Paco de Lucia

Loose and spontaneous, this (mainly) live album is a meeting of three of the greatest guitarists in the world for an acoustic summit the likes of which the guitar-playing community rarely sees. Broken up into three duo and two trio performances, Friday Night in San Francisco catches all three players at the peaks of their quite formidable powers.

Paco de Lucia & John McLaughlin - Paco And John Live At Montreux 1987 (2016) {2CD+Bonus DVD9}
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© 1987, 2016 Eagle Vision / Universal | EAGDV059
Jazz / World Music / Flamenco / Guitar

John McLaughlin & Paco de Lucia: Paco and John - Live at Montreux 1987 it's truly a shame that, all too often, artists with diverse careers become pigeon-holed, defined by the primary genre in which they first achieved notoriety. Take guitarist John McLaughlin, for instance. Ask most jazz fans about him and what will first come out of most of their mouths will include either the words "fusion," "jazz-rock" and/or Miles Davis, in any permutation/combination (not that there's anything wrong with that). Those a little further in the know might also be aware of his longstanding investigation into the nexus of eastern and western music with his Indo-collaboration, Shakti.

Hijo de Antonio Sánchez Pecino, de madre portuguesa y hermano del cantaor Pepe de Lucía. "Mi padre se iba a buscar la vida por las noches a las fiestas y siempre amanecía en casa con flamencos; mi hermano Pepe y mi hermana María también desde chiquitos han estado vinculados a este mundo. Vivíamos en La Bajadilla, un barrio muy gitano, siempre había alguien en casa cantando o tocando." Comenzó sus estudios de guitarra a los seis años. «A mi padre se lo debo todo pues me obligó a tocar desde niño cuando uno no tiene capacidad para decidir lo que quiere ser en la vida y necesitas a alguien que te empuje y te señale el camino. Eso fue lo que él hizo, entre otras cosas porque no tenía dinero para mandarme a la escuela. Tuve que buscar trabajo y llevar un sueldo a la casa».

Jazz and flamenco first crossed paths not in Spain, but in the USA when Miles Davis and arranger/composer Gil Evans recorded “Sketches of Spain” in November 1959 and March 1960. It became one of the most successful jazz albums of all time. And the jazz musicians in Spain? They attempted to emulate – as did their colleagues world-wide – the American model. Jazz stood for open-mindedness; national folklore was thought of as too parochial. Spanish saxophonist Pedro Iturralde was the only musician who, under the influence of “Sketches of Spain”, added a couple of flamenco melodies to his repertoire as he toured Europe accompanied by two Germans and a Swiss. That’s why Joachim-Ernst Berendt sought him out to play at the 1967 Berlin Jazz Festival. With the festival’s motto “Jazz Meets the World”, Berendt was looking for a jazz-flamenco combination to fit the bill.

Cancion andaluza es lo ultimo que grabo Paco de Lucia y no es el disco que esperabamos los que seguimos su carrera. El guitarrista murio el pasado 26 de febrero tras sufrir un inesperado y fulminante ataque cardiaco mientras jugaba en Playa del Carmen, en el Yucatan mexicano, donde tenia su retiro espiritual y practicaba una de sus aficiones favoritas, la pesca submarina. Contiene ocho clasicos de la copla, bien reconocidos por quien sea aficionado a este genero todavia asociado despectivamente con tonadilleras. Aqui tenemos al Paco de Lucia arreglista de canciones atemporales, clasicos de la Cancion andaluza, como el propio guitarrista las llamaba.

El Camaron de la Isla & Paco de Lucia - Al verte las flores lloran (1969) {2011 Nueva Integral Box Set CD 01of21}
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© 1969, 2011 Universal Music Spain | 0602498714720
Flamenco / World Music / Vocal / Guitar / Latin / Western European Traditions

A limited edition of the Camarуn de la Isla 'Integral' box-set. It represents a veritable journey through his life and singing. It includes 21 original albums. The first 17 of them were made in recording studios by Camarуn from 1969 to 1992 while he was alive. The classic album originally released in 1969 by the late, great Flamenco singer, one of ten he recorded in collaboration with guitarist Paco de Lucia. This is regarded as one of the diamond recordings in both of the artist's respective discographies and is treasured by many a Flamenco music fan.

El Camaron de la Isla & Paco de Lucia - Cada vez que nos miramos (1970) {2011 Nueva Integral Box Set CD 02of21}
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© 1970, 2011 Universal Music Spain | 0602498676554
Flamenco / World Music / Vocal / Guitar / Latin / Western European Traditions

A limited edition of the Camarуn de la Isla 'Integral' box-set. It represents a veritable journey through his life and singing. It includes 21 original albums. The first 17 of them were made in recording studios by Camaron from 1969 to 1992 while he was alive. "A generally calmer atmosphere can be noticed in this album". The second album of Camaron de la Isla, with the special collaboration of Paco de Lucia, was released at the start of the new decade. The graphic design of the first album was maintained, with photos of both of them and similar headings, but in this one Perez de Leуn went even further and placed the pair face to face in a position similar to the Mountain of Olives, complete with cross and an apocalyptic horizon in red tones. The yellowed faces of the performers made them seem as if they had just suffered an attack of severe hepatitis. Ole'! Leуn.

El Camaron de la Isla & Paco de Lucia - Son tus Ojos dos Estrellas (1971) {2011 Nueva Integral Box Set CD 03of21}
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© 1971, 2011 Universal Music Spain | 0602498715826
Flamenco / World Music / Vocal / Guitar / Latin / Western European Traditions

A limited edition of the Camaron de la Isla 'Integral' box-set. It represents a veritable journey through his life and singing. It includes 21 original albums. The first 17 of them were made in recording studios by Camaron from 1969 to 1992 while he was alive. The third LP of Camaron and Paco was released in 1971, and featured a cover similar to the previous ones. Perez de Leon positions them in a polychromatic sea landscape (which looks like plastic from afar), dressed in formal suit and tie (among his peers Camaron was the first to introduce the suit and tie). Antonio Sanchez and Paco de Lucia appear as authors in the credits -the latter for his guitar variations.

El Camaron de la Isla & Paco de Lucia - Canastera (1972) {2011 Nueva Integral Box Set CD 04of21}
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© 1972, 2011 Universal Music Spain | 0602498715796
Flamenco / World Music / Vocal / Guitar / Latin / Western European Traditions

A limited edition of the Camaron de la Isla 'Integral' box-set. It represents a veritable journey through his life and singing. It includes 21 original albums. The first 17 of them were made in recording studios by Camaron from 1969 to 1992 while he was alive. "The record itself marks a break with the previous ones in that the entertaining kitsch style of the cover disappears, to be replaced by a picture taken by Lamarca". But Jose Monje -who would not integrate with anybody- committed the audacity of challenging the established flamencologists right after they had given him their approval, by daring to present in his next project nothing less than a new style of flamenco «cante»: «La Canastera».

The Paco de Lucía Sextet is a flamenco music sextet, formed by renowned guitarist Paco de Lucía and other musicians. The band has released three albums. In 1990 Paco de Lucia released Zyryab, an album made with his sextet and also featuring jazz pianist Chick Corea.