Paco De Lucia

ALMORAIMA" represents Paco de Lucia's first completely unified ( in terms of atmosphere / song order, etc. ) solo flamenco album. Recorded in 1976, the quality of the compositions and performances convey the essential feeling of flamenco while moving into ( at that time ) new territory. Beyond having possibly the greatest technique of any guitarist in history…

Fourteenth studio album by the work of Paco de Lucia. He joined in it for the first time a group of five musicians, called Paco de Lucia Sextet, which integrated the elements of an array of jazz to flamenco guitar. Jorge Pardo, Ruben Dantas and Carlos Benavent, in addition to second guitar of his brother Ramon de Algeciras and Pepe de Lucía's voice. Paco de Lucia with his sextet began on this record a new aesthetic that established a definite highlight for all the flamenco coming from that time.

Francisco Gustavo Sánchez Gomez (21 December 1947 – 25 February 2014), known as Paco de Lucía, was a Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer 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 to have 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".

In 1959, a family friend went to the home of Paco de Lucía and Pepe de Lucía where he made several recordings with a Grundig TK46 tape recorder. This tape disappeared in 1967 and, after a long search process, was rediscovered in 2022, when a restoration process started using AI tools. The historical value of this recording is incalculable and it gathers in 21 pieces an anthology of flamenco where most of its variants are represented (tangos, soleá, seguiriyas, bulerías…). It is, in short, the definitive recording to illustrate the transition from classical flamenco to modern flamenco as we know it today.