EssentialTension Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Watching flamenco show in back street in Sanlucar de Barrameda in Andalucia ~ usual dancers and singer and clapping and guitarist but also guy doubling on flute, soprano sax and button harmonica - sounds like ennio morricone meets herbie mann doing jazz flamenco with bitter and twisted passion. And another glass of tinto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenitram Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Forget the tinto, you're in Sanlúcar! It's manzanilla time. And "bitter and twisted passion" is what flamenco is all about. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted August 7, 2015 Author Share Posted August 7, 2015 [quote name='Zenitram' timestamp='1438901700' post='2838639'] Forget the tinto, you're in Sanlúcar! It's manzanilla time. And "bitter and twisted passion" is what flamenco is all about. Enjoy! [/quote] Too much cerveza and tinto to start on the manzanilla tonight ~ I would have lost the duende. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Nuevo Flamenco is the thing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted August 7, 2015 Author Share Posted August 7, 2015 (edited) For anyone interested, the Sanlucar tablao was Raquel Villegas Gomez con su grupo. Edited August 7, 2015 by EssentialTension Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Wonderful. I flirted with flamenco dancing some years ago. Lovely stuff. Not easy, but sometimes I wish I'd persevered with it. Especially as it is a form of dance that you can do at any age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 [quote name='seashell' timestamp='1439060115' post='2839740'] Wonderful. I flirted with flamenco dancing some years ago. Lovely stuff. Not easy, but sometimes I wish I'd persevered with it. Especially as it is a form of dance that you can do at any age. [/quote] Along with "dad dancing", of course... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted August 9, 2015 Author Share Posted August 9, 2015 [quote name='seashell' timestamp='1439060115' post='2839740'] Wonderful. I flirted with flamenco dancing some years ago. Lovely stuff. Not easy, but sometimes I wish I'd persevered with it. Especially as it is a form of dance that you can do at any age. [/quote] It is never too late to start. Mrs ET has always danced one way or another but flamenco for about 10 years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted August 9, 2015 Author Share Posted August 9, 2015 Saw another fantastic show in Sevilla last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted August 9, 2015 Author Share Posted August 9, 2015 [quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1439070543' post='2839821'] Along with "dad dancing", of course... [/quote] My son said I danced like a drunken robot. Given that my dance influences are Ray Charles and Leslie Phillips, I took it as a compliment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiOgon Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 (edited) [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1439103502' post='2839912'] My son said I danced like a drunken robot. Given that my dance influences are Ray Charles and Leslie Phillips, I took it as a compliment. [/quote]I say - ding dong! Edited August 9, 2015 by KiOgon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted August 9, 2015 Author Share Posted August 9, 2015 [quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1439105053' post='2839922'] I say - ding dong! [/quote] Well, hellooooooooo .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 MacWifey and I go the the flamenco festival each year at Saddlers Wells [size=4] [/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted August 9, 2015 Author Share Posted August 9, 2015 [quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1439111633' post='2839982'] MacWifey and I go the the flamenco festival each year at Saddlers Wells [size=4] [/size] [/quote] Yes, very good, been to that a couple of times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I love flamenco on the acoustic guitars . It just looks so difficult , but the players do it with ease. Some of it can go on a bit on record , but some is great . Recommend me some good stuff to listen to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenitram Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Camarón de la Isla is the undisputed godfather of 20th-century flamenco, so he's the touchstone of everything, really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted August 9, 2015 Author Share Posted August 9, 2015 Camarón de la Isla sang often with guitarist Paco de Lucia. They also worked with a guitarist known as Tomatito. Also worth checking, in my view, is Enrique Morente. I'll think of a few more in a minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted August 9, 2015 Author Share Posted August 9, 2015 Also, I very much like the Italian born Gino D'Auri. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Tomatito did an interesting album with Michel Camilo but I prefer his own flamenco thing. I got into flamenco in a big way many years ago but, sadly, had to leave it behind. I LOVE listening to Nuevo Flamenco but it is not something that I can ever get involved in because there are only a few flamenco guitarists in Felixstowe* and they are all a bit old school for me. * are there f***. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHW Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I had the fun of sharing a bill in the South of France with a flamenco company, alongside a morris dancing team, I was playing melodeon for the morris dancers and I had some great time communicating with the musicians with points and grunts. They were genuinely shocked and surprised at the English rumpty tumpty playing style and seemed pretty impressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 Loads of links here ... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/175039-anyone-like-a-bit-of-flamenco"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/175039-anyone-like-a-bit-of-flamenco[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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