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Juan Orozco (14 April 1937 – February 15, 2020) was a Spanish luthier [1] [2] and guitar impresario who lived in New York from 1965 to 1995, where he had a famous guitar shop at 156, 56th Street in the 1970s to 1990s. He is the third in a family of guitar makers (his father, Juan Orozco, built guitars in Spain, Uruguay and Brazil).
Sabicas later settled in New York City in the United States where he formed a life-long friendship and business association with classical guitarist Rolando Valdés-Blain. He did not return to his native Spain until 1967. [3] Sabicas was instrumental in the introduction of flamenco to audiences outside of Spain and the Spanish-speaking world.
Angel Romero (born August 17, 1946 in Málaga) is a Spanish classical guitarist, conductor and former member of the guitar quartet Los Romeros. He is the youngest son of Celedonio Romero, who in 1957 left Spain for the United States with his family. Romero made his professional debut at the age of six.
When World War II broke out in Europe in 1939, he was on tour in the United States, and decided to settle in New York City, eventually becoming a U.S. citizen. [2] By the end of the war in 1945, his repertoire had broadened to include blues, jazz and folk music. [ 2 ]
"Hearing the Spanish guitar in the car was that moment for me because the sound takes you away to an exotic place, and it was a perfect fit, especially when I was in this crossroads of my life." [8] He got a nylon string guitar and started relearning the instrument. Benise retired his electric guitar to focus exclusively on his new instrument.
In Feb. 1968 he was the featured cover-photo artist for Guitar Player magazine. Along with others such as Sabicas and Mario Escudero , Serrano's virtuosity helped establish solo flamenco guitar as a viable concert instrument beyond the borders of Spain.
Nicknamed Manitas de Plata ("little hands of silver" in Spanish), he agreed to play in public only ten years after the death of Romani-Belgian jazz guitarist and composer Django Reinhardt, in 1953. [3] Baliardo attained fame in the United States after a photography exhibition in New York, organized by his friend Lucien Clergue.
In 2014, a popular vintage instrument boutique in New York City's Brooklyn neighborhood, RetroFret Vintage Rare & Unusual Fretted Instruments, composed a historical evaluation on a surviving Electro-Spanish Ken Roberts guitar. RetroFret stated: "Rickenbacker were the undisputed pioneers in the commercialization of the electric guitar, and the ...