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"HE SINGS BETTER EVERYDAY"
17 thChapter of:
CAMARON DE LA ISLA: COMPLETE RECORDINGS.
by JOSE MANUEL GAMBOA RODRIGUEZ
The Styles
of Camarón
The style that Camarón most
recorded was the "bulería" (44), going so far as to do a "bulería
por seguiriyas". This is followed in number by "tangos" (20), in the styles of
Extremadura, Cádiz, Triana and Málaga. His "natural fandangos" (18)
are centered on the "cantes" of Antonio "el de la Calza", "El Rubio" and "Niño
de Camas", but also borrowing others from Caracol), Macandé, Morente or
"el Niño Gloria". Among the "cantiñas" (popular songs or well-known
ditties) we find "alegrías de Cádiz" (11), "la romera" and "cantiñas
de Pinini". In the case of "soleares" (11), he mostly repeated the styles of Enrique
"el Mellizo", but also reminiscing those of Alcalá, Triana, "La Serneta"
or the "soleá apolá". He also concentrated on the variations of
Mellizo when recording "tientos" (7). Although it is difficult to distinguish
where the rumba begins and the tango ends, we can say that he left us with 8 rumbas.
In the case of "seguiriyas" (7), he based them mostly on the short styles of La
Isla and others from Jerez and Triana. He also recorded "fandangos de Huelva"
(7) often. Among the "cantes" of Levante we find "tarantos" (5), "tarantas" (4),
"mineras de Chacón" (2), the "fandango minero" (miner's fandango) and the
"cartagenera chica y grande". In the case of "malagueñas" (2), only one
variation of Chacón and the one of Mellizo are interesting.
The rest of the "cantes"
Camarón has left us are the following: "granaínas" (2), "sevillanas"
(2), "tanguillos" (2), "canasteta", "fandango del albaicín", "peteneras",
"verdiales", "fandango de lucena", "el polo", "villancicos", "bamberas", "nana",
"martinete y toná", the "Romance del Amargo" (2), "LaTarara"(2) and the
song "Sere.serenito".
In total, Camarón's
recordings surpass 170 "cantes" accompanied successively by Antonio Arenas, Paco
Cepero, Sabicas, Paco de Lucía, Ramón de Algeciras, Tomatito, Raimundo
Amador and Juan Manuel Cañizares.
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