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Estevan -> RE: Flamenco Electrico (Feb. 13 2009 15:09:31)
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Nice find Arash...I was going to introduce Jaco Abel here one of these days but you beat me to it. [;)]
As you say, you have to get used to the sound which is strange at first, but when you do, you just recognize that it's really good music, and it's flamenco.
It's an interesting story.
He's not just messing around - he comes from a flamenco background, switched to electric guitar as a teenager and got involved in many kinds of music. His first album, Gitano Cromático, is mostly jazz-oriented and is very good. After years of touring playing jazz etc. he decided to get back to his roots but by then the electric guitar was his instrument so he used it to play flamenco - it was the natural thing for him to do. Then Tomatito introduced him to Pepe Habichuela, who was interested in what he heard, and told him "this is good, but we can make it better!", and for several years they have been meeting regularly so that Jaco can learn from that 'encyclopedia of toque'.
You can hear some of the tracks from the album "Flamenco Eléctrico" on Jaco's MySpace site; there's a better version of that bulería, with Ramón el Portugués singing. The singers on other tracks are Ana Salazar, Pepe Luis Carmona, and Paquete. Guest guitarists on various tracks are Manuel Parrilla, Pepe Habichuela, and Josemi Carmona, then there's Jorge Pardo, Bernardo Parrilla, etc., not a bad team!
The album is available for sale/download here:
Jaco - discos
(Yes, he's a friend; no, I don't get commission!)[:D]
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