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The Impostor is a concerto for Banjo and Orchestra written by Béla Fleck. Fleck premiered the concerto on September 22, 2011, with the Nashville Symphony (Giancarlo Guerrero conducting) in the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville. [1] It was recorded over the course of three live performances and released on the eponymous album The ...
A native of New York City, Fleck was named after the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, the Austrian composer Anton Webern, and the Czech composer Leoš Janáček. [4] He was drawn to the banjo at a young age when he heard Earl Scruggs play the theme song for The Beverly Hillbillies television show [5] and when he heard "Dueling Banjos" by Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell on the radio.
Bela Fleck in Raleigh, North Carolina, June 6, 2011. In April 1997, the Flecktones became a quartet again, as they added saxophone player Jeff Coffin to the mix. In June 1997, the Flecktones opened for the Dave Matthews Band. [4] In July the Flecktones toured Europe and sat in on the second set of a Phish show in Lyon, France. This marked the ...
Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3: Africa Sessions is an album by banjoist Béla Fleck.Nicknamed "Throw Down Your Heart" after one of the songs, the album is actually a soundtrack for a film of the same name, released by Docurama Films, which he produced, about travelling through Africa, recording with many musicians from that continent as he searched for the origins of the banjo.
Beacon Banjo tuners continue their proud tradition, now in the hands of his son, Martin. ... Bela Fleck, Fiddle Tunes for Banjo, Rounder 0124 CD 1999; 1984 Bill Keith ...
Sparrow Quartet in Asheville, North Carolina, 2008. The Sparrow Quartet is an American acoustic music group that formed in 2005. Its members include Abigail Washburn (banjo and vocals), Béla Fleck (), Casey Driessen (), and Ben Sollee ().
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Natural Bridge is an album by American banjoist Béla Fleck, released in 1982.Bela Fleck was a young bluegrass musician whose work with such bands as Spectrum and the New Grass Revival pushed the envelope of bluegrass tradition and contributed to the development of the New Acoustic movement spearheaded by mandolinist David Grisman, guitarist Tony Rice, and others.