flamenco Archive

Baden Powell, guitar – Images On Guitar – MPS vinyl
Baden Powell – Images On Guitar – MPS 0210990MSW (1971/2016) stereo vinyl, 41:02 ****: Brazil’s legendary guitarist shines on this vinyl re-mastering! (Baden Powell – guitar, vocals; Janine de Walleye – vocal; Ernesto Gonsalves – bass; Alfredo Bessa – atabaque, percussion; Joaquim Paes Henriques – drums) Baden Powell was an influential guitarist. The Brazilian native […]

TORROBA: Guitar Con. No. 1 “Concierto en Flamenco”; Diologos entre guitarra y orquestra; Aires de La Mancha; Suite castellana – Pepe Romero & Vicente Coves, guitars/ Malaga Philharmonic Orch./ Manuel Coves – Naxos
Pepe Romero and his pupil Vicente Coves deliver a fine ensemble of Torroba works for guitar, including a world premier.

Chucho Valdés & the Afro-Cuban Messengers – Border-Free – Jazz VillagePiano Masters Series Vol. 4 (Brazil) – Jovino Santos Neto, solo piano – Adventure Music
These are both really amazing pianists: one from Cuba and one from Brazil.

Greg Duncan – Chicago, Barcelona Connections – New Origins
Greg Duncan connects the dots between flamenco and jazz to create Euro-American music.

Jesse Cook – The Blue Guitar Sessions – eOneMusic
New ground but no breakthrough.

Anoushka Shankar – Traveller – DGG
The latest from another talented daughter of Ravi Shankar.
PADRE ANTONIO SOLER: Selected Sonatas for Harp [TrackList below] – Godelieve Schrama, harp – MDG Scene
Soler harpsichord sonatas in the style of Scarlatti transferred to concert harp.
Dave Holland, Pepe Habichuela – Hands – Dare2 Records
British jazz master embraces flamenco.