Tino di Geraldo (born Faustino Fernández Fernández in 1960) is a French-Spanish percussionist,

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player, drummer, and producer. He is one of Spain's leading

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and

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percussionists, bringing classical and jazz influences to

, with a punk-rock background. ''Billboard'' cited him as an "eminent flamenco musician".

Biography

The son of an Asturian couple, Geraldo was born in Toulouse and spent his childhood in France. He gained a background in classical and jazz percussion before he got his start in flamenco as a young man in

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, having met

Diego Carrasco Diego Carrasco (born in 1954 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain) is a Spanish flamenco guitar player, composer and singer (''cantaor The cante flamenco (), meaning "flamenco singing", is one of the three main components of flamenco, along with ''to ...

who needed a percussionist. He has worked with some of the biggest names in flamenco and Latin music including

Paco de Lucía Francisco Sánchez Gómez (21 December 194725 February 2014), known as Paco de Lucía (;), was a Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer, and record producer. A leading proponent of the new flamenco style, he was one of the first flame ...

Tomatito José Fernández Torres, known as Tomatito (born Fondón, 1958), is a Spanish roma flamenco guitarist and composer. Having started his career accompanying famed flamenco singer Camarón de la Isla (with Paco de Lucía), he has made a number of ...

Chano Domínguez Chano Domínguez (born Sebastián Domínguez Lozano; 29 March 1960, Cádiz) is a Spanish Latin jazz, post bop and flamenco pianist. Dominguez has released over 20 albums as a bandleader, and collaborated extensively with other jazz artists incl ...

, Carlos Núñez,

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, Javier Álvarez,

Niña Pastori María Rosa García García (born 15 January 1978 in San Fernando, Cádiz), better known as Niña Pastori, is a Spanish flamenco singer ( cantaora). Biography María Rosa García was born in 1978 in the town of San Fernando in Cadiz. The youn ...

, and

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. He has also worked with musicians outside Spain, and has worked with French/Vietnamese jazz guitarist

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and American folk musician

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, featuring on and producing for his fourth live album '' Love Is Strange: En Vivo Con Tino'' and on the song "

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", touring with him since 2006. He featured on Paco de Lucia's 1998 album '' Luzia''. Geraldo formed a group with

Carles Benavent Carles Benavent (born 1 March 1954) is a Spanish flamenco and jazz bass player. Biography Benavent was born in the Poble Sec neighborhood in Barcelona. He started playing the bass when he was thirteen years old, attracted by blues and rock, J ...

and

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, both of which also performed with Paco de Lucia and toured in 1998 and again in 2007-8. Geraldo played percussion on Pardo's ''2332'' album, and Moraíto's ''Aire'' album. Geraldo's 2003 album ''Tino'', took three years to complete and had only one flamenco track. ''Billboard'' cited him in 1996 as an "eminent flamenco musician". He has produced albums for

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, Carrasco, Elbicho, Jazzpaña, and

Tomasito Tomás Moreno Romero, better known as Tomasito, is a Spanish flamenco dancer, singer and rapper born in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, in 1969. His music style is a very personal mixture of flamenco, pop, rock, hip hop, funky, and other rhythms. He ...

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