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Jim Opfer -> Paco Pena (Feb. 22 2009 14:48:04)

This is just great playing.
Go to 2.49. The guitar licks are spot on. Old school, but hey! fine fine playing.
Observe the young Juan Martin with the frilly shirt in the background dishing up some fine palmas.( [;)] )



MarcChrys -> RE: Paco Pena (Feb. 23 2009 1:48:37)

I love Paco Pena - it may be Old School flamenco but it's played with such refinement and mastery & he always exudes a dignified grace and calm. He's underrated in my opinion.



rombsix -> RE: Paco Pena (Feb. 23 2009 3:17:56)

Man! Paco Pena is AMAZING! He has one of the best techniques (considering he plays in the traditional position) and sounds EVER! I think that no other flamenco guitarist who plays in the traditional position can beat him. Superb tresillos! Superb tremolo (not in this piece, but check some of his other videos)! Really just great!

Oleeeeeeeeeee! [:D]



Thomas -> RE: Paco Pena (Feb. 23 2009 7:52:57)

I also enjoyed Pentangle...all the more as Pentangle's bassist Danny Thompson
is the bass player on Ketama's Songhai...



mark indigo -> RE: Paco Pena (Feb. 23 2009 11:30:16)

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Observe the young Juan Martin with the frilly shirt in the background dishing up some fine palmas


no way! is that really johhny there with the frilly shirt? did he still have an english accent then?![:D][:D][:D][:D]



Ron.M -> RE: Paco Pena (Feb. 23 2009 12:27:07)

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Man! Paco Pena is AMAZING! He has one of the best techniques


I'd agree Ramzi,
A lot of folk think Paco Peña plays fairy "simple" and "traditional" stuff, but he is very precise and very Flamenco and brings to light the sound of the very best mature players he grew up with IMO.

His attack and phrasing is always just spot on and his technique just text book!

He never "flaunts" or makes any kind of showcase out of his rasgueados, but IMO they are about the best in the business!

Just take a look again of how he executes them!

cheers,

Ron



at_leo_87 -> RE: Paco Pena (Feb. 23 2009 14:27:49)

this is my favorite solea on youtube.



Adam -> RE: Paco Pena (Feb. 23 2009 22:58:26)

Hmm, "Old School" flamenco, don't we have another forum for that.......



at_leo_87 -> RE: Paco Pena (Feb. 24 2009 7:10:40)

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Hmm, "Old School" flamenco, don't we have another forum for that.......


old school, new school, im here to learn flamenco in general. i like it all.



MarcChrys -> RE: Paco Pena (Feb. 25 2009 2:03:25)

Thanks for posting the Soleares. The no-nonsense classicality of his approach, the 'crispness' of his playing, the textbook perfect rasgueados & tremolos make me want to get 'back to basics' and polish up my technique...



mark indigo -> RE: Paco Pena (Feb. 25 2009 13:19:26)

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Hmm, "Old School" flamenco, don't we have another forum for that.......


i think the "other" forum is for so-called "old school" flamenco ONLY, but my understanding is that this forum is for ALL flamenco, old school, new school, or in my case, "no school" flamenco[:D][:D][:D]

and anyway, the so-called "new school" is now the "old school", the so-called "old school" is now pre-historic, there's a new new school, and...er...confused? i think trying to draw lines in the sand is bound to bring that on.

i noticed on a paco pena cd from the late eighties that he was playing some paco de lucia style things from the early seventies, (i think there was a thread on the old school foro about how sad it was that paco pena had gone "nuevo"![:D]) so is he "old school" or "new school"? not that i'm really bothered either way....



Matic -> RE: Paco Pena (Feb. 25 2009 13:37:22)

Ole, Paco!
Really, one of the finest players.
And a nice, wise person



MarcChrys -> RE: Paco Pena (Feb. 25 2009 13:43:10)

Don't know about 'Old School', this immaculately played Bulerias by Paco Pena is very lively & sounds pretty modern to my ears!




mark indigo -> RE: Paco Pena (Feb. 26 2009 11:53:40)

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Don't know about 'Old School', this immaculately played Bulerias by Paco Pena is very lively & sounds pretty modern to my ears!



that's great, i took some of those falseta's off one of his cd's a while back, good to see them played....

and yeah, to someone who started listening to flamenco in the 50's or 60's it probably does sound "modern" but compared to what's coming out new now, it probably sounds "old", it's all relative.... i don't care what label gets stuck on it, i like it all anyway [:)]



Adam -> RE: Paco Pena (Feb. 26 2009 11:57:29)

So, um, yeah, I was just kidding about the Old School thing. For people who didn't realize that :P



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