Folk, Jazz, Etc: Flamenco Supremo Dancing to a Different Tune Thanks to Luck of the Irish and All That Jazz
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THE ROLLING fluidity of Irish flute and the staccato flicker of flamenco guitar... distinctive sounds both, though perhaps not the most readily compatible. Yet both are about to hit the road together - not to mention more than a few island ferries - courtesy of the Celtic-flamenco fusion of Voyage de Nuit. The ensemble, embarking on a Scottish Arts Council-sponsored Tune Up tour, features the Edinburgh-based Irish flautist and singer Nuala Kennedy with Azulejos, the flamenco-jazz outfit led by the French guitarist and composer Philippe Guidat. For the purposes of the tour, Azulejos features a cosmopolitan line-up of Guidat's regular percussionist, the young Bolivian Diego Landivar; Kennedy's frequent collaborator, the English accordionist Luke Daniels, and the ubiquitous Scots- based Brazilian double-bassist Mario Caribe.
The project has its origins in a first encounter between Kennedy and Guidat in 2007 at the International World Music Residency in New York, where their initial sparrings led to a fruitful playing and writing partnership. "We lived for two and a half weeks in this upstate New York artists' colony in an amazing location," recalls the flautist. "It was very open-ended, and open-minded.See the full content of this document
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Folk, Jazz, Etc: Flamenco Supremo Dancing to a Different Tune Thanks to Luck of the Irish and All That Jazz
"In late 2007 and 2008, Philippe came over and we did a few small concerts in the Highlands as a duo, trying out ideas ...
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