Paco de Lucía - The Montreux Years (Live) [FLAC-HD]

Beautifully restored and remastered: A showcase of Paco De Lucia’s mesmerising Montreux Jazz Festival live performances between 1984 to 2012. One of the world’s most celebrated flamenco guitarists, Paco De Lucía helped legitimize flamenco music across the world and was one of the first flamenco guitarists to have successfully crossed over into other genres of music including classical and jazz. Described by Eric Clapton as a ‘titanic figure in the world of flamenco music’, De Lucía was noted for his fast and fluent picados 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 jazz fusion. At the age of 18 De Lucía recorded his first album ‘La Fabulosa Guitarra’ in Madrid. One of his greatest musical partnerships was with the Spanish singer Cameron de la Isla in the 1970s. Together the two men recorded 10 albums, which inspired a New Flamenco movement.

1. Vámonos (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2012) (10:54)

2. La Barrosa (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2006) (6:29)

3. Solo Quiero Caminar (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 1984) (9:24)

4. Alta Mar (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 1984) (10:29)

5. El Tesorillo (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2006) (9:48)

6. Buana Buana King Kong (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 1984) (8:34)

7. Variaciones de Minera (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2012) (9:19)

8. Zyryab (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2006) (17:03) 

Al Di Meola with John McLaughlin & Paco de Lucia - discography 1981-1996 (FLAC)

 

1981 - Friday Night in San Francisco

1983 - Passion Grace and Fire

1996 - The Guitar Trio

Al Di Meola - Electric Rendezvous [1982/FLAC]

 Electric Rendezvous is an album by jazz guitarist Al Di Meola that was released in 1982. It includes flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucía who recorded Friday Night in San Francisco with Di Meola.

Al di Meola's fifth of seven fusion albums as a leader for Columbia is a typically fiery effort, with di Meola joined by keyboardist Jan Hammer, electric bassist Anthony Jackson, drummer Steve Gadd, percussionist Mingo Lewis, and guest spots for flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucía ("Passion, Grace & Fire") and keyboardist Philippe Saisse. This lesser-known effort is easily recommended to fans of rock-ish jazz guitar. 

Personnel

•     Al Di Meola – electric and acoustic guitars
•     Paco de Lucía – acoustic guitar on "Passion, Grace & Fire"
•     Anthony Jackson – bass guitar
•     Jan Hammer – keyboards
•     Philippe Saisse – keyboards on "Black Cat Shuffle"
•     Steve Gadd – drums and percussion
•     James Mingo Lewis – percussion

All songs by Al Di Meola unless otherwise noted.

1.     "God Bird Change" (James Mingo Lewis) – 3:51
2.     "Electric Rendezvous" – 7:47
3.     "Passion, Grace & Fire" – 5:34
4.     "Cruisin'" (Jan Hammer) – 4:16
5.     "Black Cat Shuffle (Philippe Saisse) – 3:00
6.     "Ritmo de la Noche" – 4:17
7.     "Somalia" – 1:40
8.     "Jewel Inside a Dream" – 4:02

Paco de Lucía discography [1964-2016]

 

Francisco Gustavo Sánchez Gomez (21 December 1947 – 25 February 2014), known as Paco de Lucía [ˈpako ðe luˈθia], was a Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer 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 Lucía as a "titanic figure in the world of flamenco guitar", and Dennis Koster, author of Guitar Atlas, Flamenco, has referred to de Lucía as "one of history's greatest guitarists".

 

 

John McLaughlin - Montreux Concerts [17 CD, 2003/FLAC]

 

This monumental compilation features all the artist's concerts at the Montreaux Jazz Festival spanning the years 1974 through 1999.


Featuring

Shakti in July 1976 & 1977 (3 discs),

John McLaughlin & The One Truth Band in July 1978,

John McLaughlin & Chick Corea in July 1981,

Mahavishnu Orchestra in July 1984 (2 discs),

John McLaughlin & Paco DeLucia in July 1987 (2 discs),

John McLaughlin & The Free Spirits in July 1993 & 1995 (3 discs),

John McLaughlin & The Heart Of Things in July 1998

John McLaughlin & Remember Shakti in July 1999.

The last disc is a bonus CD containing two tracks one featuring McLaughlin performing with Santana in July 1993 'Canto de Xango' & another with McLaughlin & Paco DeLucia in July 1996 'Frevo'.