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Instrument: Guitar.
1966. Barcelona, Spain.
Chameleonic musician, sensitive, innovator… From father, flamenco guitar player/dancer, and mother, classical Spanish dancer, at the age of 3 months to 2 years old, he traveled with his family, who directed a Flamenco Show in a Circus that toured Europe, on his first words, (as written in a notebook from his mother) he use to say “ayaya” for “guitarra”
Once established in Barcelona he studied violin at 8, bass and trumpet from 16 to 19 even dough his main instrument always was the guitar, he also studied harmony, arrangements and theory in several School and Conservatories in Terrassa, Badalona, Barcelona, Madrid, Holland, USA, and later on he studied Flamenco as a predilect student of the Gipsy guitar legend Pepe Habichuela in Madrid.
From 19 years old, and having changed the Flamenco guitar for an electric, his constant search in music and work, took him to travel for more than 15 years, having contact with the improvisation of Jazz, Classical music, African music, the folklore of South America and the music from the Balkans.
He has had his residence in Barcelona, Madrid, USA, and Holland where he has worked with a great variety of musicians with whom he has played, recorded and toured around the world like:
This van Leer (Focus), Jeff Ballard (Chick Corea), Larry Harlow (Fania all Stars), Fra-Fra Sound, Lilian Viera (Zuco 103), Meddy Gerville (Isla Reunion), Randy Bernsen (Zawinul Syndicate) etc…
He has also played and recorded with: Jimmy Smith (organ), M’Shelle N’Dege O’Cello (bass/vocal), Mike Stern (Miles Davis), Alain Caron (Uzeb) Candy Dulfer (Prince), Jesse van Ruller, Tower of Power (U.S.A.), Estrella Morente, Barbería del Sur, José “el Frances”, Joaquín Cortes, Ketama, Farruquito, Pepe Habichuela, Tomatito, etc…
Currently he is living in Madrid where he is releasing his second solo CD, a Flamenco music record, played all on electric guitar, with the valuable collaborations of: Ramón “el Portugues”, Ana Salazar, Paquete, Pepe Habichuela, Jorge Pardo, Bandolero, Luki Losada, Josemi Carmona, Manuel, Bernardo and Juan Parrilla, etc...
He also teaches a master-class where he explains the music he plays and a little thesis called “ Pulse and harmony displacing in real time” it is an “innovating” concept developed by Jaco Abel that teaches how to displace the pulse and consequently the harmony while playing, using Flamenco and African claves and their subdivision.
Together with all the musical activity, Jaco started his own independent record label, “Gitano Cromatico Producciones” and his Online music store "www.gcproducciones.com" where he is producing, playing and releasing, a series of cds all related to the flamenco world, this company works as an artists cooperative.
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