# Biel Ballester

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{{Short description|Spanish gypsy jazz guitarist}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name         = Biel Ballester
| image        = Biel Ballester 1.jpg
| caption      = Biel Ballester (2016)
| birth_name   =
| birth_date   = {{birth year and age|1974}}
| birth_place  = [Mallorca](/source/Mallorca), [Spain](/source/Spain)
| genre        = [Gypsy jazz](/source/Gypsy_jazz)
| occupation   = Musician
| instrument   = Guitar
| years_active =
| label        = 
}}

'''Biel Ballester''' (born 1974) is a [gypsy jazz](/source/gypsy_jazz) guitarist from [Mallorca](/source/Mallorca), Spain. He contributed music to the [Woody Allen](/source/Woody_Allen) film ''[Vicky Cristina Barcelona](/source/Vicky_Cristina_Barcelona)''.

== Biography ==
Biel Ballester is from Mallorca in Spain.<ref name="Jazzkaar">{{citation|title=Interview with Biel Ballester & Dave Mitchell Trio|date=21 March 2015|url=https://www.jazzkaar.ee/en/uudised/interview-with-biel-ballester-dave-mitchell-trio/|work=Jazzkaar|accessdate=6 September 2015}}</ref> He studied classical guitar under Àlex Garrobé at the Escola D'Arts Musicals Luthier in Barcelona. He discovered the music of [Django Reinhardt](/source/Django_Reinhardt) at age 18, and his music is a fusion of [gypsy jazz](/source/gypsy_jazz) and Spanish music.<ref name=Jazzkaar/><ref name=GJGS>{{citation| title=Our Man in Barcelona: Biel Ballester| work=Gypsy Jazz Guitar Secrets| volume=6| date=28 November 2014}}</ref> With Leo Hipaucha (rhythm guitar) and Oriol González (double bass) he formed the Biel Ballester trio. He was introduced to [Woody Allen](/source/Woody_Allen) during the filming of [Vicky Cristina Barcelona](/source/Vicky_Cristina_Barcelona). Allen, a jazz clarinet player, played frequently with Ballester during this time and included two of his tracks on the soundtrack of the film.<ref name=Jazzkaar/><ref>{{citation| title=Sé que es un disco muy bueno y he querido gestionarlo todo| url=https://ultimahora.es/noticias/cultura/2016/02/08/175360/disco-muy-bueno-querido-gestionarlo-todo.html| accessdate=11 November 2016| work=UH Noticias| date=7 February 2016}}</ref>

== Discography ==
===As leader===
* ''Echoes from Mallorca''  (Refined, 2005)
* ''Live in London''  (Le Q, 2006)
* ''Bistro de Barcelona''  (Refined, 2008)
* ''Jazz a l'Estudi''  (TVC Disc, 2011)
* ''Avanti!'' ([Hot Club](/source/Hot_Club_Records), 2011)
* ''Melodium Melodynamic''  (La Cupula Music, 2015)
* ''The Lowdown'' (Hot Club, 2015)

===As sideman===
*  [Jon Larsen](/source/Jon_Larsen_(Norwegian_musician)), ''Short Stories from Catalonia'', (Hot Club, 2013)

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Category:Spanish male guitarists
Category:Continental jazz guitarists
Category:Gypsy jazz guitarists
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Category:21st-century Spanish male musicians
Category:Spanish male jazz musicians

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