-
Gojiking327, BIGJoe616, MuchoAloha and 18 other people added Béla Fleck and the Flecktones to their libraries. Thursday afternoon
-
KrissQuarme wrote about Sigur Rós – ( ) in Cd'ar. last week
-
KrissQuarme wrote about Sigur Rós – ( ) in a deleted journal. last month
-
rmmx tagged Béla Fleck and the Flecktones with ‘bass’. last month
-
ryeoumans, jenlynnwin, mitchnick and 5 other people added Béla Fleck and the Flecktones to their libraries. last month
-
nhruska tagged Béla Fleck and the Flecktones with fusion, banjo and jazz. last month
-
Vashniy, blondie_from_tn, Lirkepirk and 9 other people added Béla Fleck and the Flecktones to their libraries. last month
-
mabia tagged Béla Fleck and the Flecktones with 2011, fusion and jazz. last month
Related Journals
-
Music of 2011 (and then some...)
by teex- |
1 Jan 2012
-
Live Shows Attended
by BrokenBricks |
17 Nov 2010
-
(IMHO) The Best Musicians Of The World
by Opule |
12 Sep 2010
| 15 comments
Groups (51)
-
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
151 members
-
People who listen to music while they're sleeping, especially at times when they…
43,979 members
-
Bass Players
3,017 members
-
We are ugly, but we have the music.
2,672 members
-
Jazz Brasil
851 members
More Information
- Links
- Band Members
- Labels
- Other spellings
