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Most of the albums i 'll post made many millions for the music industry and a lot of what i intend to post still gets repackaged and remastered decades later, squeezing the last drop of profit out of bands that for the most part have ceased to exist long ago, although sometimes they get lured out of the mothballs to do a big bucks gig or tour. A global star is no more, he always gave 100% he just couldn't perform any other way, his music will vibrate the air tonight and forever. Many a news bullitin in civilized nations carried his death of a heart attack today. His collaborations with guitarists John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola and Larry Coryell in the late 1970s saw him gain wider popularity outside his native Spain. Some of his best known recordings include "Río Ancho" (later fused with Al Di Meola's "Mediterranean Sundance"), "Entre dos aguas", "La Barrosa", "Ímpetu", "Cepa Andaluza" and "Gloria al Niño Ricardo". He received acclaim for his recordings with flamenco singer Camarón de la Isla in the 1970s, recording 10 albums together. These innovations saw him play a key role in the development of traditional Flamenco and the evolution of New Flamenco and Latin jazz fusion from the 1970s.
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A master of contrast, he often juxtaposes picados with rasgueados and other techniques and often adds abstract chords and scale tones to his compositions with jazz influences. He was noted for his innovation and colour in harmony and his remarkable dexterity, technique, strength and fluidity in his right hand, capable of executing extremely fast and fluent picados. He touched many throughout the world during his life. Today's artist was a wonder of the Guitar world sharing with so many his expressive skill and nature. Richard Chapman and Eric Clapton, authors of Guitar: Music, History, Players, describe him as a "titanic figure in the world of flamenco guitar", and Dennis Koster, author of Guitar Atlas, Flamenco, has referred to him as "one of history's greatest guitarists". 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 who has also successfully crossed over into other genres of music such as classical and jazz. J.D.Hello, today the 149th post of Goldy Rhox, classic pop rock in the darklight is a Spanish flamenco guitarist, composer and producer who died today (21 December 1947 – 26 February 2014).Wayne Shorter - soprano sax on "Jericho" on "Paprika Plains".Jaco Pastorius - bass, bongos on "The Tenth World", cowbells on "Dreamland".Chaka Khan - backing vocals on "The Tenth World" and "Dreamland".
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