PACO DE LUCÍA

JMN

The Montreux Years BMG/THE MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL Cherry-picking the flamenco giant’s top Montreux performances. “Many superlatives have been written about Paco De Lucía and all of them are true,” writes his friend and sometime collaborator, John McLaughlin, in the sleeve notes for this beautifully designed CD package. The Spaniard was a regular draw at The Montreux Jazz Festival prior to his death in 2014 aged 66, and as this pukka, eight-tune selection underlines, De Lucía was a force of nature whether performing there in 2012 aged 64 or in 1984 aged 36. Accompanied by a shifting backdrop of astounding musicians, Paco brings all the jaw-dropping excitement of the Pamplona Bull Run to his playing: flamenco is a dangerous, untamed beast when unleashed via his fingers. His guitar-body-percussion-imbued 2006 performance of…

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