Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

Formed in 1989

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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 "Future Man" 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.

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Béla Fleck and the Flecktones est un groupe de jazz fusion américain mêlant le jazz, la musique country et le bluegrass.

La formation comprend Béla Fleck au banjo, Victor Wooten à la basse, Roy Wooten aux percussions et selon les époques l'harmoniciste Howard Levy (1988-1992 et depuis 2011) ou le saxophoniste Jeff Coffin (1997-2008). Victor Wooten est connu pour son jeu technique utilisant en particulier le slap. Roy Wooten, ou Future Man (son nom de scène), joue des percussions sur un drumitar, plus précisément un SynthAxe (en) (contrôleur MIDI en forme de guitare) transformé en contrôleur de percussions.

Le groupe a gagné plusieurs Grammy awards.

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