Flamenco Primer

In honor of Paco de Lucia's passing and in the spirit of the thread title we will provide a list of his illustrious predecessors, a kind of Mount Rushmore of flamenco if you will.

Ramón Montoya
Niño Ricardo
Diego del Gastor
Sabicas
Mario Escudero

Carlos Montoya

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv2Fyjk0GGM

I'm mostly just in love with Paco De Lucia's Fuente Y Caudal album at the moment, so am very appreciative of James Redd's Mount Rushmore of flamenco post from a few years back. I have had previous infatuations with classical Spanish/Baroque before without delving into any modern stuff.

his guitar trio w/ McLaughlin is so good as well.

Some good Flamenco dancers you can see - or take lessons from!- in NYC:
Marina Elana
Bárbara Martínez

Thanks to whoever recommended the documentary about flamenco singer Camarón de la Isla on Netflix. Great on his life and music (obviously) but also deeply informative on the history and philosophy of the Romani. pic.twitter.com/N6CbBc76RY

— Andrew Male (@Andr6wMale) April 5, 2022

thanks to this thread for pointing me to nino ricardo

Pavon had some range...just never got round to him till now. All that lost time.

https://www.expoflamenco.com/en/bordonazo-new/grandpa-remembers-tomas-pavon/

"He didn’t sing, he prayed. When he sang he’d put his hands together like if he were praying"

I missed Tomatito last night at City Center.

I love the flamenco/jazz fusion of Camaron's song Leyenda del tiempo. Anyone have recommendations for stuff along these lines? It cooks! The bass playing is stellar, it's got funky flute... so good.

MIngus' "Ysabel's Table Dance"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGsVqF-URXc

^classic!