Flamenco Fire & Grace

Various Artists - International - Latin - Flamenco | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 26, 1996)
• Original Release Date: March 26, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Narada
• ASIN: B000005P5T
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #158,511 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mori Soñando

2. Callejon de Las Canteras

3. Crisol

4. Buleriando

5. Agüita Clara

6. A Mi Hijo Jonatán

7. Viajero

8. Chicuelina

9. Voz de Referencia

10. Caminillo Viejo

11. Tangos de la Plaza

12. Into the Dark

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not Really Flamenco, June 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Flamenco Fire & Grace (Audio CD)

If you are new to the sound of Flamenco, this is a gentle introduction, fused with the modern sounds of jazz and predictable 4 beat rhythms. It would be more appropriate to call it a jazz fusion with a dusting of flamenco. Calling this album FLAMENCO does a great disservice to what is really flamenco-driving, complicated compás, complicated remates, wrenching lyrics and just guitar, cajón, (maybe flute) palmas, cante and footwork. If you're looking for real Flamenco-IT'S NOT HERE!

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars THERE REALLY IS SOME FLAMENCO HERE!, October 2, 2000

By 

L. K. Coleman (New Orleans, LA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flamenco Fire & Grace (Audio CD)

Considering the great quantity of truly non-flamenco music out there masquerading as "Flamenco" (e.g., "Gypsy Passion," "Gypsy Soul," anything by Otmar Liebert - and calling it "new" flamenco doesn't entitle it to be called flamenco), it's more than a little harsh to label this album "not really flamenco." Granted, this isn't Agujetas, Antonio Mairena, Manolo Caracol, etc., etc. - the extremely earthy, unvarnished flamenco of old for which one needs to develop a definite taste. But there's some very good stuff here nonetheless.

A minor criticism: I wonder why there's two cuts by Bastide when there could have been two cuts instead by Paco de Lucia, whose style Bastide tries to imitate.

And one VERY LARGE criticism: What's Jesse Cook doing on this album? He has nothing to do with Flamenco. That's like going to an aquarium exhibit entitled "Great Fish of the World" and finding a guppy swimming nervously in a tank of sharks and barracudas - but which is provided an identification tag the same size as all the other fish. That only serves to inflate the role of the guppy beyond all proportion.

2.0 out of 5 stars other albums are better, June 12, 2009

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Gomar Hloykun - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flamenco Fire & Grace (Audio CD)

I liked only 7 songs out of 12 on this one. Tomatito and Jesse Cook could be found on better collections though. Again, tapping, clapping, congos, and the like. For $4.99 it's a good value, but dont pay more.