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Outlier2 -> RE: that other other other music thread (11/17/2010 9:19:47 PM)
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ORIGINAL: PyrotheClown
So share what stuff you listen to.What makes you shake your hips or stomp your feet.or cry, share what makes you cry, something.
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ORIGINAL: PyrotheClown
that's fine, share what old rock, country, or classical you like.
I have been enjoying and sharing music lately that is specifically meant
for playing with foot stomping. I have been playing a lot of Paco de Lucia.
Some people acclaim him as the finest flamenco guitarist in the world. Others
have said he is the finest guitarist in the world, period. I am not fit to judge.
Here is a one minute sample of his playing without the foot stomping.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYkz30RL_GU
He played on Spanish radio when he was 11 years old. He toured with
the Flamenco troupe of Jose Greco when he was in his teens. Here is a 4
minute sample of a young Paco playing with 2 dancers. The woman is the
famous Micaaela Flores Amaya.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SW_VF0mt3M&feature=related
Here is another solo performance, 3 minutes of mastery.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdE0-aiuZuM&feature=related
Since Paco was born in 1947 I assume this also satisfies your request for
something older. He is now in his 60s.
I know that flamenco is not strictly speaking classical. And when Paco finally
did record Rodrigo's evocative Concierto de Aranjuez his rendition was
acknowledged to be technically not the best. After all Paco did not read music.
But Rodrigo said it was his favorite because it best captured the spirit.
As to formal classical I have been enjoying the Bach cello suites by
Rostropovich. He had known about them for years but did not feel ready to
record them until his 60s. Then he choose a French basilica. It is available
both on CD and as a DVD. Many people say they are the definitive performances.
http://www.amazon.com/Bach-Cello-Suites-Nos-1-6/dp/B000002RUY
But I usually listen to more jazz than classical. I recently put together a CD for my
own benefit which is a compilation of performances by Bill Evans. It was inspired
by his playing of, My Foolish Heart.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2LFVWBmoiw 4:40 min
So far it has over 1,064,476 views and 2400 votes that liked it, 29 that did not.
Here is a comment on Utube left 1 day ago by MacMotx:
"Who the f*ck are the 29 people who dislike this? Everytime I watch this video I cry,
but It's because I know It's gonna make me cry and I love it. Then, I'm wondering
what those people who doesn't like it were looking for when they saw it."
The notes Bill does not play are as significant as those he does. So I put together
a CD where he uses this technique and I call it Spaces. Bill Evans was an innovator
and a genius, from his work on Kind Of Blue with Miles Davis until his death. We
can be thankful we still have his music.
Enjoy!
Outlier
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