Released: 2000
Tracks: Levantina; El Jaguar; Rainmaker; Twilight at the Zuq; Recuerdo; Jardín; Nuevo Sol; Bola; Ida Y Vuelta; Zagros; Balada; Rayo; Nomad
Best track: either Jardín or Nuevo Sol
Track to skip: none
These guys can be found in sometimes three different places in a music store: Jazz, Latin, or New Age. I don’t really see how they’re jazz, and putting them in New Age is REALLY stretching that category. The easiest place to put them is in with the Flamenco section, but they’re not really traditional Flamenco. Some tracks are more traditional, some are more Latin influenced while some others are cool Arabic stuff. This disc is mostly instrumental, possibly only 1 vocal (I’m not sure).
There is phenomenal guitar playing on here and the rest of the music is really cool too. This is a good thing to put when you want to relax or slap it in when you’ve got the multi-disc changer on shuffle and need some variation between all the Metallica and Ozzy. I’m working on getting my music collection more eclectic as there is more to music than just stuff from the US and UK. World music rocks! Actually, Flamenco is a beautiful art and something that should be experienced in a live setting by everyone. This CD isn’t 100% authentic, but it’s still really good music. Give it a try.
Rating: 86
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