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A few months ago I was in a music store and heard an album "Pure Flamenco" which was really nice and offered a diverse move from the more-or-less standard jazz I normally listen to. It is a really nice collection of flamenco by newer artists - actually "nuevo flamenco." Much of it doesn't conform to traditional flamenco.The album really opened my ears to some great music, and I then bought a dozen or so albums of the same genre.
One that turned out to be a real gem was "Seduction" by Oscar Lopez. He's a Chilean who's ended up in Canada. The album is on Narada. It's a nice digital recording (20 bit). It is a very little bit hard, with good presence but not as expansive a soundstage as I would like. The recordings of the guitar (mainly nylon string flamenco, with some steel string Martin D-28) is excellent.
The performance is brilliant. Most has a strong flamenco root, but with currents of latin jazz. Outstanding guitar work, and sense of musical pace. It's not the sort of virtuosity you get with Al Dimeola or Paco DeLucia (or the traditionality of Paco Pena), but with speed. There is a great deal of passion. Nice accompanying percussion. Incredible tonal range from the nylon strings.
It is an album that I have listened to over and over and over again, amazed that I was lucky enough to find it.
Yes, Jim, you found a real gem. Seduction is very well recorded and he is some talent. His tunes are fast, but always under control and have catchy tunes that actually make you stop analyzing the sound and actually listen to it. I too have noticed the the slight hardness, but I think that hardness is true to the instrument. These guitars live don't sound the least bit silky.I like contemporary jazz and some new age and I found out I also liked this style of flamenco.
A while back, someone wrote me and asked what I would recommend and I listed my favorites including Lopez. I can't remember if it was you or not.
NEIL
No. It wasn't me. I just sort of blundered into this on my own. Always on the lookout for something different. Have just gotten into Radio Tarifa, which is more traditional Spanish, with very strong moorish roots. Good recordings, incredible stuff, slightly over the edge.
Hi JimThanks for the rec. I grew up listening to my dad's record collection and one of his favorite styles was Flamenco. I've been wanting to pick something up but didn't know where to start. There's a name that I remember from his album covers - "Sabicas" I think. Did you run across anything like that on your buying spree?
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> Thanks for the rec. I grew up listening to my dad's record collection and one of his favorite styles was Flamenco. I've been wanting to pick something up but didn't know where to start. There's a name that I remember from his album covers - "Sabicas" I think. Did you run across anything like that on your buying spree? > >The best of the Sabicas recordings are on Elektra. There's some debate over whether the mono or stereo is better.
Other interesting flamenco recordings:
Carlos Montoya on Crystal Clear direct to disc (my Spanish friend says this recordings sounds the closest of any to the sound of Montoya's guitar --which he heard at Carnegie back in the '60's. There's also a couple of Montoyas on RCA- of which the best is the one done by Lewis Layton.
Manitas de Plata on Connoisseur/Vanguard. The Connoisseur are the better recordings of this gypsy guitarist -- who can't read music--and learned to play just by listening.
Myles Astor
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Ultimate Audio
Check out Sabicas, Ricardo, de Huelva and de Marchena on "Masters of Flamenco Guitar"; also see "Gypsy Soul: New Flamenco" and "Gypsy Passion:
New Flamenco", both of which feature various artists. All accessible via
www.allmusic.com -AH
I was interested in trying to learn flamenco. Never made a good flamenco guitarist but I had some Sabicas lps. He was my favourite guitarist - very crisp clean sound, good ideas, wonderful technique. The teacher I was trying to learn from was also a Sabicas fanatic - would play discs at half speed and try to learn the pieces. He could do it too. I couldn't even play them at quarter speed when he showed me.I really enjoyed those lessons, though. He charged me half price for a quarter lesson and we spent the other three quarters jamming on other music and talking. I think we both knew I wouldn't make it in flamenco but we both had a good time.
David Aiken
No. But I'll let you know. I'm on a buying binge these days, so I'll scan the titles.
> > He's a Chilean who's ended up in Canada. < <And just what are you implying by saying that?
The new PC watchdog,
John
You are correct. I was un-PC again.My most profound apologies to any Chileans and any poor unfortunates who have ended up in Canada.
I am deeply sorry if anything I said in my previous post offended you. If any others were offended by my possibly incorrect stsements, I apologise to you as well. Mia culpa. I'm a very bad boy.
By the way, did you know that the anagram for "Gloria Estefan" is "Large fat noise"
My apologies to all of you Gloria Estefan fans out there.
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You have, no doubt, dedicated two entire days to coming up with that witty little anagram. I would imagine 9-10 letters of the alphabet keeps you tied up for weeks. Fortunate for you there's no IQ test for Internet access.
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Read my post again.If you can't figure it out, here's a quick analysis
I said > > You have, no doubt, dedicated two entire days to coming up with that witty little anagram. < <
I made this comment on the basis of your requiring 2 days to think of an anagram for Dickhead.
Then I said > > I would imagine 9-10 letters of the alphabet keeps you tied up for weeks. < <
The insinuation is that if you are such a stinking moron that you can't work up an anagram for something eight letters long, then one or two letters keeps you tied up for 2 weeks. I'm guessing pretty much full time.
So. Does your mom log you on to internet, or is it big sister?
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