José del Tomate
Almería
José Fernández "José del Tomate" was born in Almería into a family of artists. His father, Tomatito, and his great-grandfather, Miguel Fernández Cortés "El Tomate—have been an artistic inspiration for him. He acknowledges Sabicas and Paco de Lucía as influences, but above all, the person who has influenced him the most is his uncle "El Niño Miguel.“ "From a very young age, I lived in a flamenco environment at home, and guitars were always around me," says José, who at just 13 years old decided to follow in his family’s footsteps.
Like father, like son. José has known how to think carefully about each beat, he doesn't let himself be carried away by more or less passing fashions. He is inspired by what he has learnt, by the road he has travelled, which is already long enough, to project his own style and to express it in different touches that clearly reflect how a young man from Almeria conceives flamenco from the guitar today’, his trio perfectly exemplifies this.