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Date of Birth
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21-December-1947
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Place of Birth
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Algeciras
(Cádiz, Spain)
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Nationality
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Spain
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Also know as
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Francisco Sanchez Gomez, 帕克·德·路西亚, Paco De Luca, Paco de Lucia, Francisco Sánchez Gómez, LucÃa, Paco de, Francisco Gustavo Sánchez Gómez, Manitos de Oro, Francisco Sanchez Gomez, Paco De Luca, Paco de Lucia, Francisco Sánchez Gómez, LucÃa, Paco de, Francisco Gustavo Sánchez Gómez, Manitos de Oro, Francisco Sánchez Gómez
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Profession
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Guitarist, Musician, Songwriter, Composer, Film Score Composer
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Francisco Gustavo Sánchez Gomes, known as Paco de LucÃa, was a Spanish flamenco composer, guitarist and producer. A leading proponent of the New Flamenco style, he helped legitimize flamenco among the establishment in Spain, and was one of the first flamenco guitarists to have 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 LucÃa as a "titanic figure in the world of flamenco guitar", and Dennis Koster, author of Guitar Atlas, Flamenco, has referred to de LucÃa as "one of history's greatest guitarists."
De LucÃa was noted for his fast and fluent picados. A master of contrast, he often juxtaposed picados and rasgueados 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.
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