Enrique Morente, Jorge Pardo, Vicente Amigo and Niño Josele, finalists of the 2010 Music Awards for best flamenco album. Leaving aside ‘Morente flamenco’, a compilation of classical cantes recorded live, instrumental and hybrid music clearly dominate the nominations in this edition. Opting for the prize is saxophonist Jorge Pardo, an icon of jazz flamenco, with his album ‘Vientos flamencos 2’, on which he tackles the challenge of singing cantes by Camarón and El Chaqueta on the flute and sax; Vicente Amigo with ‘Paseo de Gracia’, a disc on which the Córdoba-born guitarist draws flamenco up to the keys of pop and stresses the melody; and Almería-born Niño Josele, with a very free guitar album seasoned by jazz players like Phil Woods. In the last five years, this award has been won by Carmen Linares for ‘Raíces y alas’ (2009), Juan Habichuela for ‘Una guitarra en Granada’ (2008), Estrella Morente for ‘Mujeres’ (2007), Enrique Morente for ‘Morente sueña La Alhambra’ (2006) and Paco de Lucía for ‘Cositas buenas’ (2005).