Native Flamenco

Tony Redhouse, Ruben Romero, Robert Tree Cody | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 10, 2010)
• Original Release Date: August 3, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Canyon Records
• ASIN: B00000JNKP
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #291,416 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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What saves this unlikely combination of flamenco guitar and Native flute is the instruments' capacity for singing and the fine extent to which their masters Ruben Romero and Robert Tree Cody help them sing. While Romero strums and picks vibrant life out of his acoustic guitar, Tree Cody gives loving voice to the collaboration, soaring in plaintive melodies and skipping lightly over rhythms. The wood against wood combo works well with the guitar's full, warm bass contrasting with the flute's bright, flitting texture. The diverse mixture of songs here is strong: "First Words" dances in flamenco cadences from guitar, fretless bass, and percussion, while cedar flute softly sings with background accompaniment; "Star Dance" ambles beautifully along in a playful rhythm with swaying flute lines; "Song of the Gypsy" shows off the immense picking talent of Romero--as well as his passion for the flamenco tradition. There's a slight pinging in Romero's strings that awkwardly calls out on occasion, but other than this small oddity his playing is impressive and intoxicating. A graceful unity of two ancient forms. --Karen Karleski

Product Description

The fiery passion and color of flamenco guitar is joined by the pure, haunting tones of the Native American flute in this first blending of music from Native and Spanish America. Ruben Romero's exciting guitar rhythms are accented by the Afro-Cuban percussion of Tony Redhouse (of the Navajo) and the jazz flavored bass lines of John Murray. Robert Tree Cody (Dakota-Maricopa) creates soulful and emotional flute melodies that capture the spirit of both the gypsy heart of Spain and the mysterious traditions of Native America.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great CD, March 15, 2007

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My wife and I really like the CD. We have other recordings with Native flute, and Spanish guitar. This is a wonderful combination of the two. Glad we bought it!