"RITO Y GEOGRAFÍA DEL TOQUE" (VIDEO N° 3.)

PACO CEPERO : presented by Fernando Quiñones, Francisco López Cepero García « Paco Cepero » (born Jerez 1932) plays « Gaditana » (a jaleo) with La Polilla de Madrid, Lolita Baena and Carmen Heredia (palmas), is interviewed, then plays tarantas and tarantos, tientos and tangos, a farruca, « Amuletto » (a rumba), and bulerías.

DIEGO CARRASCO : from the programme Flamenco, in colour, presented by Fernando Quiñones, Diego Carrasco Fernández « Diego Carrasco el Tate » (born Jerez 1954), is accompanied by Luis (acoustic ovation guitar), Miguel Angel (bass), Pedro (flute), Tito and Rafa (flamenco guitars), and Pedro (bongos) ; they interpret « Luz de Farola » (bulerías) ; he is interviewed, and sings and plays bulerías, including « bulerías del 7 ».

ANDRÉS BATISTA : he is presented by F. Quiñones, who interviews Paco Vallecillo, then Andrés Batista (born Barcelona 1937) on flamenco in Catalonia ; then Andrés Batista plays granainas, guajiras, bulerías, danza mora, fandangos, and a zapateado.

Comments : together with the launching of Enrique de Melchor, we witness Paco Cepero’s career as a soloist, and hear him perform various pieces found in his first and only record as a soloist, Amuleto (1977). Also, the unquiet tocaor and singer Diego Carrasco already proposes, in these late 70’s, a reinterpretation of the bulerías of his native Santiago district, with influences from Chick Corea’s group « Return to Forever » and a markedly oriental colouring which makes us think of the present group Radio Tarifa, and even of the theme « Reino de Silia » by Vicente Amigo in the estribillos (refrains) of the « bulería del 7 » which served as introduction theme for the programme Flamenco presented by F. Quiñones.

The gypsy guitar-player from Catalonia describes the hot bed of flamenco experimentation that was the Catalonia of the 70’s (which explains the present fertility of Catalonian flamenco) and performs six pieces of a classical turn in a modern technique.

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