Paco de Lucía
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Paco de Lucía, born Francisco Sánchez Gómez (21 December 1947 – 26 February 2014) was a Spanish flamenco guitarist, composer and producer. A leading proponent of the New Flamenco style, he 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".
Not only skilled in flamenco, he is one of the very few flamenco guitarists who has also successfully crossed over into other genres of music. He enjoys, and has been a successful musician in many styles, such as jazz, funk, classical, and world music.
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Discography
Studio albums
- Dos guitarras flamencas en stereo (1964) with Ricardo Modrego
- 12 canciones de García Lorca para guitarra (1965) with Ricardo Modrego
- 12 éxitos para 2 guitarras flamencas (1965) with Ricardo Modrego
- La fabulosa guitarra de Paco de Lucía (1967)
- Canciones andaluzas para 2 guitarras (1967) with Ramón de Algeciras
- Dos guitarras flamencas en América Latina (1967) with Ramón de Algeciras
- Fantasía flamenca de Paco de Lucía (1969)
- Paco de Lucía y Ramón de Algeciras en Hispanoamérica (1969) with Ramón de Algeciras
- 12 Hits para 2 guitarras flamencas y orquesta de cuerda (1969) with Ramón de Algeciras
- El mundo del flamenco (1971)
- Recital de guitarra de Paco de Lucía (1971)
- El duende flamenco de Paco de Lucía (1972)
- Fuente y caudal (1973)
- Almoraima (1976)
- Interpreta a Manuel de Falla (1978)
- Castro Marín (1981) with Larry Coryell and John McLaughlin
- Sólo quiero caminar (1981) The Paco de Lucía Sextet
- Passion, Grace and Fire (1983) with Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin
- Siroco (1987)
- Zyryab (1990)
- Concierto de Aranjuez (1991)
- The Guitar Trio (1996) with Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin
- Luzia (1998)
- Cositas buenas (2004)
Live albums
- En vivo desde el Teatro Real (1975)
- Friday Night in San Francisco (1981) with Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin
- Live... One Summer Night (1984) The Paco de Lucía Sextet
- Live recordings (1987) with George Dalaras
- Live in América (1993) The Paco de Lucía Sextet
Compilations
- Entre dos aguas (1975)
- Antología (1995) - 2 cd
- Integral (2003) 26 CD Limited Edition Box Set
- Por Descubrir (2003)
Other contributions
- Composed or contributed to the soundtracks for
- La Sabina
- The Hit by Stephen Frears
- Flamenco, Flamenco (2011), Carmen and Sevillanas by Carlos Saura
- Montoyas y Tarantos
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- One song contributed to Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou Soundtrack (La Nina de Puerta Oscura) (2004)
- Elegant Gypsy by Al Di Meola (1977) - de Lucía plays a duet with Di Meola on the track "Mediterranean Sundance".
- Shpongle sampled his track "Introduccion y Pantomima" in their song "Around the World in a Tea Daze" from the album Tales of the Inexpressible.
