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Paco De LucaPaco de Luca is an internationally recognized Spanish flamenco guitarist, and leading exponent of the New Flamenco style. He is the son of flamenco guitarist Antonio Snchez, and brother of flamenco singer Pepe de Luca and flamenco guitarist Ramn de Algeciras. He was born Francisco Snchez Gmez, in Algeciras, a city in the province of Cdiz, in the southernmost tip of Spain on December 21st, 1947, the youngest of five children. He adopted the stage name, Paco de Luca in honor of his mother, Luca Gmez. In 1958, at only age 11, de Luca made his first public appearance on Radio Algeciras and a year later he was awarded a special prize in the Jerez flamenco competition. In 1961 he toured with the flamenco troupe of dancer Jos Greco. Between 1968 and 1977 he enjoyed a fruitful collaboration with fellow New Flamenco innovator Camarn de la Isla. The two recorded 10 albums together. He has toured and recorded with Al DiMeola and John McLaughlin as well as his own Paco de Luca Sextet (which includes his brothers Ramn and Pepe). He has released several albums of both classical guitar and modern flamenco. Through his wide discography he has given rise to a new way of understanding flamenco and has launched his music and his instrument to a level comparable to modern jazz performers. Being a very talented guitarist, he is known to many as the master of rasqueados and picados. He is the winner of 2004 Prince of Asturias Awards in Arts. Until being asked to perform and interpret Joaqun Rodrigo's Concierto De Aranjuez in 1991, he had never learned how to read musical notes. He learned to play most of the passages in the Concierto simply by listening to previous interpretations. Given the Concierto's great technical difficulty, learning how to play the Concierto by ear is a great undertaking. While learning to play the Concierto, as a flamenco guitarist, where rhythm and pace is essential, he preferred to risk giving the listener a 'dirty' note when being forced to go from a low note to a very high one, rather than to displace the rhythm and pace just to keep the note clean. He fealt that as a flamenco guitarist, he could interpret the Concierto in fashion not previously done. Partial discography - "Dos guitarras flamencas" (1965) with Ricardo Modrego
- "Dos guitarras flamencas en stereo" (1965) with Ricardo Modrego
- "Doce canciones de Garca Lorca para guitarra" (1965) with Ricardo Modrego
- "Dos guitarras flamencas en America Latina" (1967) with Ramn de Algeciras
- "La fabulosa guitarra de Paco de Luca" (1967)
- "Hispanoamerica" (1969)
- "Fantasa flamenca" (1969)
- "Recital de guitarra" (1971)
- "El duende flamenco" (1972)
- "Entre Dos Aguas" (1973)
- "En vivo desde el teatro real" (1975)
- "Fuente y caudal" (1975)
- "Almoraima" (1976)
- "Interpreta a Manuel de Falla" (1978)
- "Castro Marn" (1981)
- "Friday Night in San Francisco" (1981) with Al DiMeola and John McLaughlin
- "Solo quiero caminar" (1981) The Paco de Luca Sextet
- "Passion, Grace and Fire" (1983) with Al DiMeola and John McLaughlin
- "Live One Summer Night" (1984) The Paco de Luca Sextet
- "Siroco" (1987)
- "Zyryab" (1990)
- "Concierto de Aranjuez" (1991)
- "Live in America" (1993) The Paco de Luca Sextet
- "The Guitar Trio" (1996) with Al DiMeola and John McLaughlin
- "Luzia" (1998)
- "Cositas Buenas" (2004)
References - Interview with Paco de Luca from DVD "Paco de Lucia - Francisco Sanchez" (2003) ASIN: B0001ZHOAS
External links Luca, Paco de Luca, Paco de Luca, Paco de
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