Nicolas Reyes has been the leader and co-founder of the GRAMMY® Award-winning group Gipsy Kings for well over 30 years. Over the past three decades, the band has dominated the World Music charts and sold more than 14 million albums worldwide. Their platinum compilation The Best of the Gipsy Kings remained on the charts for over a year upon its release, and their ninth studio album Savor Flamenco earned the GRAMMY® for Best World Music Album. Now, for the first time ever, this legendary ensemble brings their fiery fusion of flamenco, salsa, and pop to GLAZER HALL.
This iconic legacy began when Nicolas’ father, Jose Reyes, formed a celebrated flamenco duo with Manitas de Plata (which boasted fans as famed as Miles Davis and Pablo Picasso). When the pair parted ways, the elder Reyes became even more popular upon starting his own band, backed by his son, called Los Reyes. In later years, Nicolas headed out on his own and began playing in the town of Arles in the south of France. He traveled throughout the country, busking on the streets of Saint-Tropez, playing wherever he could. Having adopted the perpetual motion of the gypsy lifestyle, his band eventually translated “Los Reyes” and became the Gipsy Kings.
They have graced stages from the Hollywood Bowl to Royal Albert Hall and captivated audiences on the big screen. Their rendition of Hotel California was included in the film The Big Lebowski and the HBO series Entourage. The 2010 film Toy Story 3 featured a Gipsy Kings version of the movie’s popular, Randy Newman-penned theme, You’ve Got a Friend in Me. The Gipsy Kings recently featured in a Big Lebowski spinoff The Jesus Rolls with Reyes appearing in person with the director and star, John Turturro, for some of the promotion.
Theirs is a music that extends through generations, to the sounds of their ancestors—Spanish Romani people who fled the Catalonia region during the Spanish Civil War—and reflects the vibrantly eclectic and peripatetic history of the gitanos.
All ticket prices include a download of a new musical companion EP. Purchasers will be emailed with a link to download the EP at a later date.
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