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Artist
Jose Fernandes
4+ albums
about
José Fernandez first was born to an Andalusian gypsy family where everyone was a musician. From his grandfather, a well-known Flamenco singer & poet, he inherited a fiery gypsy temperament and a keenly developed artistic sense. At the age of 4, Jose took part in gypsy ceremonies as a phenomenal child singer - a local newspaper even dubbed him "the Mozart of Flamenco." Sometimes he played the drums, seated on his uncle's lap. Musician in his soul and avid of music, Jose showed interest in anything that could make a sound. He did not limit himself to one instrument: in addition to the drums, he mastered the guitar, the piano, the bass under various forms (guitar bass, double-bass, baby bass…) and then the percussion (timbales, congas, bongos, darbouka…) Through his various travels and interaction with new cultures, Jose experimented with more exotic instruments. He can be heard playing a Greek bouzouki, an Arabic lute, and even an Indian flute. Born in the 70's, at the time of the first big wave of music fusion, José is a child of World Music. He dreams of mixing his flamenco heritage and his mastery of "Cante Jondo" (the authentic flamenco singing), with all other styles, from salsa to Middle-Eastern. It is not surprising to learn that Jose idealizes artists as different as Camaron de la Isla, Carlos Santana, Django Reinhardt, Stevie Wonder and Oum Koulsoum. At the age of 12, Jose formed a music band with his brothers and cousins, under the supervision of his father. Of n