Jorge Pardo renews traditional
Hispanic music
on ‘Vientos flamencos 2’
FWM. Madrid, May 25th, 2009
In the music “collection”
‘Vientos flamencos 2’, Jorge
Pardo launches a refreshing regard at traditional
Hispanic music. And the thing is that not only does he take
care of delving deep into the dialogue between jazz and
flamenco which he is an outstanding forerunner of, but is
also inspired by Spanish pasodoble, joropos and Latin American
guajiras and classical Isaac Albéniz. The album moreover
includes songs of his own such as the bulerías ‘Ya
puedo empezar’ and a double tribute to Camarón:
the soleá ‘Homenaje al Chaqueta’ and
‘Viejo mundo’. The eighth solo album by the
Madrilenian saxophonist is a record with a collaborative
spirit recorded at home studios in which nearly thirty musicians
are heard. ‘Vientos flamencos 2’ is to be released
on May 25th, 2009.
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From Camarón to Albéniz.
From soleares to joropos. From pasodobles to Tío
Borrico. From jazz to flamenco. The music collection
‘Vientos flamencos’ which Jorge Pardo has been
working on for the past four years now has a second installment.
The album, which comes out on May 25th, 2009, plunges deep
into traditional Spanish music from the flamenco-jazz perspective
which identifies the Madrilenian musician. But he also spreads
out to the other side of the ocean, dealing with Latin American
styles like the joropo ‘Membrillo’ by Juan Romero
and the guajira ‘Tintando el día’ by
Héctor González. Both songs belong to the
sleeve ‘Qué grandes músicos’ (‘What
Great Musicians’).
And the thing is that the Madrilenian saxophonist
is keeping open several albums which he is feeding little
by little. One of the most significant ones is ‘x
Camarón’, where there is room here for the
soleá ‘Homenaje al Chaqueta’ and a very
personal version of ‘Viejo mundo’, one of the
most significant cuts on the album ‘La leyenda del
tiempo’, which has its thirtieth anniversary precisely
this year. “This song is one of the ones that has
stuck to my life. We used to play it with Dolores in the
times when we were with Camarón.
We played it at the Monumental Bullring in Barcelona”,
the musician explains in the booklet made up of texts which
he himself has written.
Jorge Pardo’s plunges into flamenco
are marked with the label ‘Mis palos’ (‘My
Styles’). And there are three scores of his own here:
the bulerías ‘Ya puedo empezar’, the
rumba ‘Media ración’ and the soleá
‘Dos siglos’. Also his is the solo piece ‘Billones
de años’, belonging to the sleeve ‘Pensamientos’
(‘Thoughts’). The album’s contents are
completed with the version of the pasodoble ‘En er
mundo’ and with that of ‘Cádiz’
by Isaac Albéniz which Pardo recorded for Carlos
Saura’s film ‘Iberia’ together with
Carles Benavent and Tino di Geraldo, his trio partners.
The second chapter of ‘Vientos flamencos’
is an itinerant recording carried out at the different home
studios of many of the participating musicians. In total,
nearly thirty instrumentalists are heard, among them, guitarists
such as Josemi Carmona, Juan Diego, Paquete and Nono García,
percussionists like Rubem
Dantas and Tino di Geraldo, the bass of Benavent, voices
such as that of Antonio Carbonell, violinists, pianists
and trumpet players, among others.
Flamenco World Music news
‘Vientos flamencos 2’ is published by Flamenco
World Music. The Spanish record company, promoted by
the website Flamenco-world.com, was founded in 2008 with
the aim of “helping musicians who are making flamenco
evolve today to make their artistic proposals known internationally”.
Its catalogue is highlighted by titles like ‘Viento
del Norte’ by Jesús Torres, ‘Barcas de
plata’ by Encarna Anillo and the DVD ‘¡Viva
Jerez!’. Coming soon, it is planning to release ‘El
espejo en que me miro’ by Jerez-born cantaor David
Lagos.
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