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Joan Eloi Vila
Spanish musician (1959–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joan Eloi Vila de Paz (12 April 1959 ― 17 January 2021), was a Spanish guitarist.[1]
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Joan Eloi Vila studied at the Conservatori Superior de Musica del Liceu, at the Center d'Estudis Musicals, at the Aula de Música Moderna y Jazz, and at 10 Master-Classes with Joe Pass in France. He was a member of the children's group "Els Xipis" and collaborated with the Barcelona orchestra "La Salseta del Poble Sec" and has had a long career accompanying established artists on their tours: Jimmy Page, Joan Baptista Humet (from 1980 to 1984), Joaquín Sabina and Joan Isaac.[2]
Vila released a solo album in 2000: "40 anys i un dia" (Salseta Records). In 2012 he decided to form the duo "BCN swing" with vocalist Philip Stanton.