Tino di Geraldo

Tino di Geraldo (born Faustino Fernández Fernández in 1960) is a French-Spanish percussionist, tabla player, drummer, and producer. He is one of Spain's leading flamenco and jazz percussionists, bringing classical and jazz influences to flamenco,^[1] with a punk-rock background.^[2] Billboard cited him as an "eminent flamenco musician".

The son of an Asturian couple, Geraldo was born in Toulouse and spent his childhood in France.^[3] He gained a background in classical and jazz percussion^[1] before he got his start in flamenco as a young man in Madrid, having met Diego Carrasco who needed a percussionist.^[4] He has worked with some of the biggest names in flamenco and Latin music including Paco de Lucía,^[5] Tomatito,^[6] Chano Domínguez,^[7] Carlos Núñez,^[8] Raimundo Amador,^[9] Javier Álvarez,^[10] Niña Pastori,^[11] and Manolo Sanlúcar.^[12][4] He has also worked with musicians outside Spain, and has worked with French/Vietnamese jazz guitarist Nguyen Le and American folk musician Jackson Browne, featuring on and producing for his fourth live album Love Is Strange: En Vivo Con Tino and on the song "These Days",^[13] touring with him since 2006. He featured on Paco de Lucia's 1998 album Luzia.

Geraldo formed a group with Carles Benavent and Jorge Pardo, both of which also performed with Paco de Lucia and toured in 1998 and again in 2007–8.^[14] Geraldo played percussion on Pardo's 2332 album, and Moraíto's Aire album.^[15] Geraldo's 2003 album Tino, took three years to complete and had only one flamenco track.^[16] Billboard cited him in 1996 as an "eminent flamenco musician".^[17] He has produced albums for Luz Casal, Carrasco, Elbicho, Jazzpaña, and Tomasito.^[18]