Paco Peña made me love Flamenco. And much as I love De Lucia, I deeply respect this guy's choice of not deviating from the essence of Flamenco. .. One of the great guitarists of all times.
Paco came to my little Artsy..yet Hillbilly town of Tryon North Carolina a few years ago. He was with a few other flamenco guitarists and some dancers both male and female. For two and a half hours we were spell bound beyond reason! Can't even put in into words.......Dale
yippit: Recién veo tu comentario. Debo aclarar que según la forma común de clasificar a los guitarristas decimos lo siguiente: clásicos, de jazz, populares, folclóricos, flamencos, etc. Al maestro Paco Peña lo clasificamos como guitarrista flamenco. Muchas gracias.
Ricky: ¿Qué significa para ti que Paco Peña no sea el más virtuoso, acaso para ser virtuoso hay que tocar cosas que nadie entienda? Yo encuentro que Paco Peña tiene la técnica adecuada y el virtuosismo necesario para expresar lo que él desea en el flamenco. Congratulaciones al maestro Paco Peña.
Music is not like technology, it doesn't have to advance, to put it simple if it is a masterpiece it will be timeless. Modern flamenco is great but why shouldn't traditional be great.
True. Similarities abound in so many types of music. The distinction is relevant considering the differing origins and repertoire. A dominant conversation is with respect to the particular, unique tradition of Flamenco as a distinct art form worthy of undiluted conservation. Other genre are influenced by Flamenco, but Flamenco remains conservative.
Fun hypothesis: both Chaabi and Flamenco are thought to have evolved in Andalousia, the two styles share a lot in common but each have distinct musical patterns, Chaabi is the most popular style in Algeria and, I think I have spotted in this piece patterns that are distinct to Chaabi (from 00:58 to 1:07) wich would imply that Peña inspired himself from Chaabi, hence the name Alegrias (wich also means joys), a little bit in the same way Fransisco Tarrega inspired himself from arabe rythmic instruments for writing Cappricho Arabe, when he was algiers the capital of algeria.
Siempre ha habido grandes guitarristas flamencos, y Paco Peña es uno de ellos. En contra de lo que muchos piensan, Paco de Lucía no es el único que hay que escuchar y todos estamos de acuerdo en que es el mejor. El siguió el camino de asociarse a músicos de jazz y otros, como Manolo Sanlúcar, que se acercó más al mundo de la música clásica, o Serranito, o Paco Peña, que ha colaborado con John Williams, Inti-ilimani, y Eduardo Falú, han seguido otros caminos, que merecen el mismo respeto.
Juan: Tienes toda la razón. Siempre hubo excelentes guitarristas del flamenco. Los había desde antes de Ramón Montoya. Sucede que mucha gente que escucha flamenco no lo sabe. No todos estamos de acuerdo en que De Lucía es el mejor, porque eso depende del gusto personal, además de la propaganda que se le haga. Una cosa es la técnica, rapidez o velocidad, malabares, etc. y otra es la musicalidad. Ahora volviendo al gran maestro Paco Peña (que es lo que importa en este vídeo) puedo decir que además de su técnica perfecta, transmite emoción, tiene salero, etc. Congratulaciones para Paco Peña.
Paco Pena and John Williams happen to be good friends and neighbors afaik. Just for your information. I'm sure Paco and John enjoy each other's playing quite well.
@herbnik Rosewood on the top? That seems unlikely. It is usually Spruce or Cedar. Just hard to tell because sometimes cedar can be light beige and sometimes spruce can be darker.
amigo está bien que no le guste su ejecución, pero no pase por alto que este señor es garante de la tradición del flamenco, al igual que Paco de Lucía, Tomatito y todos los que han expandido este género
Yes very pure flamenco. I like many styles and variations of flamenco, but there is something "punchy" about this :) Now learning pieces from Penas book "Toques Flamencos"! They are really cool and I will post some I've learned after I have reached something that is even close to "perfection" :)
That Paco Peña plays traditional flamenco is his own choice. That you find him boring, ok, there's no accounting for taste. But your comment suggests, to say the least, that you find him boring because he has missed out on the evolution of flamenco guitar. And that is about the most stupid argument to dislike types of music. How boring Bach must be then, he has missed out on 250 years of 'classical music evolution'!
I find it so unjust that paco pena, one of greatest guitarists the world has ever seen, has such a tiny wikipedia file. But if you look at eric claptons, it's huge! Anyone want to make Paco a lovely huge page for wiki?? I'm busy at the moment...
and the saxon media tries to portray the Australian John Williams as the number one guitar player in the world jajajja he is JUST one MECHANISTIC interpreters of this instrument which can only be interpreted WITH SOUL by the SPANIARDS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
well, I think the role of improvisation is somewhat overrated: most pieces are often played about the same, with improvisation only here and there. But that of course depends on the players and the style: in the somewhat more complex pieces Pena plays, improvisation is more limited than De Lucia's playing, for instance. Defeinitely most of Pena's pieces are quite easily recognisable, especially by those who have his recordings.
Not technical enough??? His technique is unbelievable- to play even 5 seconds with the touch, sound and rhythm that he gets is beyond most very good guitarists- the way he colours and phrases the whole thing is unique as well. A lot of good players good play the notes but their technique wouldn't be good enough to get them to have the right effect.
+Jesse Navarro I don't know about the particular guitar used in this video, but I do know Paco plays guitars by the Spanish guitar maker Gerundino Fernández (1931-2006).
"The evolution of the flamenco guitar"? It's traditional, not something that is supposed to evolve. Times have changed and the Gypsies don't roam anymore, they live in housing projects. We're lucky to have Flamenco music at all.
lol flamenco guitar with wooden friction pegs rare find. these guys get the point of the guitar as a polyphonic instrument and not just for insane wanking.
Dudo que le copie algo a paco de lucia... si esos musicos tienen su orgullo, más bien eso que dices paco de lucia se lo tomó al niño miguel... pero en fin... lo ma´s correcto es decir que lo hayan tomado de esos tocaores gitanos, de andalucia, de esos toques antiguos. No glorifiques a un solo guitarrista que por ahi copian muchas cosas de otros que son anónimos y se lo registran como propios. Saludos.
