Player of Instruments Rare in Jazz

As We Speak by Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer featuring Rakesh Chaurasia

As We Speak by Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer featuring Rakesh Chaurasia

Miscellaneous Instrument: Béla Fleck (banjo)

IBMA Album of The Year – My Bluegrass Heart; Banjo Player of The Year; Instrumental Group of the Year – My Bluegrass Heart; Instrumental Recorded Performance of The Year – “Vertigo”

My Bluegrass Heart by Béla Fleck

Miscellaneous Instrument: Béla Fleck (banjo)

September 10

Miscellaneous Instrument: Béla Fleck (banjo)

Throw Down Your Heart: The Complete Africa Series by Béla Fleck feat. Tomani Diabaté & others

New Grass Revival

Miscellaneous Instrument: Béla Fleck (banjo)

Miscellaneous Instrument: Béla Fleck (banjo)

Miscellaneous Instrument: Béla Fleck (banjo)

Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

Béla was inducted under the category of Five-String Performance.

Critics’ Poll Awards: Miscellaneous Instrument: Béla Fleck (banjo) & Readers’ Poll Awards: Miscellaneous Instrument: Béla Fleck (banjo)

Recognizes an individual who best exemplifies the harmonious spirit of Nashville’s musical community

Critics’ Poll Awards: Miscellaneous Instrument: Béla Fleck (banjo) & Readers’ Poll Awards: Miscellaneous Instrument: Béla Fleck (banjo)

October 4-28, 2016

Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn by Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn

“And Am I Born To Die” (from Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn) by Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn

Miscellaneous Instrument: Béla Fleck (banjo)

Critics’ Poll Awards: Miscellaneous Instrument: Béla Fleck (banjo) & Readers’ Poll Awards: Miscellaneous Instrument: Béla Fleck (banjo)

Miscellaneous Instrument: Béla Fleck (banjo)

Miscellaneous Instrument: Béla Fleck (banjo)

“Life in Eleven” by Béla Fleck and Howard Levy

Miscellaneous Instrument: Béla Fleck (banjo)

Throw Down Your Heart, Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks by Béla Fleck

Critics’ Poll Awards: Miscellaneous Instrument: Béla Fleck (banjo) & Beyond Album: Throw Down Your Heart & Readers’ Poll Awards: Miscellaneous Instrument: Béla Fleck (banjo)

“Throw Down Your Heart” (from Tales from the Acoustic Planet Vol 3: Africa Sessions, Throw Down Your Heart) by Béla Fleck

Tales from the Acoustic Planet Vol 3: Africa Sessions
Throw Down Your Heart by Béla Fleck

Miscellaneous Instrument: Béla Fleck (banjo)

The Melody Of Rhythm by Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer

Jingle All The Way by Béla Fleck & The Flecktones

“Sleigh Ride” (from Jingle All The Way) by Béla Fleck & The Flecktones

“Spectacle” (from The Enchantment) by Béla Fleck & Chick Corea

Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular, with Tony Trischka and others

The Enchantment (Béla Fleck & Chick Corea, artists. Bernie Kirsh, engineer. Béla Fleck & Chick Corea, producers.)

The Hidden Land by Béla Fleck & The Flecktones

“Subterfuge” (from The Hidden Land) by Béla Fleck & The Flecktones

“Who’s Your Uncle” (from Best Kept Secret) by Jerry Douglas

Soulgrass by Bill Evans (co-produced by Béla Fleck)

“Bear Mountain Hop” (from The Country Bears Soundtrack) by Béla Fleck

Claude Debussy "Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum" From Children's Corner, arranged by Béla Fleck & Edgar Meyer

Perpetual Motion (Scarlatti, Bach, Debussy, Chopin) by Béla Fleck with Edgar Meyer, Joshua Bell, and others

“Leaving Cottondale” (from Simple Pleasures) by Alison Brown

Outbound by Béla Fleck & The Flecktones

“Zona Mona” (from Outbound) by Béla Fleck & The Flecktones

The Bluegrass Sessions by Béla Fleck

“Almost 12” (from Left of Cool) by Béla Fleck, Future Man & Victor Wooten, composers

“Big Country” (from Left Of Cool) by Béla Fleck & The Flecktones

“The Ride” (from Restless On the Farm) by Jerry Douglas

“The Sinister Minister (Live)” (from Live Art) by Béla Fleck & The Flecktones (with Sam Bush & Paul McCandless)

Tabula Rasa by Jie-Bing Chen, Béla Fleck & Mohan Viña

“Hightower” (from Tales from the Acoustic Planet) by Béla Fleck

“Cheeseballs in Cowtown” (from Tales from the Acoustic Planet) by Béla Fleck

The Creation by Amy Grant

“Magic Fingers” (from UFO Tofu) by Béla Fleck & The Flecktones

Flight of the Cosmic Hippo by Béla Fleck & The Flecktones

“Blu-Bop” (from Flight of the Cosmic Hippo) by Béla Fleck & The Flecktones

Inaugural Awardee

“The Sinister Minister” (from Béla Fleck & The Flecktones) by Béla Fleck & The Flecktones

“Bigfoot” (from Friday Night in America) by New Grass Revival

Drive by Béla Fleck

“Seven by Seven” (from New Grass Revival) by New Grass Revival