Jugglers in Obsidian-Gerardos genius

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guido

Posts: 52
Joined: Feb. 27 2006

Jugglers in Obsidian-Gerardos genius

Hi folks,

just went into universe of youtube and found one of my all time favourite "flamencofusion" songs, Gerardo with Andreas Vollenweider, around 1991. At that time I didn't know him at all, but one can immediately hear that he's a genius at his instrument. I don't know if the composition was written down fully by Vollenweider, I suppose he said "Gerardo, c'mon on your mark...go

".
Technically and musically perfect, u have ups and downs in tempo and articulation, christal high speed...

. One feels just like PdL said "play whatever at whatever speed...".
And one doesn't need a bassplayer if you got Vollenweider's harp...

slainte
guido

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vigrond

Posts: 161
Joined: Nov. 30 2010

RE: Jugglers in Obsidian-Gerardos genius (in reply to guido)

wow that was very enjoyable. I really like the harp thing he does at 3:20

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beno

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Joined: Nov. 3 2006
From: Hungary

RE: Jugglers in Obsidian-Gerardos genius (in reply to guido)

Gerardo just blows my mind! One could put almost anything right next to it, and it would still sound good....though the guy plays well too.

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