Vicente Amigo Girol (born 25 March 1967) is a Spanish

flamenco Flamenco (), in its strictest sense, is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, and also having historical presence in Extremadura a ...

composer and guitarist, born in

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near

Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Penins ...

. He has played as an accompanying guitarist on recordings by flamenco singers

Camarón de la Isla José Monje Cruz (5 December 1950 – 2 July 1992), better known by his stage name Camarón de la Isla (), was a Spanish Romani flamenco singer. Considered one of the all-time greatest flamenco singers, he was noted for his collaborations ...

, and Luis de Córdoba, and he has acted as a producer for Remedios Amaya and

José Mercé José Mercé (born José Soto Soto in 1955 in Jerez de la Frontera) is a Spanish flamenco singer. As a 12-year-old he performed at flamenco festivals. Later he moved to Madrid where he recorded his first album in 1968. Family He is the great ...

. His album ''Ciudad de las Ideas'' won the 2001 Latin Grammy for the Best Flamenco Album and the 2002 Ondas award for the best Flamenco work.

Biography

Amigo was raised in Córdoba, where he took guitar lessons and later improved his playing with

Manolo Sanlúcar Manolo Sanlúcar (born Manuel Muñoz Alcón, 24 November 1943 – 27 August 2022) was a Spanish flamenco composer and guitarist. He was considered one of the most important Spanish composers of recent times, and together with Paco de Lucía, ...

, with whom he worked for ten years. After a period of accompaniment which began with El Pele, he devoted himself almost exclusively to playing concerts in 1988. ''De Mi Corazón al Aire'' (''From Out of My Heart'', 1991) was his first solo record. An admirer of Paco de Lucía since childhood, Amigo took part with him in the show Leyendas de la guitarra (Legends of the Guitar) in

. Amigo has worked with

Amaia Montero Amaia Montero Saldías (; born 26 August 1976) is a Spanish singer and songwriter mainly known as the former vocalist of the Spanish pop-band La Oreja de Van Gogh between 1996 and 2007. Amaia has sung in a variety of languages, including Basqu ...

, Khaled,

Miguel Bosé Luis Miguel González Bosé (born 3 April 1956), usually known as Miguel Bosé, is a Spanish pop new wave singer and actor. Early life Bosé was born in San Fernando Hospital in Panama City, Panama, the son of Italian actress Lucia Bosè (193 ...

Carmen Linares Carmen Pacheco Rodríguez (Born in 1951 in Linares, Jaén), better known by her stage name Carmen Linares, is one of the finest flamenco singers in Spain. She belongs to the best generation of flamenco artists with Paco de Lucía, Camarón ...

, Wagner Tiso,

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Nacho Cano Ignacio Cano Andrés (b. Madrid, 26 February 1963), better known as Nacho Cano, is a Spanish arranger, composer, musician and record producer. He and his brother showed an interest in music in their young lives. At 5, he began to play the Span ...

Alejandro Sanz Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro, better known as Alejandro Sanz (; born 18 December 1968), is a Spanish musician, singer and composer. Sanz has won 22 Latin Grammy Awards and four Grammy Awards. He has received the Latin Grammy for Album of the Yea ...

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, Paco de Lucía, Stanley Jordan, John McLaughlin,

Al Di Meola Albert Laurence Di Meola (born July 22, 1954) is an American guitarist. Known for his works in jazz fusion and world music, he began his career as a guitarist of the group Return to Forever in 1974. Between the 1970s and 1980s, albums such as ...

, and Milton Nascimento.

Discography

As leader

* ''

De mi corazón al aire ''De mi corazón al aire'' is the first studio album of Vicente Amigo. Track listing #"De mi corazón al aire" – 3:41 #"Reino de Silia" – 4:16 #"Gitano de Lucía” – 3:47 #"Morente" – 4:04 #"Maestro Sanlúcar" – 3:49 #"Callejón de la ...

'' (CBS/Sony, 1991) * ''Vivencias Imaginadas'' (CBS/Sony, 1995) * ''Poeta'' (CBS/Sony, 1997) * ''Del Amanecer...'' with

Jose Merce Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. The name was popular during the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods. * Jose ben Abin * Jose ben Akabya *Jose the Galil ...

(Virgin, 1998) * '' Ciudad de las Ideas'' (2000) * ''Un Momento en el Sonido'' (Columbia, 2005) * ''Paseo de Gracia'' (Sony, 2009) * ''Tierra'' (Sony, 2013) * ''Memoria de los Sentidos'' (Sony, 2017)

As sideman

With

* ''Bajo El Signo De Cain'' (WEA, 1993) * ''Laberinto'' (WEA, 1995) * ''Mordre Dans Ton Coeur'' (WEA, 1997) * ''Papitwo'' (WEA, 2012) With others * Remedios Amaya, ''Me Voy Contigo'' (Hispavox, EMI 1997) *

Pedro Aznar Pedro Aznar (born 23 July 1959) is an Argentine musician and singer-songwriter. He has a musical experience in jazz, Argentine folk and rock music and has a successful career as a solo artist. He is well known for giving rock songs a jazz-orient ...

, ''Mudras: Canciones De a Dos'' (Tabriz Music, 2003) *

David Bisbal David Bisbal Ferre (born 5 June 1979) is a Spanish singer, songwriter, and actor. He gained his initial fame as a runner-up on the interactive reality television show ''Operación Triunfo''. He has since released five studio albums, all of whi ...

, ''Premonicion'' (Vale Music, 2006) *

, ''The Feminine Side'' (Virgin, 1997) * Nacho Cano, ''A un Musical De'' (Warner, 2008) * Los Chunguitos, ''Vive a Tu Manera en Directo'' (EMI, 1988) *

, ''Soy Gitano'' (El Pais, 2010) * Tino di Geraldo, ''Burlerias'' (Nuevos Medios, 1994) * Roberto Fonseca, ''Zamazu'' (Enja, 2007) * GNR, ''Sob Escuta'' (EMI, 1994) *

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, ''Bridges'' (Reprise, 2018) *

Alberto Iglesias Alberto Iglesias Fernández-Berridi (born 21 October 1955) is a Spanish composer. He was first noticed as a score composer for Spanish films, mostly from Pedro Almodóvar and Julio Medem. His career became more international with time and he eve ...

, ''Hable Con Ella'' (Milan, 2002) * Azucar Moreno, ''Ojos Negros'' (Epic, 1992) *

Enrique Morente Enrique Morente Cotelo (25 December 1942 – 13 December 2010), known as Enrique Morente, was a flamenco singer (in Spanish, cantaor) and a celebrated figure within the world of contemporary flamenco. After his orthodox beginnings, he plunged in ...

& Lagartija Nick, ''Omega'' (El Europeo Musica, 1996) * Carlos Nunez, ''Os Amores Libres'' (RCA Victor, 1999) * Potito, ''Andando por Los Caminos'' (CBS, 1990) *

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, ''Tauromagia'' (Polydor, 1988) *

, ''El Alma al Aire'' (WEA, 2001) * Alejandro Sanz, ''Mas'' (WEA, 2006) *

, ''Sacred Love'' (A&M, 2003) * Wagner Tiso, ''Baobab'' (Philips, 1990) * Wagner Tiso, ''Brazilian Scenes'' (Kardum/Iris, 1997) * Potito, ''Mi reencuentro'' (Concert Music Entertainment S.L, 2018) * El Pele, ''Canto'' (BMG Music Spain S.A, 2003)

References

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