Carles Benavent: Jazz, Flamenco and Blues

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Of all the instrumentalists in contemporary music, only a handful have become game changers. Jazz trumpet has m: Louis Armstrong, rock guitar has m: Jimi Hendrix, jazz saxophone has m: Charlie Parker. Flamenco bass guitar has Carles Benavent. Benavent's fluid, melodic and emotive style of playing is as beautiful as it is distinctive. Developed initially from a love of the blues, his playing has, over the years, enabled him to extend his reach into rock and jazz fusion as well as flamenco. In the jazz world, he's enjoyed a particularly fruitful relationship with m: Chick Corea, and, as he puts it with characteristic modesty, he played "for 10, no 15, minutes" with m: Miles Davis...

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