Cante Gitano - Gypsy Flamenco from Andalucia

Cante Gitano - Gypsy Flamenco from Andalucia

Cante Gitano - Gypsy Flamenco from Andalucia
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Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1992-12-02
Music Label: Nimbus Records
Soundtracks:
  1. Solea - Maria la Burra
  2. Tientos
  3. Siguirilla - Jos? de la Tomasa
  4. Tangos - Maria la Burra
  5. Solea - Jos? de la Tomasa
  6. Fandango
  7. Catinas y Alegr?a de C?diz - Jos? de la Tomasa
  8. Buler?as - Jos? de la Tomasa, Maria la Burra,

Music reviews of Cante Gitano - Gypsy Flamenco from Andalucia

Music Review: Flamenco in its proper ambience
Rating: 5 Stars

This album forms one of a pair on the Nimbus label (the other being Cante Flamenco). Among Nimbus's laudable qualities at this time were first-class recordings, first-class (though not necessarily famous) artists, and careful attention to acoustics.

Especially notable, however, was an almost obsessive preoccupation with performances that were whole and 'live' -- not sewn together, Frankenstein fashion, from the usable parts of corpses. In accordance with this objective, the present album presents Gypsy artists, not in the recording studio, but in a small private club in Mor?n de la Frontera -- with no chance of retakes! Here Nimbus were really taking to the air without a parachute, because the difficulties of producing a first-class performance to order are legendary. Artists unused to being recorded may get self-conscious and seize up; others may be jealous of each other, or too tired, or too drunk, or not drunk enough. There may be extraneous street noise, etc.

All concerned here are from families illustrious in Flamenco: Mar?a la Burra is the daughter of the famous cantaor (singer) El Borrico, Mar?a Sole? is Terremoto's sister, and Jos? de la Tomasa is from the family of Manuel Torre! Add to these the nephews of Diego del Gastor on guitars, and you aren't doing too badly.

Few memorable flamenco evenings are particularly brilliant at the outset, and this disc carries on that tradition: the first track is, frankly, ropey. La Burra sings tentatively and with alarming inattention to pitch, and one of the guitars is also out of tune: in fact, singers and guitarists don't seem to mesh at all (two guitars are too many for serious Soleares* anyway). Mar?a Sole? is considerably better with her Tientos.

The album really takes off with Jos?'s Seguiriya, which is outstanding, and Paco also shows why he is one of the most sought-after accompanists. From this point on, it is all good stuff, and La Burra makes a good recovery with her Tangos. The finale, a 22-minute Buler?a moving about between all the participants, is terrific, the high point of the disc.

For me, the stars of this album are Jos? de la Tomasa and Paco del Gastor. The former shows not only a wide knowledge of the Cante, but sings with ease and authority. The more I hear of Paco's playing, the better I like it: his accompanying here is exemplary. The times he really lets go -- and when he does it's spot on, it lifts you out of your seat -- are when the singer is gathering his/her forces. This is as it should be -- a dialogue, not a competition.

At over an hour and a quarter, this is more than double the length of some CDs, and still longer than most even if you use track selection to omit three or four numbers; hence five stars despite a few rough tracks. The booklet notes are among the best I've seen.

One final thought: if the photographs do indeed, as stated, show both Mar?a la Burra and Mar?a Sole?, then they must look like identical twins -- even down to their clothing, hairstyles and jewelry.

*I have capitalised the names of flamenco styles since I can't italicise them, although I wouldn't normally do so.

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