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ROGER
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When
it comes to the time honored art of flamenco guitar playing, few players
currently on the scene are as fluid and fluent in the genre as Canadas
preeminent guitar master Roger Scannura. As flamenco fans await Scannuras
next recording, they are well advised to give a listen to his most
recent release, Noche Flamenca, from his group Ritmo Flamenco.
Having already released five acclaimed flamenco CD over the years,
Scannura is also on the faculty at the York University music department
up in Canada. Anyone expecting nuevo flamenco or anything overtly
commercial or flamenco guitar designed for easy consumption had better
look elsewhere. The opinion of this writer is not that the wide variety
of nuevo flamenco guitar CDs that have come out in recent years arent
worth a listen. Far from it. I think its great that guitar fans in
the 21st century can be exposed to the flamenco guitar genre in any
way, shape or form. Its just that Roger Scannura & Ritmo
Flamenco are the real deal and with a sound that harks back deep into
the last century, they basically take no musical prisoners. Scannuras
flamenco technique is simply stunning and on his latest CD, you can
hear Scannura performing a number of authentic flamenco techniques
and styles including Bulerias, Rumba, Solea, Silencio and many more.
Scannura is a living textbook on the flamenco genre and Noche Flamenca
will simply hypnotize you with its successful technique
Vs. content qualifications. Assisting Scannura on the eleven track
Noche Flamenca CD are Laurence Stevenson (fiddle, mandola),
Kevin Quevedo Smith (caja, djembe, dumbek) and Valeria Scannura
(taconeo, palmas, castanuelas). If listeners could go back in
time to Spain in 1909, this is the music they would hear. Pure flamenco
music with no pretense or desire to be commercial, Roger Scannura
& Ritmo Flamenca brings the guitar magic of old world Spain into
the 21st century with style and passion. Hear it for yourself. www.rogerscannura.ca
All of
my guitars are flamenco guitars. My main guitar was custom made by
William Laskin in 1987. It is made of Cypress wood aged 30 years and
has ebony tuning keys. I also have another custom Laskin with an inlay
of a candleabra and traditional tuning machines. The guitar also has
the patented elbow rest. Another one of my special guitars is a Conde,
given to me as a gift by Paco de Lucia.
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