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Emilio Maya (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 3, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Emilio Maya
• ASIN: B000CA6OBC
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #928,575 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Modern Flamenco from Granada, July 12, 2010

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Dr. Debra Jan Bibel "World Music Explorer" (Oakland, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Temple (Audio CD)

This first album by Emilio Maya is of modern, contemporary flamenco, nicely studio recorded in Granada. [Caveat: this review may have been influenced by my hearing him play with other musicians at a juerga in a cave above Granada, so give it ****1/2.] Maya's fine fingerwork and expansiveness are much in the style of Paco de Lucio and Manolo Sanlúcar, yet his traditional flamenco grounding has come from his accompaniment of singers Enrique Morente, Marina Heredia, and Estrella Morente and many dancers. He performs here the more Celtic and Hispanic American-associated musical styles, the rumba, minera, tango; the Moorish-like zapateado and rondeña; as well as fast gypsy core alegrias and bulerías. There are other influences, and although Maya once said, "I don't do pop or anything weird," a cello and electronic bass do make their appearance. For some tracts, Maya performs with cantaors and palmeros. While he honors flamenco's history and traditional sound, he recognizes that the form -- rooted in the diverse multi-cultural styles of early Spain -- to live and grow must interact with other modern styles. Thus, he explores and adopts but keeps one foot within the tradition. The album, however, is only 35 minutes. I hope that next CD will be longer and, as I witnessed, with extended tracks with a cantaor.