Monday, November 01, 2010

Ciudad De Las Ideas

After years of performing and releasing albums overseas, acclaimed modern flamenco guitarist Vicente Amigo achieves stateside recognition with his release Ciudad de las Ideas. While he is accomplished on the fretboard, Amigo takes a decidedly low-key approach on tracks like "Tres Notas Para Decir te Quiero" (with its soothing falsetto singing) and the solo guitar piece "Bolero de Vicente." Through his style, Amigo is able to flesh out his songs with controlled doses of requisite guitar pyrotechnics. (The syrupy strings and mellow guitar of the title track, however, evoke easy listening.) Not everything here is laid back. Two of the songs--the dramatic "Cordoba" (solea) and the initially languid "La Tarde as Caramelo" (alegrias)--build to dramatic crescendos, while "Tata," the album's most energetic cut, features lively brass and bass and a catchy one-word chorus. There's a smoldering romanticism displayed on Ciudad de las Ideas, and the talented Amigo proves he is in command of mood and tone throughout.
--Bryan Reesman

Artist: Vicente Amigo
Album: Ciudad De Las Ideas
Year: 2000
Label: BMG


Personnel:

Vicente Amigo: guitar (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) background vocals (tracks 4, 8)
Alfredo Paixao: bass (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ,6, 8)
Mino Cinelu: drums, percussion (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ,8)
Pedro Aznar: vocals (track 1)
Dieguito "El Cigala": vocals (track 2)
Khaled: vocals (track 3)
Tino di Geraldo: cajón (track 3)
Angela Bautista, Tere Bautista: background vocals (track 4)
Rafael Gonzalez: keyboards (track 1,3)
Queco: background vocals (track 2)
"EL BO": Jaleos (tracks 2, 4,)
Juan Carrasco: Jaleos (tracks 2, 4)
Joan Albert Amargos: Orquestacion (track 5)
Alfonso Ordieres, Antonio Esmeralda, David La Fuente, Elisabeth Rosales: violin (track 5)
Carlos Barriga, Lorena Vidal, Roberto Alonso, Sergio Fernandez: viola (track 5)
Adam Hunter, Rafael Dominguez, Raul Pinillos: cello (track 5)
Domingo Patricio: flute (track 3))
Antonio Serrano: harmonica (tracks 2, 5)
Candido Mijares: saxophone (track 6)
Lulo Perez: trumpet, flugelhorn (track 6)
Francisco Ibanez: trumpet (track 5)
Jose Rossell, Salvador Navarro: French horn (track 5)
Norman Hogue: trombone (track 5)
Alfredo Golino: drums (track 6)
Echegaray Street: percussion (track 6)
Chaboli: percussion (tracks 4, 6)
Lin Cortes: background vocals (track 8)
Felpu y Botas: Palmas (track 8)



Tracks:

  1. Tres Notas Para Decir Te Quiero
  2. La Tarde Es Caramelo (Alegrías)
  3. Ojos De La Alhambra
  4. Compare Manuel (Tangos)
  5. Bolero De Vicente
  6. Tatá
  7. Córdoba (Soleá)
  8. Ciudad De Las Ideas


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