Paco De Lucia

the role of the flamenco guitar evolved considerably through the playing of Paco de Lucia

(born Francisco Sanchez Gomez). The son of flamenco guitarist Antonio Sanchez and the brother of a flamenco
guitarist, Ramn de Algeciras, and flamenco singer, Pepe de Lucia, Paco de Lucia extended the former
accompaniment-only tradition of flamenco guitar to include deeply personal melodic statements and modern
instrumentation. His collaborations included ten albums with flamenco vocalist El Camaron de la Isla and work with
American pianist Chick Corea and the Guitar Trio, featuring guitarists John McLaughlin, Larry Coryell, and Al
DiMeola. His recordings with his sextet, which included his brothers Ramn and Pepe, include such groundbreaking
masterpieces as La Fabulosa Guitarra de Paco de Lucia, Fantasia Flamenca, Fuente y Caudal, Almoraima, and
Zyryab. Yet, de Lucia did not completely forsake traditional flamenco. His 1980 album, Interpreta a Manuel de Falla,
paid homage to the classical composer and flamenco enthusiast, while his 1987 album, Siroco, marked a return to
pure flamenco. "I have never lost the roots in my music," de Lucia said during a late-'90s interview, "because I would
lose myself. What I have tried to do is have a hand holding onto tradition and the other scratching, digging in other
places, trying to find new things I can bring into flamenco."

Vicente Amigo

Vicente Amigo Girol (born 25 March 1967) is a Spanish flamenco composer and virtuoso guitarist, born
in Guadalcanal, near Seville. He has played as backing guitarist on recordings by flamenco singers El
Pele, Camarn de la Isla, Vicente Soto, Luis de Crdoba and the rociero band Salmarina, and he has
acted as a producer for Remedios Amaya and
[1] Jos Merc. His album Ciudad de las Ideas won the 2001
Latin Grammy for the Best Flamenco Album and the 2002 Ondas award for the best Flamenco work.

he was raised and lives in Crdoba, where he attended his first guitar lessons with El Tomate and
Merengue de Crdoba, and later, he improved his guitar playing with Manolo Sanlcar, with whom he
worked for ten years. After a period of accompaniment which began alongside El Pele, he started to
devote himself almost exclusively to playing concerts in 1988. De Mi Corazn al Aire ("From Out of My
Heart", 1991) was his first solo record. An admirer of Paco de Luca since childhood, Amigo took part with
him in the show "Leyendas de la guitarra" (Legends of the Guitar) that was held in Seville .
which also featured Paco de Luca, Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Nuno Bettencourt,
Phil Manzanera, Joe Cocker, Jack Bruce and Richard Thompson. By that time, he had already been
awarded some of the most prestigious flamenco guitar prizes.

Works:
1 De mi corazn al aire (1991)
2 Vivencias Imaginadas (1995)
3 Poeta (1997)
4 Ciudad de las Ideas (2000)
6 Un Momento en el Sonido (2005)
7 Paseo De Gracia (2009)
8 "Vivencias" La Obra Completa de un Genio (2010)
9 Tierra (2013)