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Busy and prolific, Fleck released an album of classical pieces, Perpetual Motion, in late 2001, followed by Live at the Quick in 2002, the ambitious double-disc Little Worlds (and its truncated single-disc version Ten from Little Worlds) in 2003, and Music for Two (with bassist Edgar Meyer) in 2004.

Though hed established himself as a solo artist on 1979s Crossing the Tracks for Rounder, it was 1984s Deviation, billed to Bela Fleck and the New Grass Revival, that raised his profile globally.

During his tenure with the label, he played sideman on a host of important recordings with artists ranging from Ricky Skaggs, Jerry Douglas, and Nanci Griffith, to Neil Young, Doc Watson, and Edgar Meyer.

Meanwhile his own albums, such as 1988s Drive, made him a global star.

In 1990, he formed the jazz fusion outfit Bela Fleck the Flecktones with all-star bassist Victor Wooten and keyboardist Howard Levy and signed to Warner Bros.

Between 1990 and 1998, they released seven genre-defining outings including the seminal Flight of the Cosmic Hippo, UFO Tofu, and Three Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest.

In between, Fleck redefined himself as a virtually genre-less artist with the award-winning Tales from the Acoustic Planet.

In 2001, he released Perpetual Motion, a collection of Baroque classical pieces transposed for banjo, and with the Flecktones he released the acclaimed Little Words in 2005 and The Hidden Land the following year, both on Columbia.

In 2009, Throw Down Your Heart, Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol.

Africa Sessions was released to universal acclaim and a Grammy Award.

He released the first of two albums co-billed to his banjoistmusicologist wife Abigail Washburn in 2014, and Juno Concerto with the Colorado Symphony featuring Brooklyn Rider in 2017.

Fleck, born in 1958 in New York City, was named after composer Bla Bartok.

Around age 15, Fleck became fascinated with the banjo after hearing Flatt Scruggs Ballad of Jed Clampett, and Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandells Dueling Banjos.

While attending the High School of Music and Art in New York, Fleck worked on adapting bebop music for the instrument.

Fleck always had diverse musical interests, and his own style was influenced by Tony Trischka, Earl Scruggs, Chick Corea, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, the Allman Brothers, Aretha Franklin, the Byrds, and Little Feat.

After graduation, he joined the Tasty Licks, a group from Boston.

In 1982, he joined New Grass Revival and stayed with them until the end of the decade.

During this time, his reputation continued to grow and in 1990, Frets added his name to their Hall of Greats.

In 1988, one of his compositions, Drive (from the album New Grass Revival), was nominated for a Grammy.

Fleck, mandolin player Sam Bush, fiddler Mark OConnor, bassist Edgar Meyer, and Dobro player Jerry Douglas teamed up in 1989 to form Strength in Numbers and record The Telluride Sessions.

Late that year, Fleck was asked by PBS television to play on the upcoming Lonesome Pine Special; in response, he gathered together a veritable dream team of musicians to form the Flecktones.

The original members included Howard Levy, who played piano, harmonica, and ocarina, among other instruments; bass guitarist Victor Lemonte Wooten, and his brother Roy Future Man Wooten on the drumitar, an electronic drum shaped like a guitar.

Though the special wasnt aired until 1992, the Flecktones recorded their eponymous debut album in 1990 and followed it up with Flight of the Cosmic Hippo (1991).

In 1993, they released their third album, UFO Tofu, which featured music blending different genres ranging from bluegrass to RB and worldbeat.

In 1995, they released Tales from the Acoustic Planet; Left of Cool followed in 1998, and Tales from the Acoustic Planet 2: The Bluegrass Sessions was released a year later.

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