tmock -> RE: Favorite Contemporary Flamenco Guitarists (Apr. 28 2011 21:51:18)
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Juan Carlos Romero "Romero." I just don't get tired of this album. I love the way it's recorded--not fatiguing and over-hyped. I think Romero is such a lyrical player, too. Cameos by Arcangel, Estrella Morente, and Eva Yerbabuena don't hurt. It sounds like Romero plays with very short nails, which gives this great earthy tone with almost papery rasgueados and a very brassy pulgar tone. A nice change up. Miguel Angel Cortes "Bordon de Trapo." Another album that just kills me. Love his tone and feel. It never hurts to have Carmen Linares on your album. The [edit: next to] last track feels like a bonus track from Sanlucar's Locura de Brisa y Trino." Speaking of which... Manolo Sanlucar "Locura De Brisa & Trino" is incredible. Very deep and beautifully produced. In fairness, Carmen Linares should always be mentioned in connection with this album. She's incredible. Ramon Jimenez "Sembrando Inquietudes" is pretty cool, too. The recording is very "hyped" -- it's got that really trebly, overly hot, "live" mic sound, which I don't really like -- but the tunes are cool. Jimenez plays with an old-school attack, which sometimes is a nice change of pace from the jazzier approach to a lot of contemporary stuff. Paco de Lucia "Luzia" and "Cositas Buenas." Let's be honest, pretty much everything he touches is gold. I don't understand how, but he seems to manage to sound both more modern and "interesting" and more profound and flamenco than almost anybody else. For me, it's the little things; that simple final pulgar line at the end of the track Camaron on Luzia, right before Paco sings a capella, is some of the most emotionally profound playing I've heard.
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