Paco de Lucía
World-renowned
Spanish guitarist Paco de Lucia has died aged 66 in Mexico, reportedly of a heart
attack while playing with his children on a beach.
The death of one of
the most celebrated flamenco guitarists was announced by the mayor's office in Algeciras, southern Spain, where he was born.
He is said to have
died in the Mexican resort of Cancun.
Famous for a series
of flamenco albums in the 1970s, he also crossed over into classical and jazz
guitar.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paco_de_Lucía
Paco de Lucía, born
Francisco Gustavo Sánchez Gomes (21 December 1947 – 25 February 2014), was a
Spanish flamenco composer, guitarist and producer. A leading proponent of the
New Flamenco style, he helped legitimize flamenco among the establishment in Spain, and was
one of the first flamenco guitarists who has also successfully crossed over
into other genres of music such as classical and jazz. Richard Chapman and Eric
Clapton, authors of Guitar: Music, History, Players, describe de Lucía as a
"titanic figure in the world of flamenco guitar", and Dennis Koster,
author of Guitar Atlas, Flamenco, has referred to de Lucía as "one of history's
greatest guitarists".
De Lucía was noted
for his innovation, dexterity, technique, strength and fluidity in his right
hand, capable of executing extremely fast and fluent picados. A master of
contrast, he often juxtaposes picados with rasgueados and other techniques and
often adds abstract chords and scale tones to his compositions with jazz
influences. These innovations saw him play a key role in the development of
traditional Flamenco and the evolution of New Flamenco and Latin jazz fusion
from the 1970s
Paco de Lucía Concierto Aranjuez - Adagio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9RS4biqyAc
Paco de Lucia - Pula 01.07.2006.av
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv34G5b-ty8
Paco de Lucia - Live
at the Montreux Jazz Festival 2012 (HD)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpxpiyRGQEY
Spanish flamenco
guitarist Paco de Lucia dies at 66
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26351251
Meeting Paco de Lucia
Emma Martinez
Author of Flamenco,
All You Wanted To Know
I discovered flamenco
and Paco de Lucia with [the singer] Camaron de la Isla in the 1970s, thanks to
my flamenco-playing cousin. His music and flamenco have been a constant companion
and inspiration throughout my life.
I recall managing to
get backstage at a London
concert of Paco where we compared fingernails (he didn't believe I was a
classical guitarist) and I told him how I thought his interpretation of the
Concierto de Aranjuez was the best.
I remember my knees
were shaking, I was so excited about meeting him. He thanked me and muttered
under his breath that Narciso Yepes thought it was "folkloric" (a
common classical guitarist put-down of flamencos).
For me, as for the
vast majority of my contemporaries, Paco was, is and forever will be the
ultimate flamenco guitarist. As a classical guitarist (retired), for me he also
became simply the world's greatest guitarist regardless of genre, and one of
the world's best composers for guitar.
photos
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