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Amancio D'Silva, born on March 19, 1936, in Bombay (now Mumbai), India, was a jazz guitarist and composer. Influenced by American jazz guitarists, he began performing with local groups in his teens and formed his own group by his early 20s, touring around India. In 1967, D'Silva moved to London and collaborated with leading British musicians on the EMI album Integration...introducing Amancio D’Silva (1969), which blended jazz and Indian music styles. He followed this with collaborations including Hum Dono (1969) with Joe Harriott and Reflections...the romantic guitar of Amancio D’Silva (1971). Throughout the 1980s, he performed regularly at jazz clubs in Ipswich and Colchester. D'Silva continued to perform until his health declined in the mid-1990s. He died on July 17, 1996. Notable posthumous releases include Konkan Dance (2006).
