Agustin "El Bola" Carbonell (born Agustín Carbonell Serrano; Madrid, 1967) is a
guitarist and Spanish
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and Defi ...
of
flamenco and
new flamenco music.
Member of a family with wide flamenco roots, including names like
Sabicas
Sabicas (proper name: Agustín Castellón Campos) (16 March 1912 – 14 April 1990) was a Spanish flamenco guitarist of Romani origin.
Biography
Sabicas was born in Pamplona, Spain, and began playing guitar at the age of five and made his perfor ...
, El Bola and
Paco de Lucía, he began playing at 13 years of age in various "
tablaos" (flamenco gatherings) in his hometown. He soon participated in shows like ''Cumbre Flamenca'' (Flamenco Summit), which premiered on Broadway and in Hollywood.
In the late 1980s, he created his own group, joining the new flamenco and
jazz flamenco styles. He recorded his first album ''Bola'' on Nuba Records in 1989. He has since collaborated with the Paco de Lucia group, recording three albums with him. He also recorded three albums with the singer
Enrique Morente. and with other musicians such as Ramón el Portugués,
Jorge Pardo Jorge Pardo may refer to:
*Jorge Pardo (artist)
*Jorge Pardo (musician) (born 1955), Spanish musician
*J. D. Pardo
Jorge Daniel Pardo (born September 7, 1980) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Jack Toretto in '' F9'' (2021), as ...
,
Chano Dominguez,
Carles Benavent,
Rubem Dantas, Javier Colina, among others.
In 1996, he recorded his second album, ''Vuelo Flamenco'' (''Flamenco Flight''), and moved to Brazil, where he lived for eight years. On his return he recorded a third disc, ''Desvaríos'' with Jorge Pardo (RTV Music, 2007).
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1967 births
Flamenco guitarists
Spanish guitarists
Spanish male guitarists
Living people
Musicians from Madrid
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