Diego Amador

Diego Amador Fernández (Seville - 1973),

is a Spanish multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer who fuses flamenco and jazz, also known as ‘El Ray Charles Gitano’ (for the free and vigorous spirit with which he plays the piano). He is recognised as one of the most outstanding musicians of the “Flamenco-Jazz” style. His combination of exceptional performer and musician has been his passport to collaborating with the biggest stars of flamenco, such as Tomatito, Camarón de la Isla, Remedios Amaya and Diego El Cigala, and of jazz, such as Pat Metheny, Birelli Lagrene, Charlie Haden, Chick Corea, Alex Acuña or Abraham Laboriel. In genres such as salsa, he worked with Óscar de León, with whom he achieved Number One on Billboard (USA)

His personal signature has been to create a new way of playing the piano, much as the flamenco guitar is played today, and to accompany his own cante. He has been the first flamenco cantaor to accompany himself on piano as well as on other instruments.