Paul Magnussen -> RE: Flamenco review in todays SPIEGEL online (Oct. 11 2015 20:56:37)
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Juan Serrano also did his buleria version of Autumn Leaves, a straight ahead jazz standard, that I would consider also "jazz and flamenco fusion"... I would consider it something shorter and somewhat more colourful. Here are a few lines from an interview I did with Juan in 1987: On one of your albums, you recorded Flamenco Variations on Autumn Leaves. That’s not exactly pure Flamenco, is it? No. So what made you record this? Make money! Of course! I don’t want to lie. The record company said “If you record something they like, we are going to sell a lot more albums. And not only will you make more discs, your name will become very well known; because you will reach, not only the flamenco people, like now, but everyone else. Pay attention to that!” When I was young, people considered me traditional. But flamenco people didn’t buy the records. They spoke well of me. You ask La Paquera? “Oh, I want to record with him, because he’s the best”. Antonio Mairena said the same, Jarrito, Los Pelaos… any time they were asked what guitarist they wanted, they said “I want Juanito”. But I wasn’t making any money at this time, because flamenco people don’t buy records—they don’t even have the money. Besides, as I said a while ago, to reach another audience you have to do something they will understand. And what they understand is Impressions of New York.
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