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| − | '''Béla Fleck''' is a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]]-winning banjo player famous for performing in several genres including country, pop, jazz, bluegrass, classical and folk. As a soloist, and with his group The Flecktones, he has performed with the likes of Dave Matthews Band, [[Evelyn Glennie]] and [[Joshua Bell]]. |
+ | '''Béla Fleck''' (b. 1958) is a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]]-winning banjo player famous for performing in several genres of music, including country, pop, jazz, bluegrass, classical and folk. As a soloist, and with his group The Flecktones, he has performed with the likes of Dave Matthews Band, [[Evelyn Glennie]] and [[Joshua Bell]]. |
| − | He appeared on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' in a segment introduced in voice-over by [[Count von Count]] to play the "rarely performed" so-called "Concerto for Banjo and Two Chickens: Pluck and Pluck" (which is actually "[[The Blue Danube]]" waltz by Johann |
+ | He appeared on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' in a segment introduced in voice-over by [[Count von Count]] to play the "rarely performed" so-called "Concerto for Banjo and Two Chickens: Pluck and Pluck" (which is actually "[[The Blue Danube]]" waltz by [[Johann Strauss II]]). {{first|3842}} |
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| + | He also appears with the same two chickens in a celebrity montage of "[[Sing]]." |
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Revision as of 08:34, 20 February 2019
Béla Fleck (b. 1958) is a Grammy Award-winning banjo player famous for performing in several genres of music, including country, pop, jazz, bluegrass, classical and folk. As a soloist, and with his group The Flecktones, he has performed with the likes of Dave Matthews Band, Evelyn Glennie and Joshua Bell.
He appeared on Sesame Street in a segment introduced in voice-over by Count von Count to play the "rarely performed" so-called "Concerto for Banjo and Two Chickens: Pluck and Pluck" (which is actually "The Blue Danube" waltz by Johann Strauss II). (First: Episode 3842)
He also appears with the same two chickens in a celebrity montage of "Sing."