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Though the association of flamenco music and an instrument is primarily the guitar, Chano Dominguez has been steadily taking his jazz approach on the piano head on into the genre with brilliant results. "In jazz you improvise with a structure in the background and in flamenco [the improvisation] is part of the form. In flamenco, in a soleá, or in a bulera, the guitarist doesn't know what the cantaor is doing until the moment comes, and the cantaor doesn't know the falseta (variation, or melodic phrase, interspersed between successions of chords) that the guitarist is going to play for him." Chano Dominguez is one of the jazz musicians that have been "recruited" by flamenco, although, at least in this instance, Chano had already had flamenco training, as the guitar was the first instrument that he learned to play, by ear
The Blues Around Us
Label: Unifying Sounds
Released: 2025
Track listing: Chano Says; Rumbop Swing; 68 Sentiments; Sweet Street Blues; Caribbean Blues; Ethan Notes; The Turnaround; March Of The Siguiriyas; The Blues Around Us; Down And out Tangos; Bidding Farewell.
New Music From Herwig, Remez, Novoa, McBride & More
by Bob Osborne
A comprehensive mix of forthcoming and recent, releases which includes a wide variety of differing jazz elements. Women in jazz make a healthy contribution to the playlist with some notable vocal performances and exemplary musicianship. There's also some classic jazz fusion from 1970 from Miles Davis in there as well. Playlist Conrad Herwig “C'Mon ...
A Farewell to Madrid's Café Central
by Artur Moral
It happened to Chicago with The London House and The Velvet Lounge; it happened to San Francisco with the Black Hawk Club and the Keystone Corner; and, of course, it happened to New York City with Cafe Society, Sweet Basil, Village Gate and Jazz Standard. It has also happened in many other places and cities around ...
Sergi Sirvent Smooth Trio At Jamboree
by Artur Moral
Sergi Sirvent Smooth Trio Jamboree Barcelona, Spain May 24, 2025 The media and popular impact of different musical areas and their players is often a challenging mystery to unravel. Many authors suffer from a significant imbalance between their media exposure and audience reception, compared to the intrinsic quality of their work. ...
Chano Domínguez Sexteto at Barcelona Jazz Festival
by Artur Moral
Chano Domínguez Sexteto: “Por Paco" Paral·lel 62 56 Festival de Jazz de Barcelona Barcelona, Spain November 26, 2024 It was a night of tributes, remembrances and celebrations at Barcelona's Paral·lel 62. In the framework of the “De Cajón!" series--a branch of the Barcelona Jazz Festival focusing on flamenco-rooted music--Chano Domínguez ...
Xavier Lecouturier: Focus in Constant Motion
by Paul Rauch
In many ways, Seattle-based 26 year old drummer and composer Xavier Lecouturier typifies the plight of brilliant young jazz musicians on the horizon in the twenty-first century. While the talent pool in jazz music has never been more prodigious, it faces major challenges in terms of work availability and when it is available, earning a living ...
Umbria Jazz: mezzo secolo
by Libero Farnè
Umbria Jazz 2023 Varie sedi Perugia 7--16.7.2023 50 anni di Umbria Jazz e 90 del suo fondatore e direttore artistico Carlo Pagnotta: un evento unico, festeggiato con un'edizione veramente speciale, ricca di musica e di iniziative collaterali, che ha superato nella programmazione come nella partecipazione del pubblico i livelli degli ultimi ...
Ari Erev: Flow
by Howard Mandel
In Flow, pianist-composer Ari Erev and his players pour fresh energies into the bounty of sounds that sweeten our world. They do so in accord with the principles of personal expression, collaborative sensitivity and creative sophistication that characterizes jazz in all its gloriously open forms. A century since this music's birth, through decades that have witnessed ...
