Piano

   

Juan Cortés
Jurepén
2003
 
Tracks:

1. Tangos del Puchero
2. Del Mar
3. Asako
4. La Rosa
5. Jurepén
6. Playa del Moro
7. Ojos negros
8. Chaneando
9. Abuelo Juan
10. Una luna en el agua
11. Que sí, está buena
12. 100% Tomás

 

Personnel:
 
Juan Cortés: piano.
Jorge Pardo: flute.
Guillermo McGill: drums, percussion and darbuka.
Salva Cortés: cajón.
Bernardo Parilla: violin
Special guest: Montse Cortés, Tomasito, José Maya...

produced by Guillermo McGill

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A new alliance between flamenco and the piano, among istrumental and vocal songs, Juan Cortés shows his skills to develope a wide complexity of styles with the collaborations of Montse Cortés, El Ciervo (cantaores) Jorge Pardo (saxo)y Bernardo Parrilla (violín).

The young flamenco pianist Juan Cortés who learned to play listening to Paco de Lucía and cut his teeth playing live with jazz artists like Guillermo McGill, Chano Domínguez and Jorge Pardo, has recorded his first record, "Jurepen", based primarily on flamenco but impregnated with the music of those he has worked with throughout his career and who have collaborated on this recording.

Transportar la guitarra flamenca al piano, trasponer la armonía de la guitarra, con los seis tonos distribuidos de forma inconfundible, en el arpa de un piano, recrear en fin las seis voces de la reina del flamenco, la guitarra, sobre el teclado del instrumento rey, es una tarea difícil y arriesgada, y el ideal de un buen número de "pianistas flamencos" que han decidido adentrarse en las veredas de la música española y recorrer los caminos múltiples del flamenco. En el caso de JUAN CORTÉS, partiendo del flamenco, se enriquece pronto con el mejor piano de jazz y latinjazz, para regresar a lo jondo por derecho.
Faustino Núñez (from the booklet)

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"I had a very clear idea about how I wanted to record the piano, that it had to sound fresh, and it was recorded in eight days. Some things were practically recorded live, top to bottom. Basically it's a live recording, I wanted it to sound as natural as possible, with the musicians that have always surrounded me."

Interview:

JUAN CORTÉS
"Flamenco has always been special for me.."
  
 
   

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