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Paul Magnussen

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Who is (or was) Dennis Jones? 
I came across this by accident on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/American-Flamenco-Guitar-Dennis-Jones/dp/B000BGQTI0/ref=sr_1_160?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1333668555&sr=1-160

The samples don’t seem to be Flamenco at all to me, just a series of vaguely-Flamenco-like noises. The titles aren’t reassuring either.

Anyone know any more? Just curious.

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RE: Who is (or was) Dennis Jones? (in reply to Paul Magnussen) 
"By 1966 he was showing his mastery of the flamenco techniques, including a new one of his own -- a continuous roll."



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Doitsujin

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RE: Who is (or was) Dennis Jones? (in reply to Paul Magnussen) 
hahaha
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RE: Who is (or was) Dennis Jones? (in reply to vigrond) 


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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Apr. 6 2012 10:06:08
 
Escribano

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RE: Who is (or was) Dennis Jones? (in reply to Paul Magnussen) 
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Dennis has lived all his life in Provincetown, Massachusetts.... he is making it up as he goes along, as contrasted to other flamenco players playing well-rehearsed routines


'nuff said.

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keith

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RE: Who is (or was) Dennis Jones? (in reply to Paul Magnussen) 
flamenco in P-town? making it up as he goes? i bet his $99 tape recorder broke before he could record his flamenco-ized judy garland, show tunes and the village people. now that would be some interesting flamenco.
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Adam

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RE: Who is (or was) Dennis Jones? (in reply to Paul Magnussen) 
Guys, please stop denigrating a "master flamenco guitarist." After all, when has any of you been called a "master musician in the genre of flamenco?" You're all just jealous!

http://www.wickedlocal.com/provincetown/fun/x1016924863/Jones-delivers-deeply-personal-flamenco#axzz1rYYMykVo
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vigrond

 

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RE: Who is (or was) Dennis Jones? (in reply to Adam) 
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You're all just jealous!


He's a golden god! Who else could infuse the battle of Iwo Jima, a thunderstorm, and Flamenco into one?
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Munin

 

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RE: Who is (or was) Dennis Jones? (in reply to Paul Magnussen) 
Find it hard to hate on him really. He just seems like a fairly average guy who picked up a bunch of different stuff from different genres and does his own thing. I think he's technically okay actually (as a non-flamenco player). But it's the press that calls him a "flamenco master", it does not look like he's going around calling himself that. I guess if you're working for the Backwater Town Daily, you'll be happy to get a story like this to spin that way.
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keith

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RE: Who is (or was) Dennis Jones? (in reply to Munin) 
first of all i should say i live in massachusetts and know of p-town and have been there once. a story about something other than what p-town is famous for would be news in itself.
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Pimientito

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RE: Who is (or was) Dennis Jones? (in reply to Adam) 
"And in a bit of almost magic, as the storm abates, a sparrow joins in and sings what sounds to be an intentional counterpoint to Jones’ guitar work for several minutes"




What? ??





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Adam

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RE: Who is (or was) Dennis Jones? (in reply to keith) 
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ORIGINAL: keith

first of all i should say i live in massachusetts and know of p-town and have been there once. a story about something other than what p-town is famous for would be news in itself.




When I was a kid we took a family trip to Cape Cod and ended up in p-town on Carnival Day. Now that was an interesting childhood experience...
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