Paco de Lucía
Paco de Lucía (* 21st December 1947 in Algeciras , Cadiz as Francisco Sánchez Gómez ; † 25. February 2014 in Cancun , Mexico ) was a Spanish guitarist . He was considered the grand master of the flamenco guitar. He cultivated traditional flamenco and enriched it with new elements, primarily from classical and jazz . His brothers Ramón de Algeciras and Pepe de Lucía were or are also flamenco musicians.
Life
Paco de Lucía, the son of a guitarist from Algeciras and a Portuguese woman, received his first guitar from his father when he was five. Like Paco's siblings, he taught him the first fingerings on the instrument. Paco later received lessons from his eldest brother Ramón . Paco de Lucía made his first public appearance at the age of eleven, and a year later he received a special award at the Jerez de la Frontera Festival . At the age of 15 he took part in the first international tour as a member of José Greco's ensemble . At 17 he made his first record with Ricardo Modrega and at 20 he released his first solo record.
With the jazz saxophonist Pedro Iturralde there were early attempts at fusion with jazz, in which the bassist Erich Peter and the drummer Peer Wyboris also participated. After a recording of a concert in London broadcast by the BBC, Joachim Ernst Berendt invited the group to the Berlin Jazz Days in 1967 and produced the LP Jazz Flamenco with them .
During this time he began his long-term collaboration with the popular flamenco singer Camarón de la Isla , which was to have a great influence on the work and popularity of Paco de Lucía. Paco de Lucía achieved greater awareness through the tour of the Festival Flamenco Gitano organized by Horst Lippmann and Fritz Rau . Between 1969 and 1984 they made twelve productions.
At the same time, however, eleven productions were made with the more traditionally oriented singer Fosforito . Other singers with whom de Lucía performed: Bambino , Chato de la Isla , Enrique Montoya , Juan el de la Vara , Antonio Mairena and El Sevillano .
The 26-year-old de Lucía made his international breakthrough in 1973 with the recording of Fuente y caudal and the hit Entre dos aguas .
From 1977 he went on numerous tours with the jazz guitarists Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin . They recorded the live album Friday Night in San Francisco in 1980 , which sold over two million times worldwide. In 1982 the studio album Passion, Grace & Fire followed . In 1996 the collaboration with the studio album The Guitar Trio ended .
In 1983 he provided the score for Carlos Saura's music and flamenco film Carmen , in which he portrayed himself in the film.
Through the contact with the versatile world guitarist de Lucía proved his openness and willingness to experiment, but remained loyal to flamenco. In an interview he explained: “I didn't mix the styles, I just played with musicians from other genres.” Until shortly before his death, he gave concerts with the fingerstyle guitarist Tommy Emmanuel . He also dealt with classical music; well-known interpretations are for example Interpreta a Manuel de Falla , Doce canciones de García Lorca or the Concierto de Aranjuez , which he recorded in the presence of the composer Joaquín Rodrigo .
Paco de Lucía died of a heart attack on February 25, 2014 in Cancun . He left behind the children Casilda, Lucía and Francisco from his first and Antonia and Diego from the second marriage.
Area of activity
Paco de Lucía cultivated the flamenco tradition, but developed his own style at the same time. His pearly, harmonious and crystal clear guitar sound has influenced many flamenco guitarists today. While accompanying the cante , he enriched the song melodies with new chords on the guitar.
His records from the 1970s and 1980s with the versatile singer Camarón de la Isla and with Fosforito are now considered classics.
He liked trying out new styles and playing with musicians from other genres. The Spanish- style composition Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman ? , published in 1995, became very famous . by Bryan Adams from the film Don Juan DeMarco , in which de Lucía was the backing guitarist. He has also tried out collaborations in the German-speaking sector. On the album Sphinx by the German-speaking artist Julia Neigel , he can be heard as a soloist in the song Paradies . In cooperation with Christoph von Haniel: Grand Piano and Robert Wolf: Guitar, Paco de Lucia can also be heard in the track "Dedicated To ..." on the solo CD "together" by guitarist Robert Wolf (Quadro Nuevo).
Awards
Paco de Lucía was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize in 2004 in the “arte” category, which is awarded annually in several categories such as sport, humanities, harmony and international communication. Pedro Almodóvar , Woody Allen and 2007 Bob Dylan have already been honored in the same category . Al Verte Las Flores Lloran with Camarón de la Isla (1969) was included in The Wire's “100 Records That Set The World On Fire (While No One Was Listening)” .
Honorable memory
13 months after his death, the Paco de Lucía station of the Madrid Metro opened, and it was named and designed in his honor.
Discography
- 1965: Dos guitarras flamencas with Ricardo Modrego
- 1965: Dos guitarras flamencas en stereo with Ricardo Modrego
- 1965: Doce canciones de García Lorca para guitarra with Ricardo Modrego
- 1967: Dos guitarras flamencas en America Latina with Ramón de Algeciras
- 1967: Canciones andaluzas para dos guitarras with Ramón de Algeciras
- 1967: La fabulosa guitarra de Paco de Lucía
- 1969: Paco de Lucía y Ramón de Algeciras en Hispanoamérica
- 1969: Fantasía flamenca
- 1971: Recital de guitarra
- 1971: El mundo del flamenco with Raul and Pepe de Lucía
- 1971: 12 éxitos para 2 guitarras flamencas with Ricardo Mondrego and Lot 7 de Andalucía
- 1972: El duende flamenco
- 1972: Soy grande por ser gitano with Camarón de la Isla
- 1973: Fuente y caudal
- 1975: En vivo desde el teatro real , live recording from the Teatro Real
- 1976: Almoraima , with Moorish influence and a virtuoso Sevillana (Cobre); with Ramón de Algeciras
- 1978: Interpreta a Manuel de Falla
- 1981: Entre dos aguas (Philips), recordings from 1967–1981, with Ramón de Algeciras , a rumba with Larry Coryell
- 1981: Castro marín , solo album, a duo with Larry Coryell, a trio with John McLaughlin
- 1980: Friday Night in San Francisco with Al di Meola and John McLaughlin (no flamenco, a lot of improvisation) (CH:
) - 1981: Solo quiero caminar - Paco de Lucía Sextet
- 1983: Passion, Grace and Fire with Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin
- 1984: Live - One Summer Night - Paco de Lucía Sextet
- 1987: Siroco
- 1990: Zyryab
- 1991: Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo (classical, with the Orquesta de Cadaques under the direction of Edmon Colomer )
- 1993: Live in America - Paco de Lucía Sextet
- 1996: The Guitar Trio with Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin
- 1998: Luzia
- 2003: Por descubrir , compilation with recordings from 1964 to 1999, a. a. to movies.
- 2004: Cositas buenas
- 2012: En vivo - Conciertos Live in Spain 2010
- 2014: Canción Andaluza
- 2014: La busqueda
Awards for music sales
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| Country / Region |
gold |
 platinum
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Sales | swell |
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| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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 Switzerland (IFPI)
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2 × gold2
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- | 50,000 | hitparade.ch |
 Spain (Promusicae)
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gold1
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4 × platinum4th
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340,000 | elportaldemusica.es ES1 ES2 |
| All in all |
3 × gold3
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4 × platinum4th
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- ↑ Ralf Dombrowski : On the death of Paco de Lucía: The free spirit of Flamenco. In: Spiegel Online , February 26, 2014, accessed March 4, 2014.
- ↑ Walter Mauritz: "I grew up with flamenco". An interview with Paco de Lucia. In: Guitar & Laute 3, 1981, 5, pp. 22-25; here: p. 22
- ^ Andrew Wright Hurley The Return of Jazz: Joachim-Ernst Berendt and West German Cultural Change . Berghahn, New York 2009, pp. 93f.
- ↑ Peter Horton , Peter Päffgen: ... Serious is the protective cover of cheerfulness. Interview with Peter Horton. In: Guitar & Laute 7, 1985, No. 1, pp. 8-13; here: p. 13.
- ↑ Jugglers on the fingerboard . In: Der Spiegel . No. 34 , 1981 ( online ).
- ↑ Los grandes amores de Paco de Lucía. February 26, 2014, accessed February 26, 2014 .
- ↑ Jule Neigel Band - Sphinx. discogs, accessed August 13, 2012 .
- ^ Paco de Lucía Station, number 301 in the Metro Madrid network, comes into service today. In: metromadrid.es. Retrieved May 28, 2015 .
- ^ Estación Paco de Lucía. Línea Zero, accessed May 29, 2015 .
Web links
- Paco de Lucía in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Paco de Lucía in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lucía, Paco de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sánchez Gómez, Francisco (birth name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish guitarist and grand master of the flamenco guitar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 21, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Algeciras , Province of Cadiz |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 2014 |
| Place of death | Cancun , Mexico |