JBASHORUN -> RE: Top Five Traditional Flamenco CDs (USA) (Sep. 5 2006 17:54:47)
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I have another disk, "Neuvo Flamenco" published by Music Club, with performances by Ketama, Songhai, Rafael Riqueni, Aurora, Tomatito, and "many more" (as the cover states.) This sounds more like pop music to me and I can't listen to it for very long. I have this CD too! I actually quite liked Aurora's song on that album, and also Ray Heredia's. But whether you like them or not, I'd agree that they are more like "Spanish pop/rock" than Flamenco. That said, there is some Tomatito on that album, and he is usually considered "modern Flamenco". So its really a mix, intended for "outsiders". Paco De Lucia, well... his stuff with Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin isn't really Flamenco. Some people call it "Neuvo Flamenco", but even Nuevo Flamenco doesn't usually use steel-string Ovation guitars, so perhaps it fits better into the "Jazz" catagory. I'm told that (apart from the cante) Flamenco is based on compas, so if your work uses the traditional Flamenco palos (rhythm structures), its likely to be considered "Flamenco". Rumbas (4/4 timing) are included in that, but they are the simplest form, and I feel that many aficionados consider them inferior to the other palos. Most of the rest of Paco's solo work fits into either the "traditional solo Flamenco guitar" catagory, or the "Modern solo Flamenco guitar" catagory. But I don't think even his most modern stuff is as modern as some of the other Flamenco guitarists out there. Paco also has a few "Flamenco puro with cante" albums. Jb
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