The chosen ones
THE CHOSEN ONES series, by Alejandro Luque, about Paco de Lucía's collaborators:
Jorge Pardo: "Paco started smiling on stage playing with us."
THE CHOSEN ONES (XXXIV). The flutist and saxophonist recalls in this extensive conversation expoflamenco his years alongside the genius of...
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Al Di Meola: "Paco, MacLaughin, and I wanted to impress each other at every show."
THE CHOSEN ONES (XXXIII). The American guitarist, one of those responsible for Paco de Lucía's journey into the...
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Edmon Colomer: «Paco de Lucía, without reading music, solved very difficult problems for classical guitarists»
THE CHOSEN ONES (XXXI). The director of the Cadaqués Orchestra, with which the genius from Algeciras recorded his version...
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José María Bandera: «Paco de Lucía is a great bus that we all end up getting on»
THE CHOSEN ONES (XXX). The guitarist, nephew of the genius from Algeciras and his uncle's accompanist on several projects and full-length...
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José Carmona: «Working with Paco de Lucía gives you enormous status»
THE CHOSEN ONES (XXIX). The flamenco dancer, who accompanied Paco at one point in his career, recalls that...
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Carles Benavent: «More than Paco's speed, I was impressed by his emotional control»
THE CHOSEN ONES (XXVIII). In Barcelona, where he was born 70 years ago, bassist Carles Benavent agrees to remember for expoflamenco...
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Barullo: «Paco never stopped being the child of the Chiquitos de Algeciras»
THE CHOSEN ONES (27). The Sevillian flamenco dancer replaced his cousin Farru at several galas with maestro Paco de Lucía,...
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Herminia Borja: «Paco said that the artist who loses his fear of the stage should retire»
THE CHOSEN ONES (XXVI). The veteran singer had a very special complicity with the genius of Algeciras, who she accompanied along...
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Farru: «Paco de Lucía confessed to me one day that he didn't like dancing»
THE CHOSEN ONES (XXV). The Sevillian, a member of a golden line of dancers and artists, accompanied the genius from Algeciras in...
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Montse Cortés: «Paco advised young people to keep the pot boiling»
THE CHOSEN ONES (XXIV). The singer from Barcelona remembers how she put off the genius from Algeciras for a long time, until finally...
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