Jordi Sabatés Navarro (

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, 23 October 1948 – Barcelona, 10 January 2022) was a Spanish pianist, composer, and arranger.

Biography

In his youth, he was a member of the folk-rock band

Pic-Nic Pic-Nic was a Spanish teenage folk-pop and sunshine pop band formed in Barcelona in the mid-to-late 1960s, composed of lead singer Jeanette, guitarists Toti Soler and Al Cárdenas, drummer Jordi Barangé and bassist Isidoro "Doro" de Montaber ...

. He later joined the

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band Om. He composed also several film scores, mainly documentaries such as ''

Bola de Nieve Bola de Nieve (literally ''Snowball'') (11 September 1911 – 2 October 1971), born Ignacio Jacinto Villa Fernández, was a Cuban singer-pianist and songwriter. His name originates from his round, black face. Villa Fernández was born in Guanaba ...

'' (2003). In 1971 he formed the group Jarka and in 1973 he began working with Toti Soler. In the late 1990s he toured with

Maria del Mar Bonet Maria del Mar Bonet i Verdaguer (Balearic Catalan: ; born 1947 in Palma, Majorca) is a Spanish singer from the island of Majorca. Early life and career Bonet studied ceramics in the school of arts, but eventually decided to dedicate herself to ...

and other notable Spanish artists. He died on 10 January 2022, at the age of 73.Mor el pianista Jordi Sabatés als 73 anys

References

External links

Official site
* * 1948 births 2022 deaths 21st-century male musicians 21st-century pianists Spanish pianists Spanish composers Spanish male composers Spanish film score composers Male film score composers People from Barcelona Male pianists {{Spain-musician-stub