Tete Montoliu
Spanish musician
Died when: 64 years 149 days (772 months)Star Sign: Aries
Vicenç Montoliu i Massana, better known as Tete Montoliu (28 March 1933 – 24 August 1997) was a Spanish jazz pianist from Catalonia, Spain.Born blind, he learnt braille music at age seven.
His styles varied from hard bop, through afro-Cuban, world fusion, to post bop.He recorded with Lionel Hampton in 1956 and played with saxophonist Roland Kirk in 1963.
He also worked with leading American jazz musicians who toured in, or relocated to Europe including Kenny Dorham, Dexter Gordon, Ben Webster, Lucky Thompson, and Anthony Braxton.
Tete Montoliu recorded two albums in the US, and recorded for Enja, SteepleChase Records, and Soul Note in Europe.
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