Oct 13, 2011 (WBGO-FM) — When these cross-continental art forms meet, the result is beautifully rhythmic and dramatic.
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Spanish flamenco guitarist Tomatito joined Dominican pianist Michel Camilo on the Latin Grammy Award-winning Spain. (Getty Images)
Flamenco Jazz: Five Songs Where Andalusia And America Meet
by Simon Rentner
Oct 13, 2011 (WBGO-FM) — When these cross-continental art forms meet, the result is beautifully rhythmic and dramatic.Forget Miles Davis' Sketches of Spain and Chick Corea's Spain. There's a whole other world of so-called "flamenco jazz" out there that lives unrecorded, often inside quaint, tiny rooms (in caves, quite literally) on the mountainside near Granada. There and in other cool Andalusian clubs, nightly musical experiments are taking place, where flamenco palos mix with other jazz influences.
Flamenco is one of Spain's richest musical exports: It parallels jazz in the sense that it's a hodgepodge art form, made up of influences from many cultures that span more than one continent. It's only natural that these styles eventually came together to make something special. Below, we've listed five examples.
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