Paco Saval
Paco Saval (born June 25, 1950 in Santiago de Chile ; actually Francisco Leiva-Saval ) is a Cologne- based keyboardist , producer, composer and singer.
Life
Paco Saval was born in Chile in 1950 , where he made his first recordings at the age of 15. In 1969 Saval moved to Madrid and studied audio engineering there. From there he moved to Leeds in 1975 , where he worked with musicians from the Leeds College of Music. In 1978 Saval finally came to Cologne, where he initially played together with Tato Gomez in the band Santiago, with whom he won the German Record Prize in 1979 . From 1980 he played with the Food Band , then with Wolf Maahn und die Deserteure, the Thys van Leer Band, She And The Band, Viva la Diva, the Burning Man Blues Band and the band der Rosa Treffen . Together with the saxophonist Knaller Delbrügge he played with the Soulcats, Knaller and the men and in the band of the RTL Nachtshow . He toured with Rory Gallagher and Sally Oldfield , among others .
As the producer of the Band of Gold, Saval composed the song "Love Songs Are Back Again", which stayed in the top 50 of the US and UK charts for several weeks. He composed the song “En el parque” for Miguel Ríos . Together with Knaller Delbrügge he composed and produced a series of jingles for ProSieben .
Today Paco Saval plays in the Lance Harrison Band and together with Wolfram Burgtorf at Burgtorf / Saval.
Discography
Solo albums
- 1978 borderline
- 1985 Piña Colada
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Saval, Paco |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leiva-Saval, Francesco (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chilean musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 25, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santiago de Chile , Chile |