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That same year, this album won two Latin Grammy awards: Album of the Year and Flamenco Album. Naturally, this record is among the best-selling of this genius from Algeciras. Everyone dares to say bad things about his legacy, with my apologies to Paco, but regarding this album, we can\u2019t even say it\u2019s \u201cflamenco\u201d. We may agree that Paco\u2019s guitar sounds \u201cflamenco\u201d, no matter what he plays, but in this case it can\u2019t even pretend to be such thing.<\/p>\n
Thus, it\u2019s puzzling to see this show in the programming of\u00a0Flamenco Viene del Sur<\/i>, a series renowned by its support of authentic flamenco, showcasing both established artists and new talent of this art. We\u2019re talking about flamenco, of course, not\u00a0copla<\/i>\u00a0(popular Spanish songs), considering that this album was Paco de Luc\u00eda\u2019s tribute to Spanish\u00a0copla<\/i>, to Rafael de Le\u00f3n, to Quintero and to Quiroga; to Marif\u00e9 de Triana and to Conchita Piquer, his first muses.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday at the Teatro Central there were four truly first-class musicians, led by\u00a0Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Bandera<\/b>, son of Paco\u2019s older sister, who would put him to sleep singing those\u00a0coplas<\/i>\u00a0we mentioned. Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda adapted his uncle\u2019s toque to be performed by two guitars: his own, and that of the inimitable\u00a0El Amir<\/b>, a great multicultural musician, born in Germany of a Colombian mother and a Palestinian father. Both of these musicians are virtuosos and performed impeccably. The same can be said of\u00a0Israel Katumba<\/b>, from C\u00e1diz, artist of the\u00a0caj\u00f3n<\/i>\u00a0and an amazing percussionist, and\u00a0Josemi Garz\u00f3n<\/b>, from Madrid, who with his double bass was perhaps the one with most feel on stage, precisely adding that touch of jazz session which was intended.<\/p>\n
Where we were able to enjoy flamenco, really good flamenco, was in the first two pieces, which were not part of Paco\u2019s original album, but compositions by Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda and El Amir: the\u00a0grana\u00edna \u201cTar\u00f3\u201d<\/i>\u00a0and the\u00a0minera \u201cOrigen del silencio\u201d<\/i>, respectively. We were also able to enjoy great flamenco in\u00a0Rafael Utrera<\/b>\u2018s very Gypsy shoes and vest, with his great rendition of Caracol\u2019s \u201cRomance de Juan de Osuna<\/i>\u201d and \u201cManuela<\/i>\u201d. He also sang \u201cSe\u00f1orita<\/i>\u201d, made popular in the voice of Enrique Montoya, but adding the salsa and Caribbean rhythms which Paco de Luc\u00eda loved so much.<\/p>\n
Later we listened to\u00a0Ojos verdes<\/i>,\u00a0Romance de Valent\u00eda<\/i>\u00a0(where the\u00a0pasodoble<\/i>\u00a0rhythm would occasionally give way to\u00a0tanguillos de C\u00e1diz<\/i>),\u00a0Chiquita piconera<\/i>\u00a0and even\u00a0Suspiros de Espa\u00f1a<\/i>, all of it in flamenco-jazz fusion mode, visiting Africa, Asia, America and Oceania, while the free musicians had fun among themselves without a care in the world. Flamenco, once again, stayed back in the North.<\/p>\n
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Event notes:<\/i><\/p>\n
Show:<\/b>\u00a0Canci\u00f3n andaluza, de Paco de Luc\u00eda<\/i><\/p>\n
Series:<\/b>\u00a0Flamenco viene del Sur<\/i><\/p>\n
Place and date:<\/b>\u00a0Seville\u2019s\u00a0Teatro Central<\/i>, April 10, 2018<\/p>\n
Guitar:\u00a0Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Bandera<\/b><\/p>\n
Guitar and buzuki:\u00a0El Amir<\/b><\/p>\n
Double bass:\u00a0Josemi Garz\u00f3n<\/b><\/p>\n
Percussion:\u00a0Israel Katumba<\/b><\/p>\n
Invited artist for cante:\u00a0Rafael de Utrera<\/b><\/p>\n
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Paco de Luc\u00eda\u2019s posthumous album came to life with the guitars of Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Bandera and El Amir on the stage of Seville\u2019s Teatro Central. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chronicles","category-shows"],"yoast_head":"\n