MANOLO SANLUCAR

[keith]

the more i listen to manolo sanlucar's new c.d. (locura de brisa y trino) with carmen linares, and the more i listen to his older stuff, the more impressed i am with him. my playing has started to take a significant sanlucar edge to it. 8) i have always felt that his c.d. tauromagia was one of the best of the modern day flamenco c.d.'s.

for those who are just classical folks, definitely check him out.

[ykabban]

Keith,
I came across this CD in Spain last year. I too enjoy his style. Locura de brisa y trino is good, but not great :? . Sanlucar edge huh?, interesting; I feel my playing has more of a Vicente Amigo flavor. I bet we would sound good together. Hey, what happened to the cedar top Ramirez?, he's playing a different guitar now. Do you know wo the maker is? Later.

Yusef

[keith]

interesting you would mention v. amigo--he was a student of manolo's. the guitar in question is???? supposedly it is a sanlucar (made by someone else). i think he still uses the ramirez. as to his new c.d.--yes you are correct in that it is not as great as his previous stuff--but after tauromagia, there is little room to go upwards--if at all.

[NGiorgio]

Keith and Ykabban,

Lately, I have been working with some material by Tomatito, and also listening to a lot of his recordings. I can now hear the influence of Tomatito in some of my playing. Not a bad thing, we try to play what sounds good to our ears,

I like Vicente Amigo very much and have a few of his recordings. I will look for the Sanlucar CD.

[keith]

hey nick, see you made it back from florida. definitely, by all means, check out tauromagia.

[NGiorgio]

I am still in Florida. Will be back in NY early April.

Going to order some stuff from Flamenco Connection. Will get a couple of Sanlucar's CD's.

Was the polish that you use on your nails, "No More Wrap"? Did you say Walgreens carries it?

[keith]

hey nick--walgreens does. i sent you an e-mail on other stuff concerning sanlucar.

[Dimitri]

You've excellent taste in flamenco, Keith. Tauromagia is one of my absolute favorite modern flamenco albums.

Of his solo works, I only play his Guajiras, but I just got the transcription of his 'Colombianas de Bajo' which is much less challenging, but still nice.

Vicente is great too. He's coming into his own. I really like his minimalist approach to playing. At first I wasn't that unimpressed, but then began to see a sort of genious to his playing and his works. He's easily become my favorite modern flamenco artist.
Dimitri

[stevec]

Hi guys

Anybody know where I can sample some of the tracks off his new album?

thx

steve

[keith]

try www.flamenco-world.com

they have c.d.s with selections you can listen to as well as a ton of stuff flamenco related.

[elan]

has anyone heard "sentimieto, flamenco improvisations", by
manolo? very interesting recording.