Tete Montoliu

piano · 1933–1997 · Barcelone

Blind Catalan pianist who learned music in Braille from the age of seven. He moved through hard bop and Afro-Cuban music and accompanied visiting Americans such as Dexter Gordon and Ben Webster.

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Styles

• Hard bop

Landmark tracks

• Apartment 512 (1974)
• Blues for Perla (1974)
• A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1974)
• Siboney (1977)
• Piel Canela (1977)
• Cigales al Ven (1978)
• Cançó de Matinada (1978)
• Una Guitarra (1978)

Sources

• Source

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