Béla Fleck

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banjoist composer human musician

Béla Fleck is a virtuoso American banjo player and composer known for pioneering genre-blending work that fuses bluegrass, jazz, classical, and world music, particularly with his band Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.

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Label	Occurrences
Béla Fleck canonical	15
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	banjoist ⓘ composer ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ
activeIn	20th century ⓘ 21st century ⓘ
awardReceived	Grammy Award ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Chick Corea ⓘ Edgar Meyer ⓘ New Grass Revival ⓘ surface form: The New Grass Revival Zakir Hussain ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts ⓘ surface form: High School of Music & Art, New York City
familyName	Fleck ⓘ
genre	bluegrass music ⓘ classical music ⓘ jazz ⓘ progressive bluegrass ⓘ world music ⓘ
givenName	Béla ⓘ
hasPartnershipWith	Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn ⓘ
influenced	contemporary banjo players ⓘ
influencedBy	bluegrass tradition ⓘ jazz fusion ⓘ
instrument	banjo ⓘ
knownFor	expanding the role of the banjo beyond traditional bluegrass ⓘ fusion of bluegrass and jazz ⓘ genre-blending compositions ⓘ virtuoso banjo technique ⓘ
memberOf	Béla Fleck and the Flecktones ⓘ New Grass Revival ⓘ
name	Béla Fleck self-link ⓘ
notableAchievement	received Grammy nominations in more categories than any other instrumentalist ⓘ
notableWork	Béla Fleck self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Béla Fleck and the Flecktones Drive ⓘ Flight of the Cosmic Hippo ⓘ Perpetual Motion ⓘ Tales from the Acoustic Planet ⓘ The Hidden Land ⓘ Throw Down Your Heart ⓘ
occupation	banjo player ⓘ composer ⓘ record producer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	New York City ⓘ
positionHeld	band leader of Béla Fleck and the Flecktones ⓘ
recordLabel	Rounder Records ⓘ Sony Classical ⓘ surface form: Sony Classical Records Warner Bros. Records ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Abigail Washburn ⓘ

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Chris Thile → associatedAct → Béla Fleck ⓘ

Edgar Meyer → collaboratedWith → Béla Fleck ⓘ

Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album → notableRecipient → Béla Fleck ⓘ

Sam Bush → associatedAct → Béla Fleck ⓘ

Uncommon Ritual → artist → Béla Fleck ⓘ

Uncommon Ritual → performer → Béla Fleck ⓘ

Uncommon Ritual → producer → Béla Fleck ⓘ

Uncommon Ritual → hasContributor → Béla Fleck ⓘ

Jerry Douglas → associatedAct → Béla Fleck ⓘ

Mike Marshall → associatedAct → Béla Fleck ⓘ

Punch Brothers → influencedBy → Béla Fleck ⓘ

Béla Fleck → name → Béla Fleck self-link ⓘ

Béla Fleck → notableWork → Béla Fleck self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

Mark O’Connor → collaboratedWith → Béla Fleck ⓘ

Rounder Records → notableArtist → Béla Fleck ⓘ

Victor Wooten → collaboratedWith → Béla Fleck ⓘ