Paco de Lucía

Biography

Francisco Sánchez Gómez (21 December 1947 – 25 February 2014), known as Paco de Lucía, was a Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer, and record producer. A leading proponent of the new flamenco style, he was one of the first flamenco guitarists to branch into 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". De Lucía was noted for his fast and fluent picados (fingerstyle runs). A master of contrast, he often juxtaposed picados and rasgueados (flamenco strumming) with more sensitive playing and was known for adding abstract chords and scale tones to his compositions with jazz influences. These innovations saw him play a key role in the development of traditional flamenco and the evolution of new flamenco and Latin jazz fusion from the 1970s. He received acclaim for his recordings with flamenco singer Camarón de la Isla in the 1970s, recording ten albums which are considered some of the most important and influential in flamenco history. …

Movies & TV Shows

1. Hannie Caulder (1971) — Guitarist on veranda (uncredited)
2. Carmen (1983) — Paco
3. Flamenco Flamenco (2010) — Himself
4. Flamenco (1995)
5. Camarón: The Film (2018) — Él mismo (Imagen de archivo)
6. Sevilles (1992)
7. Paco de Lucía: La Búsqueda (2014)
8. Cachitos de hierro y cromo (2013) — Self (archive footage)
9. Le Grand Échiquier (1972) — Self
10. Die Drehscheibe (1964) — Self
11. Paco de Lucia & Group (2004) — Himself
12. A Special Guitar Summernight (1981) — Himself
13. Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Fusion Night (1991) — Self
14. John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, Paco DeLucia: Friday Night in San Francisco Vol,1 & 2 (1980) — Guitarist
15. Paco de Lucia - Concierto de Aranjuez (1991) — Paco de Lucía
16. Paco De Lucia - Live At 31st Leverkusener Jazztage (2010) — Himself / Acoustic Guitar
17. The Shadow of the Strings (2009) — Himself
18. Francisco Sánchez - Paco de Lucía (2002) — Himself
19. Pavarotti & Friends 4 - For War Child (1996) — Self
20. Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucia - Friday Night in San Francisco (1981) — PACO DE LUCIA
21. Meeting of the Spirits (1982) — himself
22. A Tribute to Miles Davis (1991) — Self
23. Paco De Lucía, John McLaughlin - Paco and John Live at Montreux 1987 (1987)
24. ECHO-Verleihung (1992) — Self