Béla Fleck and the Flecktones (album)

Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 6, 1990
Recorded1989
StudioJavelina (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreJazz fusion, bluegrass, post-bop
Length47:56
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerBéla Fleck with the Flecktones
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones chronology
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
(1990)
Flight of the Cosmic Hippo
(1991)

Béla Fleck and the Flecktones is the debut album by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 1990. It reached number 17 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. At the Grammy Awards of 1997, a live version of "The Sinister Minister", a track from the album, won the Best Pop Instrumental Performance award.