| Bela Fleck  AKA Béla Fleck
Born: 10-Jul-1958
Birthplace: New York City
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Musician Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Banjo virtuoso High School: Fiorello LaGuardia High School of Music and Art, Harlem, NY
Tasty Licks Banjo (1977-79)
Spectrum (bluegrass) Banjo (1979-80)
Newgrass Revival Banjo (1981-88)
Strength in Numbers Banjo
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones Banjo (1989-present)
Grammy Best Country Instrumental Performance (with Asleep at the Wheel and Johnny Gimble) (1995)
Grammy Best Pop Instrumental Performance (1996) (with the Flecktones)
Grammy Best Instrumental Composition (1998)(with the Flecktones)
Grammy Best Contemporary Jazz Album (2000)(with the Flecktones)
Grammy Best Country Instrumental Performance (2000)(with the Flecktones)
Grammy Best Classical Crossover Album (2001) (with Edgar Meyer, Joshua Bell, John Williams and Evelyn Glennie)
Grammy Best Instrumental Arrangement (2001) (with Edgar Meyer)
Official Website:
http://www.flecktones.com/
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