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Oscar Lopez - Seduction

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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.




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Topic - Oscar Lopez - Seduction - Jim Willis 08:05:50 09/02/99 (22)


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