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Post by drymdrum on Nov 16, 2013 1:38:52 GMT
Here's a great concert if you like Flamenco............if you'r not sure about that give it a listen it's the best 59 minutes of Flamenco I've ever listened to. Very rhythmic, tremendous guitar work by a real master on his instrument, almost non stop for the full show. This one's a keeper. Alan
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Post by Rabbit on Nov 16, 2013 8:06:49 GMT
That is amazing playing. It looks so effortless as well. I'll have a look around for some more stuff by him. Thanks!
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Post by Dave on Nov 16, 2013 18:20:57 GMT
Brilliant, Effortless style makes it look so easy, makes a nonsense of many of the so called rock "guitar Gods". Mick. + 1 from me too. I was once taken to a restaurant (Spanish equivalent ) just outside Zaragoza whilst on a business trip there - stayed at the Corona d'Aragon hotel incidentally which shortly afterwards hit the news, first for a murder that took place there and then for a fire which nearly burned it down IIRC. Anyway, the restaurant specialised in (genuine, for the locals) flamenco dancing floor show and I remember being entranced, both by the dancing and also by the guitar playing. What did surprise me though at the time was how short each dance was, somewhere between 1 and two minutes I would guess. Dave.
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Post by Rabbit on Nov 16, 2013 18:38:00 GMT
The funny thing is that I have been to Spain quite a few times and you do have to search this type of music out. I had great difficulty finding flamenco apart from tourist areas where it wasn't that brilliant.
I found two of his albums on Amazon to download. They are really nice albums but more middle of the road, smooth jazz type albums rather than pure flamenco. The joys of record companies!!
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Post by Dave on Nov 16, 2013 22:54:56 GMT
Here's a great concert if you like Flamenco............if you'r not sure about that give it a listen it's the best 59 minutes of Flamenco I've ever listened to. Very rhythmic, tremendous guitar work by a real master on his instrument, almost non stop for the full show. This one's a keeper. Alan Alan, Being as you like the above, although it's not flamenco you might like to take a listen to the CD titled 'The Guitar' by Milos Karadaglic. I think he must have been born with 10 fingers on each hand judging by how his guitar playing sounds . www.amazon.co.uk/Guitar-Milos-Karadaglic/dp/B004PVUQ1I/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1384642226&sr=1-1&keywords=milos+karadaglicHe has recorded other CDs since then but they do not seem to be have been greeted quite as warmly as his first one. Dave.
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Post by Rabbit on Nov 16, 2013 23:11:47 GMT
Blast. You made me buy another album, Dave!!!
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Post by Javier on Nov 17, 2013 0:58:47 GMT
Reading this flamenco post I just remembered one you might find interesting, or at least funny, Ian, a group from the mid 70s I use to like very much. They are some sort of flamenco'ished version of King Crimson. No virtuosos in there but quite an original sound. From their 1st album (1975):
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Post by Rabbit on Nov 17, 2013 7:24:07 GMT
He los like a Spanish Jon Lord on the keyboards and he has an original Moog synth!!
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Post by Dave on Nov 17, 2013 9:41:46 GMT
Blast. You made me buy another album, Dave!!! Hi Ian, I hope you had a good listen before you parted with your hard earned 'loot' ( ) rather than do so on my recommendation, I'm a bit deaf . As an aside, and now I know Javier is reading, when I was in Zaragoza I was taken on a visit to the local cathedral, El Pilar. I am not at all religious, least of all RC, but I was tremendously impressed by the inside. Never seen so much gold and jewellery on public display, loads of small private family chapels down each side, all iron gated and locked, displaying their wealth, almost as if each family was in competition to out do the others. The central altar had an icon of Christ on display that I understand was changed each day of the year which again was constructed of gold and precious stones - what wealth!!!. There were loads of candelabra (with candles) hanging from the ceiling, resulting in the walls and ceiling being thick with the soot of hundreds of years. When I visited they had made a start on cleaning the walls but had to stop when the money apparently ran out, leaving the cleaned bits showing beautiful painted frescoes of religious scenes. I was told the whole walls and ceiling had such scenes on them, if they ever got to remove the soot. Another thing that sticks in my mind was a notice, among many that the priests had posted in the entrance porch for the guidance of their flock, instructing them not to visit the local cinema to see 'The Sound of Music' as it was deemed to be anti-religious - that should give you some idea of the time of my visit. Anyone interested in learning more might be interested in: - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_Our_Lady_of_the_PillarNot all my recollections match what Wikipedia has to say on the subject so 'go with' the Wikipedia details if in doubt. Feel free to move this to the 'Off Topic' area if that's where it should be. Dave
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Post by Javier on Nov 17, 2013 16:21:25 GMT
I've been to Zaragoza a couple of times and each visited the cathedral but I prefer the one from the place I was born, Burgos. A few yeras back they cleaned the inside and most of the outside, with the soot gone I was amazed to see the stone was actually pink! what a shock, all my life I had seen it in different shades of dark matt grey, seeing its late gothic style gleaming in pale yellow/pinkish with all the windows also clean and shinning with a million colours was an amazing experience. BTW, about the fire you mentioned in the Coronoa de Aragon hotel (80 dead): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Corona_de_Aragón_fireNowadays every one knows it was a terrorist attack but still no official confirmation, who knows why...
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Post by Dave on Nov 17, 2013 18:00:52 GMT
OMG I did not realise the fire was so serious or that terrorism was even suspected, I just regarded it as one of those minor accidents that happen from time to time - over 80 dead is a major disaster but it does now seem that the authorities are now, tacitly at least, accepting it as an act of terrorism. Doesn't do much for our confidence in the claims of open government does it? From the pics available I share your view that the cathedral at Burgos does look better than the one in Zaragoza, particularly in pink but it was the beautiful inside of El Pilar that really impressed me - is the one at Burgos equally fabulously decorated inside? Dave.
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Post by Javier on Nov 18, 2013 8:23:53 GMT
They are very different styles Dave, the one at Burgos is 100% 13th century whereas the one at Zaragoza has been through many phases with some works beein done even in the early 20th century and that reflects on the inside too. Compare the pic above with thiis one from Zaragoza's: As you can see they have little in common. BTW, last October 2nd an international group of anarchists (Chile, Italy and Argentina) placed a bomb inside Zaragoza's cathedral. They phoned the police 10min in advance to avoid casualties (how nice of them). They have been all captured by the police.
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Post by musicman1806 on Dec 18, 2013 6:29:40 GMT
Thank you so much for posting that youtube vid. I wish there were more recordings of guitarists just riffing for an hour.
I just started getting into flamenco/spanish guitar music last month since I found some great records of Jose Montoya and Andre Segovia at the local vinyl shop. I found Castles of Spain on a DECCA label in mint condition for $1 !
The following clip is not flamenco but is a great rendition of Bach's cello suite on guitar by John Feeley:
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Post by drymdrum on Dec 18, 2013 12:51:06 GMT
Hi musicman, glad you appreciated the vid I think you'll like this trio playing "Maddie Goes West" the second is from the same concert and trio playing "Down The River"
I do like John Feely's work non more so than when he explores the traditional Irish Airs so first off here is John playing "Carolan's Farewell. Regards, Alan
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Post by solderdude on Dec 18, 2013 13:13:04 GMT
I have been a 'fan' of Sungha Jung for quite a few years now. He made some progression as well since starting out at a young age. check out a few of his videos on the website I linked to above (just click on his name) he makes it look so easy....
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