Jorge Pardo is one of the architects of the current flamenco renaissance—a founding member of the group Dolores (together with Pedro Ruy-Blas). Today, Jorge Pardo is regarded as one of the true leaders of a style of music that fuses flamenco with jazz. He is among the elite jazz figures from Spain with an international following. Introduced to the world of professional flamenco at the hands of groundbreaking flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia, he has acquired a new hybrid language between jazz “de raiz” (“from the roots”) and flamenco. He is acclaimed for his longtime association with Paco de Lucía and American jazz legend Chick Corea. Jorge Pardo’s style and technique on both flute and the sax are blazing new trails in this constantly developing music. In addition to his work in Sextet by Paco de Lucia, he has collaborated with nearly every prominent figure in the world of flamenco on concerts with Chick Corea and Astrid Gilberto, also a longtime collaborator with flamenco rock bands Ketama and La Barberia del Sur, further exploring the outer reaches of the rhythms of flamenco.