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Diego Amador, guitarra
y cante
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Are there influences from other
genres on this album?
I’ve made this album simpler, more
today’s flamenco, more current. I’ve insisted
on mixing guitar with piano here, which is a difficult
step because guitar and piano eat each other up. I’ve
played both things. But there’s the test with Tomate’s
guitar in a bulería… he plays unbelievably
there. I’ve fought for that combination, for guitar
and piano to get along well, for them not to eat each
other up. Then, well, I’ve taken more advantage
of the cante, which is another facet of mine.
In the repertoire, besides tangos
and bulerías, there are other types of cantes like
fandangos and taranta…
There’s taranta, alegrías,
tientos… other styles. Since on previous albums
I did seguiriyas and soleá, well on this one I’ve
done other things. For example, like the fandango, a style
which I’d never played. And with a lot of respect;
a rather difficult style. But I soaked up a lot from Huelva,
since I now live in the province... I’ve done it
humbly, like a good neighbor. Ha ha ha. Fandango is a
hard style, just like the bulería or the soleá.
Each one has its thing.
At the end, there’s a rumba
with a latin air: ‘Al latin’.
Yeah, because there’s always willingness
to invite jazz people to my concerts. And I set myself
the task of doing a simple rumba for there to be several
turns, for everybody to improvise and for us to all play
together. I invited my brother and Luis Salinas.
Each bulería has a different
air...
There’s one which is, let’s
say, wilder which is ‘Río de los canasteros’;
and another more melodic one, ‘Muerto de amor’,
with lyrics by Lorca, which is really nice … And
how that 'monster' La
Susi sings there. Here at Mont
de Marsan I’ve given her a bit of a hand with
choosing the cantes, the falsetas, the tones; it isn’t
really tight musical directing. La Susi is a fundamental
cantaora, one of the best ones we have. She asked me to
help her, and how was I going to not do it?
And in the live show?
In the upcoming Bienal
de Sevilla, for example, I’m doing a concert
with my usual songs. I was asked to do whatever I wanted
and I’ll do a concert of mine, although I might
do some songs off the album. I’m really happy with
the trio. And for that day, I’ve stuck in guitar
in order to do something with guitar and piano. The music
isn’t like the baile; I don’t complicate it.
The way I have the most fun is with the trio; there’s
now a style. If it’s well rehearsed, well set up
and there’s harmony, it can end up sounding really
good. Now I’ll stay here just a few days around
Montpellier...
Diego Amador (Photo Daniel
Muñoz)
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