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RE: PdL too clinical (in reply to kudo)
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I dont like Paco's jazzy fusion stuff. fusionyjazzybrazilianyrhumbery whatever it is...it's great music. To be honest i dont ever listen to any of the 'Trio' albums but there was a time when that was all i knew and it was great to listen to and work bits out. but now i'm looking into the Paco recordings with Fosferito. He will always blow me away on all levels. But like all of us we all like other players for different reasons. I guess the point his technical 'playing' as opposed to his 'personality' performance. or how his playing connects emotionally. so Derek is'nt making the connection on how the music 'feels' it seems technical and cold...frio personally I just don't see it that way...but it does'nt really matter anyway. sure paco wont care either. like what you like.... but then again i like the fretless bass, just not always. and flutes....just not sure about the sesame street vibe harmonica that interrupts the music....others really depise this 'fusion' stuff, i personally like it along with his traditional playing...there's a hell of a documented history with the man.... no law says you have to like him....but as todd said " it's impossible not to hear his influence....
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Date Aug. 25 2011 13:43:25
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avimuno
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RE: PdL too clinical (in reply to Derek Woulds)
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Derek... to be very honest, although I love PdL, he's not my favorite flamenco guitarist either. At the end of the day, it's down to taste. Paco's technique is of course absolutely amazing and his knowledge of flamenco cante and history is amongst the best... the guy is a walking encyclopedia. He definitely has an amazing style and I think that what you refer as 'clinical' is how he sounds and compose. His material is so popular that it has become a bit of a cliche. What sort of overkills it for me and what I mean by cliche is that everyone is influenced by him... and I mean everyone!!! You cannot blame people for that since he's such a great artist. The result is that this has made Paco's sound somewhat common... it's not his fault and it's not fair to say that about him, but it's true. I do not intend to diminish other guitarists by saying that and to be fair, most really good guitarists have a sound and a style of their own... it's just that most of them come from the 'Paco de Lucia School of Flamenco Guitar' and you can hear it. Personally, my favorite flamenco guitarist is Manolo Sanlucar. A lot of people do not like his style and his sound but I find that he is an incredible musician and artist. His sound is very unique and really suits his compositions, and his technique is also very personal if not understated (but here again, there are some things he does that I'm yet to hear the technical geniuses like Jeronimo do!). He has never really hit the mainstream of success but every album he has put out since Tauromagia has been amazing... before that not so much. Listen to 'Locura de Brisa y Trino'... it's a monument!! I honestly do not think that a single PdL/Tomatito/GerardoNunez/Vicente Amigo album comes close to that album... it's that good. But here again it's only my opinion and my taste. He has also composed some beautiful music for Sara Baras' 'Mariana Pineda', and I also love his 'Medea' album, although it's not flamenco. Here again, I do not want to diminish the work of other musicians... flamenco would be boring if everyone sounded the same and we are very lucky to have some amazing guitarists out there. And at the end of the day, this is not a contest... it's ridiculous to put one guitarist against another. But at the same time I also think that there's so much hype around PdL that this tends to overshadow the other great artists... Manolo Sanlucar being one of them.
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Date Aug. 25 2011 14:01:40
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