Gerardo Núñez
Gerardo Núñez
Gerardo Nez
Gerardo Nez
Background information
Instruments Guitar
Contents
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1Career
2Discography
3References
4External links
Career[edit]
Nez was born in Jerez de la Frontera (province of Cdiz) in 1961. His first teacher was Rafael
[d]el guila. At the age of fourteen he accompanied important cantaores and bailaores like To
Gregorio el Borrico, Terremoto de Jerez, La Paquera and Mario Maya, among others. He has
recorded as a concert guitarist and accompanying the voices of Turronero, Pansequito, Indio Gitano.
In his triple roles of composer, concert guitarist and accompanist, he has performed in diverse
theater shows, the most notable being Mario Maya's Ay Jondo! and Lorca's Yerma. He has also
performed at numerous music festivals around the world. Afterwards, as a solo artist, Gerardo
Nuez has received excellent reviews, and he is considered one of the best prepared guitarists. He
has also performed on several flamenco stages, gatherings and festivals, both at a national level
and abroad: Paris, New York, Cologne, Havana, Munich. He has also been part of a guitar quartet,
with which he has travelled all over the world, and has played alongside guitarists of international
renown like Erico Raba, Alex de Grassi and Briam Gare. Additionally he has collaborated with
bassist Eberhard Weber and accordionist Richard Galliano.
As a composer, his music is complex and rich, which allows him to demonstrate his playing ability.
He has composed a large number of pieces for one of his best artistic partners, Carmen Corts. He
also made a version of El Amor Brujo, for four guitars, and he has attempted fusion with other kinds
of music, especially jazz, but without ever leaving out flamenco as its foundation.
In August 2012 his album Travesia reached number 12 on the World Music Charts Europe.[1]
Discography[edit]
1987: El Gallo Azul (Flamencos Accidentales, GASA)
1989: Flamencos en Nueva York (Spain: GASA/Europe and USA: Verabra Records)
1989: Flamencos en Nueva York (DRO East West, 1989). Midline CD compilation featuring
tracks from El Gallo Azul and Flamencos en Nueva York.
1994: Jucal (El Gallo Azul)
1997: Jucal (Alula Records). Longer international version, featuring additional 15 minutes of
music.
1998: Salom (Art-Danza). Soundtrack from the "Salom" dance show.
1998: Calima (Alula Records)
2000: Jazzpaa II (Act 9284-2)
2001: Cruce de Caminos, with Perico Sambeat (Resistencia RESCD 115)
2002: Pasajes Passages, with Perico Sambeat (Resistencia)
2002: Un Ramito de Locura, with Carmen Linares (Mercury)
2004: La Nueva Escuela de la Guitarra Flamenca (ACT/Karonte)
2004: Andando el Tiempo (ACT)
2012: Travesia (ACT)
2015: Jazzpaa Live, with Ulf Wakenius (Act 9585-2)
2016: Logos, with Ulf Wakenius (ACT)