Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones | |
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Victor Wooten, Béla Fleck, Jeff Coffin, and Future Man | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1988–2012, 2016–present |
| Labels | Warner Bros., Columbia, Sony BMG, Rounder |
| Members | |
| Past members | |
| Website | www |
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones is an American jazz fusion band that is known for its eclectic style and instrumentation, combining jazz improvisation with progressive bluegrass, rock, classical, funk, and world music traditions.
The Flecktones formed in 1988 when Béla Fleck was invited to perform on the PBS TV series The Lonesome Pine Specials. The original members were Fleck on banjo, Victor Wooten on bass guitar, his brother Roy Wooten on Drumitar, and Howard Levy on harmonica and keyboards. After Levy's departure in 1992 the group continued as a trio for several years until recruiting Jeff Coffin in 1997 on saxophones. Coffin quit the group in 2010, and Levy rejoined in 2011.