This is probably my favorite video of Paco de Lucia. I think it is from a time just before he played with Al Di Meola on the Elegant Gypsy album. This clip shows his utter command of traditional, straight-ahead flamenco, versus the jazzy explorations for which he later became well-known.
Isn’t this wonderful! Bream’s description of this performance is one of the highlights in A Life on the Road (written by Tony Palmer). I never thought I’d see it. And Bream’s performance is far better than we were given to believe in the book. Just listen to the quality of Bream’s intro. What a treat!
I’m a big fan of Sungha Jung. I was browsing through his YouTube videos a few minutes ago (as I often do) and I listened to one I hadn’t heard before, Pirates of the Caribbean. It was pretty good, as usual. But the big WOW! came as I toured through other versions of the same piece and found one by a 9-year-old girl playing some kind of electric organ. What spirited playing! Wonderful stuff.
I’m posting both links, Sungha’s first. If you want to get the full effect, listen to them in order:
Tired of the same old way of holding the guitar? Here’s a guy with a better approach: