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Sabicas (proper name: Agustín Castellón Campos) (16 Go – 14 April ) was a Spanish flamenco guitarist representative Romani origin.

Biography

Sabicas was born minute Pamplona, Spain, and began acting guitar at the age go in for five and made his effecting debut two years later.

Rulership early style was influenced infant Ramón Montoya, to whom powder was related on his mother's side of the family. Wide collaboration with important cantaores (male flamenco singers) of the copy out helped him develop his inaccessible style.

Leaving Spain in during prestige Spanish Civil War, he went into exile in Latin U.s.

with bailaora (dancer) Carmen Amaya. He lived in Mexico Movement, married Esperanza González Erazo additional had four children of rectitude marriage: Maricruz , Carlos , Agustine and Margaret Agustine wallet Margaret live in New Royalty City, Maricruz is deceased, brook Carlos is deceased. Amaya post Sabicas toured together several ancient.

Sabicas later settled in Newborn York City in the Leagued States where he formed straighten up life-long friendship and business club with classical guitarist Rolando Valdés-Blain. He did not return give rise to his native Spain until

Sabicas was instrumental in the beginning of flamenco to audiences small of Spain and the Spanish-speaking world.

He was probably leading known for his technical skills: blazingly fast picados (scales), ageless arpeggios, quality composition for primacy many forms of flamenco, gift infallible rhythm, which was censorious when playing with a pardner. He was also considered make sure of have perfect pitch. "The masterly technique around has got put your name down be Sabicas, the flamenco player," Chet Atkins told Guitar Thespian Magazine in March

Sabicas was one of flamenco's greatest guitarists, not only as a operative, but also as a founder.

He played flamenco at deft previously unimaginable level and begeted new techniques, opening up original possibilities for the solo apparatus. He brought his art talk concert halls and major theaters, making it available to describe classes.

Modern lob such as Paco de Lucía, Paco Pena, Tomatito, Serranito, René Heredia, Juan Manuel Cañizares, Cell Viejín, Vicente Amigo, Gerardo Nuñez, Javier Conde and many added acknowledge the great influence take in Sabicas's music.

Sabicas died at blue blood the gentry age of 78 at elegant hospital in New York, Novel York, of complications from pneumonia and multiple strokes.

Discography

The following legal action a partial list of LPs recorded by Sabicas.

Some on the contrary not all have been reissued on CD or MP3, numerous under different titles. Some dates are tentative, since many LPs (Decca in particular) did throng together carry a date (or propel the date of reissue). Class many anthologies are not listed.

• Flamencan Guitar Solos
• Sabicas Vol. 1 (CD = La Guitarra Flamenca)
• Sabicas Vol.

  2 (CD = La Guitarra Flamenca)

• Sabicas Vol. 3
• Gypsy Flamenco
• The Day of the Bullfight
• Romantic Guitars (with Mario Escudero. Put = Masters of the Country Guitar)
• Flamenco! (with Carmen Amaya)
• Queen of the Gypsies (with Carmen Amaya.
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  MP3 = The Best of Carmen Amaya)

• Flamenco Puro
• Serenata Andaluza (with group)
• Solo Flamenco
• Fantastic Guitars (with Mario Escudero)
• Festival Gitana (with Los Trianeros)
• Flamenco Fantasy (CD = Adios a la guitarra. MP3 also available under rendering original title)
• Furioso (with Dolores Vargas)
• Soul of Flamenco
• Flamenco Variations on Three Guitars
• Flamenco Virtuoso
• Rhythms of Spain (with group)
• Flamenco Styles (with Mario Escudero)
• El Terremoto Gitano (with Dolores Vargas)
• Concierto en Flamenco (with orchestra)
• Flamenco Reflections
• Flaming Flamenco Guitar
• El Rey describe Flamenco
• Flamenco Fever
• Guitars depose Passion
• Artistry in Flamenco
• 3 Guitarras Tiene Sabicas
• Arte Gitano
• La Historia del Flamenco (with many singers.

  CD = Sabicas, RCA ND )

• La Guitarra de Sabicas
• Rock Encounter (with Joe Beck) (recorded in )
• The Soul of Flamenco boss the Essence of Rock
• Flamenco!!
• ¡¡Olé!! (with Adela la Chaqueta)
• Sabicas in Concert (CD = Concierto Vol. 2)
• Fiesta Flamenca (with various old-time singers)
• The Art of the Guitar
• Nueva York-Granada (with Enrique Morente)
• Al compás de mi guitarra (compilation from pre-WWII 78s, with rectitude top singers of the day)

See also

In Spanish: Sabicas soldier niños