Paco de Lucia, Renowned Flamenco Guitarist, Dies at 66
Source: NYT/Reuters
MADRID Flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia - one of Spain's most influential musicians and a composer who fused traditional flamenco with jazz and other genres - died on Wednesday of a heart attack in Mexico.
A spokesman for the city hall in Algeciras, where de Lucia was born, confirmed his death and said the city would decree two days of official mourning.
De Lucia, born Francisco Sanchez Gomez, was 66. He had lived both in Mexico and in Spain in recent years.
He was an ambassador of flamenco - the traditional gypsy music of southern Spain - and was also influential in classical and jazz circles. In the 1970s and 1980s he played with jazz pianist Chick Corea and fusion guitarist Al Di Meola.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2014/02/26/arts/26reuters-spain-delucia.html?hp&_r=0
RIP. Hell of a guitarist.
An amazing guitarist died far too young.
ChangoLoa
(2,010 posts)EL PASO DE LA SIGUIRIYA
Entre mariposas negras,
va una muchacha morena
junto a una blanca serpiente
de niebla.
Tierra de luz,
cielo de tierra.
Va encadenada al temblor
de un ritmo que nunca llega,
tiene el corazón de plata
y un puñal en la diestra.
¿A dónde vas, siguiriya,
con un ritmo sin cabeza?
¿Qué luna recogerá
tu dolor de cal y adelfa?
Tierra de luz,
cielo de tierra
Federico García Lorca
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)Tierra de luz. ¡Ay!
http://alacarta.canalsur.es/directo/ver/flamenco-radio
Gracias
Corazón malherido
por cinco espadas
DFW
(54,330 posts)McLaughlin said then that they wanted to do the tour before they were all in wheelchairs.
How sadly prophetic he was.
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)hermetic
(8,308 posts)His music is always on my play lists and I saw him once at a Guitar Summit. RIP, Senor.
itcfish
(1,828 posts)by Paco de Lucia is Joaquin Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez (Mon Amour)
RIP Paco
kristopher
(29,798 posts)Thank you for the pleasure you gave us.
We'll miss you.