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estebanana -> RE: Most Underrated (Jul. 1 2013 0:17:11)
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If ever there was an area where "it is all a matter of taste", it would involve favorite guitarists. For instance, most everyone likes (or says they like) Manuel Morao as an accompanist, but, for me, there are just too many notes! I listen to Morao accompanying Aurelio de Cadiz on the Mairena anthology, when Aurelio's voice was perhaps at its peak of expressiveness, and the poor man is buried alive under Morao's torrent. I think: how great would it have been had Aurelio been supported by someone like Pedro Soler or Roman el Granaino? Donn Pohren made this same observation about Morao years ago; it's certainly not new with me, but the lesson is clear: give me guitarists like Perico el del Lunar, Paco Aguilera, Paco del Gastor, Antonio Arenas--the list is long-- who earned their daily crust by working closely with the cantaor(a) to most effectively draw out the essence of the cante. What else is flamenco guitar for?
Morao is awesome, but I agree, I have to be in the right mood to listen to him.
Perico and Aguilera are guitarists that no one talks about these days, for obvious reasons. The trend is to embrace every thing post Paco de Lucia as a starting point so many real older styled poets like Perico don't get as much consideration as they should because modern toque is so whizz bang powerful. One of the problems being that Paco took off running with Sabicas' ideas and other schools of thought languished and did not continue to develop....but that is a can of worms. That's not to say I dislike modern playing, I like it very much.
Diegito ( Diego de Moron, nephew not big Diego) is a fantastic soloist. He has really interesting ideas and muy gitano por bulerias.
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