Jingle All the Way (Béla Fleck and the Flecktones album)
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| Released | September 30, 2008 (CD) November 4, 2008 (Vinyl) November 17, 2008 (UK) | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion, progressive bluegrass, pop, holiday music | |||
| Length | 61:01 | |||
| Label | Rounder Records | |||
| Producer | Béla Fleck with the Flecktones | |||
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Jingle All the Way is a Christmas album and the thirteenth album overall by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. Released in 2008 under Rounder, it marks the band's first record since their departure from Columbia. Jingle All the Way reached #1 on the Top Contemporary Jazz chart, the group's first album to do so since 1991. It also won the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album.
The band's rendition of "Sleigh Ride" was nominated for Best Country Instrumental Performance. It was performed on the December 22, 2008 edition of Late Night with Conan O'Brien. This is also the last studio album to feature saxophonist Jeff Coffin before his departure in 2009 to join the Dave Matthews Band.