Artist description Daniel Fries uses flamenco as a vehicle for artistic expression through both original compositions and traditional melodies.

Music Style Flamenco

Musical Influences Paco, Manolo, Vicente, CK, Khansahib, Glass, Bach

Similar Artists Flamenco, Gypsy Kings, Abysis Projects, Daniel Cox Much respect to: Paco de Lucia, Paco Peña, Vicente Amigo, Manolo Sanlucar, Enrique de Melchor

Artist History Daniel Fries is one of the Bay Area's premier flamenco guitarists, both as an accompanist for flamenco song and dance, and as a soloist. He has performed with such world class flamenco artists as "La Tania," Andrés Marín, Cristo Cortés, and Manuel Gutierrez, as well as with many local artists and companies, such as Caminos Flamencos, Carola Zertuche, Arte y Compás, and Carolina Lugo's Brisas de España, for which he has been musical director. While his playing style remains grounded in the roots of the traditional Spanish flamenco, he also explores new directions in musical composition as well as blending of elements from the various musical traditions around which he grew up in San Francisco; Indian, Middle Eastern, Latin American, and African. He has performed in venues ranging from San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, to venues in China and in India. He also directed the music for "Zambra Bailar," a company mixing flamenco with Middle Eastern music and belly dance. His most recent project was composing and directing the music for La Tania's ongoing project, "The Passage of The Muse." Mr. Fries studied in Spain with several flamenco guitar masters, including Manolo Sanlucar, Paco Peña, and Paco Serrano. He has also studied Indian Classical music under Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, and Ghanain drumming with C.K. Ladezkpo, and has B.A. in Music from U.C. Berkeley. For booking please email: friesdan@hotmail.com

Group Members Daniel Fries - guitar

Instruments guitar, palmas (hand clapping)

Location Berkeley, CA - USA

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