BMG today releases the stunning live video performance of “Buana Buana King Kong’ from flamenco guitarist Paco De Lucía. The rare video is taken from Paco De Lucía’s performance at the 1984 Montreux Jazz Festival and appears on the upcoming release “Paco De Lucía: The Montreux Years”- out 24 February and available to pre-order now.
“Paco De Lucía: The Montreux Years” is the latest release in the Montreux Years series and is a collection of Paco De Lucía’s finest live performances at the Montreux Jazz Festival between 1984 to 2012. Beautifully mastered, “Paco De Lucía: The Montreux Years” will be available in multi-format configurations including superior audiophile heavyweight vinyl, MQA quality CD and HD digital.
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.
Throughout his career, Paco De Lucía played at the Montreux Jazz Festival many times and remains one of the festival’s most iconic musicians to play the Swiss festival. The performances from this new collection are curated from eight shows between 1984 to 2012. Encapsulating his time at the festival, “Paco De Lucía: The Montreux Years” opens with the 2012 live performance of ‘Vámonos’.
Fans of the pioneering flamenco guitarist can immerse themselves in the sounds that defined De Lucía’s career, which includes one of his best-known recordings ‘La Barrosa’ from the 1987 album ‘Siroco’. Delving further into De Lucía’s repertoire, ‘Paco De Lucía: The Montreux Years’ includes the tracks ‘Solo Quiero’, ‘El Tesorillo’ and ‘Buana Buana King Kong’.
The release includes brand-new liner notes from ‘Guitar Trio’ collaborator, close friend and alumni in The Montreux Years series John McLaughlin, and rare photos from Paco De Lucía’s Montreux shows.
Available on pre-order now and released on Friday, February 24, ‘Paco De Lucía: The Montreux Years’ is the eighth instalment of The Montreux Years series, which began with musical titans Nina Simone and Etta James, followed by Marianne Faithfull and Muddy Waters, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea and Monty Alexander. Having received critical acclaim worldwide, ‘Nina Simone: The Montreux Years’ and ‘John McLaughlin: The Montreux Years’, reached #1 on the UK Official Jazz & Blues Chart in 2021 and were hailed by the likes of the New York Times and JazzFM.
LP TRACKLISTING
Side A
Vámonos (Live -Montreux Jazz Festival 2012)
La Barrosa (Live -Montreux Jazz Festival 2006)
Side B
Solo Quiero (Live -Montreux Jazz Festival 1984)
Alta Mar (Live -Montreux Jazz Festival 1984)
Side C
El Tesorillo (Live -Montreux Jazz Festival 2006)
Buana Buana King King (Live -Montreux Jazz Festival 1984)
Side D
Variaciones de Minera (Live -Montreux Jazz Festival 2012)
Zyryab (Live -Montreux Jazz Festival 2006)
CD TRACKLISTING
Vámonos (Live -Montreux Jazz Festival 2012)
La Barrosa (Live -Montreux Jazz Festival 2006)
Solo Quiero (Live -Montreux Jazz Festival 1984)
Alta Mar (Live -Montreux Jazz Festival 1984)
El Tesorillo (Live -Montreux Jazz Festival 2006)
Buana Buana King King (Live -Montreux Jazz Festival 1984)
Variaciones de Minera (Live -Montreux Jazz Festival 2012)
Zyryab (Live -Montreux Jazz Festival 2006)
