Introduce me to some sweet sounding foreign music

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acura9927

Semi-Pro
I'll start.

Here are my some of my favorite tunes from Russia and one long from Thailand.
I have way too many China and Hong Kong ones to list.

Russian ones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCcHfAn2jas&list=FL7ZULvD4z59gZy0IfaY3TAg&index=2&feature=plpp_video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVKKUNZq-Co&list=FL7ZULvD4z59gZy0IfaY3TAg&index=12&feature=plpp_video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xONit3sFaU&list=FL7ZULvD4z59gZy0IfaY3TAg&index=15&feature=plpp_video

Thai song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp8hxLkRskc&list=FL7ZULvD4z59gZy0IfaY3TAg&index=5&feature=plpp_video
 
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SystemicAnomaly

SystemicAnomaly

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Have wandered into a couple of Persian shops in the past year and have heard some tasty music done by Armik, who is an Iranian-Armenian guitarist. His style, primarily nuevo flamenco, is a blend of flamenco, jazz, classical & Spanish styles. A few samples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0loJvZ9Xqo
http://www.armik.com/romantic-spanish-guitar
http://www.amazon.com/Cafe-Romantico-Armik/dp/B0006SSN1Y/ref=pd_sim_m_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=1JV9PTWVNTSMNCAP62EE

The nuevo flamenco style of Armik is heavily influenced by Spanish flamenco guitarist, Paco de Lucia. Paco gained considerable notoriety outside of Spain with his collaborations with jazz guitarists, John McLaughlin, Larry Coryell & Al Di Meola in the late 70s & 80s. The 1st link is John & Paco performing a guitar duo version of Chick Corea's, Spain. The 2nd link is Paco performing Rodrigo's Concierto De Aranjuez with a full orchestra.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l25c0LDFkz4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9RS4biqyAc

Here is Chick Corea on electric piano with some heavyweight jazz musicians doing his composition, Spain (intro is a 77 second quote from "Concierto De Aranjuez"). Flora Purim is the female vocalist on these. Version 1 is shorter but appears to have better sound quality. Version 2 is the one that appeared on the Corea's album, Light as a Feather. It features an extended flute solo by Joe Farrell.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOFs40ekTV0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_OEJ0wqt2g

Note that Concierto de Aranjuez was featured on Miles Davis' Sketches of Spain. This jazz album, with heavy classical influence, is considered by many to be one of the greatest albums of all time. Recorded in 1959/60, it influenced a number of rock groups including Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead.
 
PhrygianDominant

PhrygianDominant

Hall of Fame
SystemicAnomaly said:
Have wandered into a couple of Persian shops in the past year and have heard some tasty music done by Armik, who is an Iranian-Armenian guitarist. His style, primarily nuevo flamenco, is a blend of flamenco, jazz, classical & Spanish styles. A few samples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0loJvZ9Xqo
http://www.armik.com/romantic-spanish-guitar
http://www.amazon.com/Cafe-Romantico-Armik/dp/B0006SSN1Y/ref=pd_sim_m_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=1JV9PTWVNTSMNCAP62EE

The nuevo flamenco style of Armik is heavily influenced by Spanish flamenco guitarist, Paco de Lucia. Paco gained considerable notoriety outside of Spain with his collaborations with jazz guitarists, John McLaughlin, Larry Coryell & Al Di Meola in the late 70s & 80s. The 1st link is John & Paco performing a guitar duo version of Chick Corea's, Spain. The 2nd link is Paco performing Rodrigo's Concierto De Aranjuez with a full orchestra.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l25c0LDFkz4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9RS4biqyAc

Here is Chick Corea on electric piano with some heavyweight jazz musicians doing his composition, Spain (intro is a 77 second quote from "Concierto De Aranjuez"). Flora Purim is the female vocalist on these. Version 1 is shorter but appears to have better sound quality. Version 2 is the one that appeared on the Corea's album, Light as a Feather. It features an extended flute solo by Joe Farrell.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOFs40ekTV0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_OEJ0wqt2g

Note that Concierto de Aranjuez was featured on Miles Davis' Sketches of Spain. This jazz album, with heavy classical influence, is considered by many to be one of the greatest albums of all time. Recorded in 1959/60, it influenced a number of rock groups including Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead.
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Here's me playing some standard repetoire at an Exam
http://youtu.be/sHaGP0bcaFI?t=1m6s

I have the rest of the exam somewhere but I am not sure where.....
 
PhrygianDominant

PhrygianDominant

Hall of Fame
SystemicAnomaly said:
^ Color me impressed. Thanks for sharing. Have you also studied flamenco style guitar?
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I have a modicum of familiarity with the style and vocabulary, but I would not call myself a flamenco guitarist. There is quite a lot of overlap in the technique, and flamenco is kind of like a "cross training sport" for classical guitarists. Since we have similar roots, a classical guitarist should at least know in a "book knowledge", sort of way, flamenco forms, terms, style, and technique; as well as the history of the guitar in spain. It is useful for a lot of spanish classical pieces.

Does that answer your question?
 
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