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Escribano -> Sabicas: The Greatest Flamenco Guitarist (Feb. 4 2004 8:53:23)
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Sabicas - The Greatest Flamenco Guitarist "The music Sabicas plays
creates a world of love, rhythm, and death. It is not a world in which
the intellect is of much use, for the music seeks to communicate deep
emotions, the darkest feelings one tries to avoid. Flamenco in the hands
of the great gypsies is a constant striving to express this duality. No
guitarist of the 20th century has expressed this better or more
profoundly than Sabicas."
-- Cynthia Gooding, from her liner notes to this Rhino Handmade CD release
Sabicas ("suh-BEE-cus") is known the world over as one of the premier
acoustic guitarists of the 20th Century, admired by flamenco and
classical players alike. His pitch is virtually perfect, his dexterity
approaching light speed. He was a true Spanish gypsy, and according to
their tradition, the gypsy has but two sides to his being: the pleasure
he seeks in this life balanced with a constant awareness of death. This
twin nature is the bedrock of the intense and visceral musical form
known as flamenco.
Spaniards believe that all forms of flamenco derive from seguiriyas, the
"deepest" songs, and soleares, the "lesser" songs. The former ponder the
endless sorrow of humankind, while the latter tap into its fleeting
joys. Many of the selections on this CD are identified accordingly
("Soleares," "Seguiriya," "Solera Gitana," "Solea Por Bulerias"); for
the rest, listeners have only the music as a guideline.
Sabicas recorded three volumes of solo guitar for Elektra in the late
1950s. The first volume is included here in its entirety, along with
magical selections from the second and third. Also featured are two
previously unreleased tracks from the performer's earliest sessions. The
music of Sabicas offers the most potent distillation of flamenco, with
all its fire, depth, intensity, and incredible life force.
Sabicas: The Greatest Flamenco Guitarist is available as an individually
numbered limited edition of 2,500 copies. Get it at:
http://www.rhinohandmade.com/browse/ProductLink.lasso?Number=7855
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