 Paco de Lucía at the PLAI Festival in Timişoara, September 2007. Image by Cornel Putan, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY 2.0 |
Playa Sextet LaPaco de Lucía Paco de Lucía Spanish flamenco, classical, jazz guitarist & musician (1947–2014) In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is Gómez. Francisco Sánchez Gómez[1] ( Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko ˈsantʃeθ ˈɣomeθ]; 21 December 1947 – 25 February 2014), known as Paco de Lucía (Spanish: [ˈpako ðe luˈθi.a]), 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",[2] and Dennis Koster, author of Guitar… (Source: Wikipedia)
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