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Paco de Lucía: Canción Andaluza

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Label: Universal Music Spain
Released: 2014.04.29
Time:
 35:50
Category: Flamenco
Producer(s): Paco de Lucía
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.pacodelucia.org
Appears with: Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin
Purchase date: 2015
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] María De La O (Rafael DeLeon / Miquel Manuel Lopez Quiroga / Rafael De Leon Arias De Saavedra / Salvador Valverde) - 3:55
[2] Ojos Verdes (Rafael DeLeon / Miquel Manuel Lopez Quiroga / Rafael De Leon Arias De Saavedra / Salvador Valverde) - 4:46
[3] Romance De Valentía (Rafael DeLeon / Antonio Quintero / Manuel Quiroga / Miquel Manuel Lopez Quiroga / Rafael De Leon Arias De Saavedra) - 4:03
[4] Te He De Querer Mientras Viva (Miquel Manuel Lopez Quiroga / Rafael De Leon Arias De Saavedra) - 3:32
[5] La Chiquita Piconera (Nicolas Callejón López / Miquel Manuel Lopez Quiroga / Rafael De Leon Arias De Saavedra) - 3:21
[6] Zambra Gitana (Rafael Arias / Antonio Quintero / Miquel Manuel Lopez Quiroga / Quiroga / Rafael De Leon Arias De Saavedra) - 4:06
[7] Quiroga Por Bulerías (Rafael Arias / Antonio Quintero / Miquel Manuel Lopez Quiroga / Quiroga / Rafael De Leon Arias De Saavedra) - 6:10
[8] Señorita (Rafael Arias / Juan Solano Pedreros / Rafael De Leon Arias De Saavedra) - 5:52

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Paco de Lucía - Guitar, Mandola, Mandolina, Guitarró, Arrangements, Engineer, Producer

Estrella Morente - Vocals on [4]
Parrita - Vocals on [6]
Oscar de Leon - Upright Bass on [8]

Alain Pérez - Arrangement on [8]
Hermanos Conde - Guitar
Tony Morales - Guitar, Guitarró
Lester Devoe - Guitar
Pepe Romero - Guitar
Ricardo Sanchíz - Mandola

Boris Alancón - Mixing
Antonio Noguera - Assistant Engineer
Gabriel Canseo - Photography
Mucho - Design

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In life and in death, the legendary flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucía is honored. On Nov. 20, the beloved talent is competing at the Latin Grammys 2014 in the Album of the Year category for his posthumous release, "Canción Andaluza."

He's pitted against some contemporary heavy-hitters, such as top Latin Grammy competitor Calle 13, Marc Anthony and Carlos Vives, among others, proving that he and his work are timeless.

"Canción Andaluza," which has been called a return to de Lucía's roots through the Southern Spanish songs of his childhood, was more than a musical journey; it was a personal journey between a father and his son.

Coinciding with de Lucía's two Latin Grammy nominations, his son, Curro Sánchez Varela, is paying homage to his extraordinarily talented father with a new documentary entitled, "Paco de Lucía: A Journey." Earlier this fall, the documentary debuted in Spanish cinemas and on television.

"If I'm proud of something it's that I've contributed to a music I admire and that I've loved since I was born," de Lucía said on-screen, Billboard reports. "My father was a guitar player and my family were all flamenco players. My greatest pride is having left evidence of my journey through this music."

And "evidence" of his musical journey would be an understatement for he profoundly impacted the industry even beyond his genre.

De Lucía, who also played classical and jazz guitar, performed alongside guitarist Carlos Santana, pianist Chick Corea and guitarist Al Di Meola. He also formed a partnership in the 1970s with singer Camaron de la Isla, which reportedly played a large part in creating the New Flamenco movement.

"Paco inspired me in the construction of my own musical world as much as Miles Davis and John Coltrane, or Bartok and Mozart," Corea said in a statement.

De Lucía's son's tribute documentary to his father captures the flamenco guitar great in his dressing room conducting his "pre-show rituals," which included filing his nails down to "obsessively tuning his guitar and practicing until curtain time," Billboard reported. 

His quick rise to super-stardom as a mainstream flamenco guitar player, which was uncommon at the time, was a bit overwhelming, and he soon learned that being in the spotlight often has its downfalls.

"They've put me on such a level that if I slip under it they criticize me," de Lucía explained in the documentary. "So with my character, the character my father impressed on me of perfection, to always be at that level of what people expect of you, it's not pleasant. It's an ordeal."

Despite the pressure, Sánchez recalled his father's "enthusiasm, sense of humor and natural kindness," to Billboard, as well as "vacations in Mexico, when Paco prepared the fish that he caught himself, in a house full of the musicians who accompanied him throughout his life."

While de Lucía was initially reluctant to do the documentary because of his humble nature and the fact that he attributed his talent to just unwavering persistence and hard work, he eventually got on board with the project. Yet it had a bittersweet ending.

Sánchez was able to capture the recording of "Canción Andaluza" on film, but his documentary remained unfinished for one more scheduled interview that fell two days after his father's death, according to Billboard.

Sadly, at the age of 66, de Lucía died in February, leaving his family, friends and flamenco aficionados around the world in mourning over the loss of such impeccable talent.

"My father was like an ox," Sánchez Varela told Billboard. "But the life of a flamenco musician is very intense. One day his heart just gave out."

But de Lucía's heart will go on through his memory, music and his son's documentary, "Paco de Lucía: A Journey."

"It has been said, and rightly so, that Paco de Lucía has never been surpassed by anyone and guitar playing today would not be understood without his revolutionary figure," Spain's arts association SGAE said in a statement during the icon's death.

Melissa Castellanos - Nov 12, 2014
www.latinpost.com



The posthumous disc by Paco de Lucía is "Canción Andaluza", the copla album that the famous guitarist finalized. Canción Andaluza is a trip through copla, like an artistic testament. It was the kind of music that he wanted to do in that moment of his life and in it he displays more his side as an arranger than the composer one. A work in which artists like Óscar de León, Estrella Morente or Parrita files and that goes over great copla milestones like María de la O, Ojos Verdes or Señorita.

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Canción Andaluza by guitar master Paco de Lucía has received the Best Album of the Year and Best Flamenco Album accolades at the 2014 Latin Grammy Awards. Paco de Lucía passed away earlier this year.

Canción Andaluza was the last album recorded by the legendary guitarist. It was Paco’s tribute to copla [popular folk-influenced Andalusian songs]. In addition to stellar guitar performances by Paco de Lucía, Canción Andaluza featured guests such as flamenco stars Estrella Morente and Parrita, and salsa icon Óscar de León.

“One realizes that as life passes by, childhood is not just the beginning. It’s destiny; the home to which you go back to. It’s there, in those streets in Algeciras that played Quiroga, León and Marife; those first experiences that capture your soul, the green eyes, the zambra [Gypsy dance] and despair, a place that I always go back to. They called them ‘Folclóricas’ [a derogatory term for female Andalusian folk singers], as if folk music was vulgar. As if there wasn’t a stunning inscrutable depth in Andalusia’s first heartbeat. To them, who were my first loves. To Andalusian song; my partner. And because history has the ugly habit of not realizing that the greatest of all, nearly always sit at the back. For all of you,” said Paco de Lucia about his copla tribute.

A.Romero – November 22, 2014
worldmusiccentral.org



Canción Andaluza ist der Soundtrack zu Paco de Lucías Leben

Fast könnte man glauben, Paco de Lucía habe gespürt, dass "Canción Andaluza" seine letzte Einspielung werden sollte. Denn mit den Aufnahmen für dieses Album, das er kurz vor seinem Tod fertigstellte, schloss der Gitarrist auf ebenso wunderbare wie überraschende Weise einen Kreis: Indem er zu den poetischen andalusischen Volksliedern zurückkehrte, mit denen er im südspanischen Algeciras aufgewachsen war und die er vor allem ganz am Anfang seiner Karriere oft spielte. Für den bekannten spanischen Flamenco-Experten José Manuel Gamboa bilden diese Stücke schlicht den "Soundtrack, der Paco de Lucías Biographie begleitete". Der Flamenco-Virtuose schwelgt auf "Canción Andaluza" in Erinnerungen und Melodien.

Paco de Lucía selbst bezeichnete diese Lieder nicht wie sonst üblich als Coplas, Canciones españolas oder Tonadillas, sondern stets nur als "Canciones Andaluzas" (Andalusische Lieder), um dadurch ihre Nähe zum andalusischen Flamenco zu unterstreichen. Seine portugiesischstämmige Mutter Luzía Gomes Gonçalves hatte eine besondere Vorliebe für diese populären Lieder gehabt und sang sie dem kleinen Paco in seiner Kindheit vor. Und so interpretierte er einige dieser Titel auch gleich zu Beginn seiner Karriere auf den Alben, die er zusammen mit Ricardo Modrego ("12 Éxitos Para 2 Guitarras Flamencas", 1965) oder seinem älteren Bruder Ramón de Algeciras ("Canciones Andaluzas Para 2 Guitarras", 1967) machte.

Bei der Einspielung von "Canción Andaluza" folgte Paco de Lucía seinen eigenen Gesetzen. Gesetzen, die besagen, dass alles verbesserbar ist und auch verbessert werden sollte. Der Gitarrist (der hier außerdem arabische Laute, Mandoline und weitere Saiteninstrumente spielt) verleiht diesen im Grunde simplen Liedern eine erstaunliche Komplexität, die sie aber trotzdem nicht ihres ursprünglichen Charmes beraubt. Mit einen schöneren Schlussakkord hätte der im Februar 2014 verstorbene Paco de Lucía seine erstaunliche Karriere kaum beenden können.

30.07.2014
© JazzEcho.de




Der unerwartete Tod des spanischen Stargitarristen Paco de Lucia am 25. Februar erschütterte die Musikwelt. Ein kleines Trostpflaster für seine vielen Fans: Er hinterließ ein Album, das jetzt auf den Markt kommt. Mit „Canciones Andaluzas“ (Andalusische Lieder), seinem ersten Studioalbum seit fast zehn Jahren, ist der Flamenco-Großmeister zu seinen Wurzel zurückgekehrt, denn er wendet sich darauf der andalusischen Folklore zu, wie schon ganz zu Beginn seiner sagenhaften Karriere. Acht sogenannte Coplas, zu Liedern gewordene Gedichte, hat er für das Album aufgenommen. Von lieblich-melodiös bis temperamentvoll reicht das Repertoire, immer verbunden mit rhythmischen und mitreißenden Flamencoaspekten. Im Zeitraum von mehr als einem Jahr hat er die acht Stücke in seinem Heimstudio aufgenommen, er selbst alle Saiteninstrumente gespielt, dazu ein paar Gäste am Bass, an Perkussionsinstrumenten, sowie drei Sänger. „Canciones Andaluzas“ macht schmerzlich klar, dass mit Paco de Lucia der größte Flamencogitarrist aller Zeiten für immer abgetreten ist.

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