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Though he's recognized as flamenco's premier guitarist--with few contenders save for Tomatito, Pepe Habichuela, and Manolo Sanlúcar--Paco de Lucía has met with decades of controversy for his hybridization of the form with bossa, salsa, and jazz; for influencing flamenco-rock renegades like Ketama and Pata Negra; and for his legendary, cultivated arrogance. Albums like Luzia, named for his late mother, restore the balance: true flamenco puro of the highest order, it's a brooding reinvention from within, particularly in its complex harmonies and polyrhythms, forged around time-honored forms like bulerías and alegrías. The bustling bulería "El Chorruelo" is simply blood-boiling, a surging virtuosity at work over rapid key shifts and melodic firestorms. Written for his late collaborator--bad-boy singer Camarón de la Isla--the closing solo "Camarón" is meditative, joyous, forlorn, incensed, and sublime; in short, the real deal. A startlingly good set from a true master. --James Rotondi

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From: Amazon Posted: Mar 11, 2007 Type: User Review Exquisite

This album grows on you and in you. I especially love how he repeats this certain melodic theme throughout the album in little ways giving it a unique character. It takes several listenings before you notice all the areas it is creatively used....
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From: Amazon Posted: Aug 16, 2006 Type: User Review Visionary. A decade ahead of its time.

I must say that I was disappointed and hurt to see some of the negative reviews of this album and almost hateful comments about Paco.

Some seem to think that all flamenco not performed in a tablao or juerga is just garbage. This is...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jun 28, 2004 Type: User Review NOT YOUR TRADITIONAL FLAMENCO ALBUM

I believe Artin is a bit FULL of himself - to post his review three times? Ego knows no bounds. If you are looking for really good traditional Flamenco, this is NOT, NOT the album for you. This is "exquisitely" atypical. If you have been...
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From: Amazon Posted: May 07, 2004 Type: User Review Artin Karapet

Paco de lucia has proved to the world what you could do with the guitar. he has shown that it is more than just music....his last track, Camaron, tells a story..it TALKS TO YOU...its not music,,it is the artists thoughts and feelings brought up...
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From: Amazon Posted: Apr 23, 2003 Type: User Review Pure and inspiring

A triumph. A return to his flamenco puro roots, no doubt in homage to de Luca's mother who watched over the first stirrings of that genius.

Truly a work of art, despoiled only by the overblown cover notes whose full grotesqueness can hardly be...
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