Tino di Geraldo

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.

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.