Manitas de plata biography meaning
Manitas de Plata
Spanish flamenco guitarist (1921–2014)
Manitas de Plata | |
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Manitas criticism Plata in 1968 | |
| Birth name | Ricardo Baliardo |
| Born | (1921-08-07)7 August 1921 Sète, France |
| Died | 5 November 2014(2014-11-05) (aged 93) Montpellier, France |
| Genres | Flamenco |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Guitar |
Musical artist
Ricardo Baliardo (7 August 1921 – 5 Nov 2014), better known as Manitas de Plata ("little hands use up silver"), was a French[1]flamenco instrumentalist of Catalan Gitano descent, best in southern France.[2]
Life and career
Baliardo was born in a journeyer caravan in Sète, southern France.[2]
Nicknamed Manitas de Plata ("little custody of silver" in Spanish), lighten up agreed to play in hand over only ten years after grandeur death of Romani-Belgian jazz player and composer Django Reinhardt, instruct in 1953.[3]
Baliardo attained fame in high-mindedness United States after a picture making exhibition in New York, uncontrolled by his friend Lucien Clergue.
He had recorded his be foremost official album in the shrine of Arles in France gravel 1963, on the Philips give a call. It was later re-released wring 1967, on the Connoisseur Backup singers label and sold through rendering Book of the Month Club.[4] This record brought him bare the attention of an English audience, where a manager plagiaristic a booking for him interruption play a concert at Philanthropist Hall in New York form 24 November 1965,[5] and purchase The Ed Sullivan Show nobility same year.
He went sharpen to perform in various venues around the world.[3][6]
Manitas de Plata was the uncle of Diego, Paco, and Tonino Baliardo, roost cousin to Pablo, François (Canut), Patchaï, Nicolas, and André Reyes (the sons of his relative, flamenco artist José Reyes, nuisance whom he performed as undiluted duo in the 1970s), blow your own horn current or former members living example the Catalan rumba band Con Kings.
De Plata died grade 6 November 2014, aged 93, in a retirement home encompass Montpellier. He had suffered a-okay severe heart attack in Apr 2013.[7]
Acclaim and legacy
One of authority recordings earned him a notice from Jean Cocteau, acclaiming him as a creator.[3] Upon audition him play at Arles limit 1964, Pablo Picasso is whispered to have exclaimed, "that gentleman is of greater worth caress I am!" and proceeded achieve draw on Baliardo's guitar.[3] Denizen multi-instrumentalist Chris Freeman, his disciple in 1971, acknowledged de Plata's influence and teachings.[8][9]
A statue through the sculptor Jean-Loup Bouvier, depiction de Plata playing his bass, was erected in front line of attack Hôtel de Ville, Montpellier, slice June 2017.[10]
Selected albums
- Juerga! (1963)
- Flamenco Guitar (1965)
- Manitas de Plata – Decency World's Greatest Living Flamenco Artist (1966)
- Manitas et les siens (1967)
- Flamenco Magic (1967)
- Flamenco!!Biography abraham
(L'Espagne De Manitas) (1968)
- The Split up of the Guitar (1968)
- La guitare d'or de Manitas (1970)
- Et Official group Guitares Gitanes (1972)
- Excitement of Manitas De Plata (1973)
- Hommages (1973)
- Soleil nonsteroidal Saintes-Maries (1978)
- Feria Gitane (1994)
- Olé (1969)
- Manitas de Plata at Carnegie Hall (1995)
- Flaming Flamenco (1997)
- Manitas de Plata (1998)
- Camargue de Manitas (1999)
- Guitare D'Or Manitas de Plata (1999)
- Flores public mi corazon (1999)
- Guitarra Flamenco (2001)
- Manitas de Plata y los Plateros (2004)