Female flamenco singer |
| Name:Francisca Méndez Garrido |
| Birth: 1934 Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz |
| Death: 2004 Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz |
"La Paquera has evidently given (flamenco) singing a way to say, feel and express things. Since she burst onto the recording scene she has been an authentic standard-bearer for the best Jerez singing". Juan Luis Manfredi, flamencologist.
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La Paquera de Jerez is one of the greatest figures of cante (flamenco singing), one of the most emblematic. She comes from a family of great amateurs, but without any professional predecessors. She started when she was very young in the cozy parties in her city, and throughout her artistic life she switched between singing in tablaos and flamenco peñas (enthusiasts' clubs), and shows that travelled around Spain, and sometimes Europe, which were very successful. She had already retired from stages and recording studios when, in the year 2002, she went on a small tour of Japan that raised a lot of expectation.
Among La Paquera's qualities, apart from a voice that has a very strong flamenco essence, is her strict meter. It is particularly evident when she sings Jerez cantes (styles) and, mainly, in bulerías, as well as fandangos, tientos and saetas. In all of these palos (forms) her strong personality shines through, as happens in Carlos Saura's film "Flamenco", which starts with a performance by La Paquera. She has obtained some of the most important prizes: the Premio Niña de los Peines, in the Concurso Nacional de Arte Flamenco in Córdoba (1971) and the Copa de Jerez of the Faculty of Flamencology. The cantaora died on 26 April 2004, at the age of 70, after suffering a thrombosis. |
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Pasión Flamenca (Flamenco passion)
 La Paquera de Jerez
1 CD
Año edición: 2005
A gem of a record featuring the best from the recording career of La Paquera de Jerez, who was one of the indispensable and emblematic figures of 20th-century f
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Price: US$ 13.99
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Sentío Flamenco (Flamenco feeling)
La Paquera de Jerez
1 CD
Año edición: 2005
A gem of a record featuring the best from the recording career of La Paquera de Jerez, who was one of the indispensable and emblematic figures of 20th-century f
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Price: US$ 13.99
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La Paquera de Jerez
La Paquera de Jerez
1 CD
Año edición: 2004
The beginnings of the queen of bulerías. This is a historical recording, that has been re-edited in CD format to ensure that the voice of this now deceased cant
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List price: US$ 16.73
Discount: 20%
Price: US$ 13.38
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Fandangos del Gloria
La Paquera de Jerez
1 CD
Año edición: 1996
List price: US$ 13.65
Discount: 15%
Price: US$ 11.60
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Fandangos caracoleros
La Paquera de Jerez
1 CD
Año edición: 1995
List price: US$ 13.79
Discount: 15%
Price: US$ 11.72
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Vengo
Tony Gatlif
Price: US$ 48.86
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| Confidential, with... |
 Tomasa Guerrero 'La Macanita'
"My greatest achievement has been finding myself a niche in the world of art, the rest will come later"
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