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Cañizares is one of my all time favourite musicians in any genre. There isn't enough of him on YouTube but last night I came across these 2 videos from 1995. One with Potito, one with Ruben Dantas. Enjoy!
There's a video I saw of him on youtube a while back but I can't find it again. He's playing a bit of his buleria 'El Abismo' - in the video he's trying out someone's guitar, I think at a luthiers workshop or showroom. Does anyone know where it is? That buleria (from 'cuerdas del alma') is really unique sounding, he's playing in G phrygian (so three flats in terms of music theory). When I first heard it I thought it must be in a different tuning, but the above mentioned video confirmed it's in standard tuning.
In February 2005, I saw a performance at George Washington University's Lisner Auditorium, in Washington, DC, featuring both Juan Canizares and the classical guitarist Jose Maria Gallardo. It was billed as "Canizares and Gallardo: Mano a Mano." It was a very interesting program, as both are first class: Canizares in flamenco and Gallardo in classical. Both played solo guitar with no interference from other instruments, and it gave the audience an appreciation of the great difference between flamenco and classical guitar, as well as the great beauty in each genre.
Bill
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In February 2005, I saw a performance at George Washington University's Lisner Auditorium, in Washington, DC, featuring both Juan Canizares and the classical guitarist Jose Maria Gallardo. It was billed as "Canizares and Gallardo: Mano a Mano." It was a very interesting program, as both are first class: Canizares in flamenco and Gallardo in classical. Both played solo guitar with no interference from other instruments, and it gave the audience an appreciation of the great difference between flamenco and classical guitar, as well as the great beauty in each genre.
Bill
His work with Paco and Banderas for a brief tour was probably one of the greatest guitar events ever, even though not as commercially viable as other projects. They did a mix of solo guitar (Paco only), Paco's pieces arranged special for trio, classical Spanish (M, de Falla), and typical guitar Trio fare. Music was very tight rhythmically and elegant tonally.
I went with high expectations of the show with Gallardo del Rey in DC. I had two cd covers I got autographed before the show (I knew where was the stage door and caught them outside smoking), Suite Sevilla and Duquende's Samaruco. Their manager was super impressed (as was Gallardo) that I had acquired the Suite Sevilla album. Anyway, I had an awesome seat and was totally ready to watch Cañizares destroy the classical guy....but was shocked that despite my prejudices the EXACT opposite happened. In fact I would say Gallarado, who only played Spanish classical cliched standard rep, was THE most impressive classical guitarist I have ever seen perform. I am talking about expression mainly, as those pieces such as Albeniz, Lorca, Gaspar Sanz etc, are not super technical. As a flamenco, it was embarrassing frankly. I couldn't help but thinking how much better this would have worked if they had someone like Nuñez instead, because Gallardo's tone was just sublime. I have always given Cañizares a chance, but after many years now I have to admit the only thing I really enjoyed was his work with Paco.
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