The authentic Spanish Flamenco art is artistically the richest. and liveliest folk-music in Europe. For some reason, although not lacking in popularity, this is less well known in the greater part of Europe. There are several reasons for its comparitive obscurity and they call to mind the situation of Blues in America before its "discovery" in Europe: confusion of concepts and standards, mixing with popular fashions in music, cabaret and night-clubs. Most of those activities do not display the true Flamenco art.The desire to open the door to a wider understanding of the Flamenco art and its artists and to make known the music which has inspired a wide range of contemporary music and especially Jazz, led to the resolve to call exclusively upon those who formed this art, and who preserve its essential nature in the closed circl...
Recording Information Engineer: Peter Kramper
Digital Mastering by Greg Calby, Sterling Sound New York
Produced by Siegfried Loch