Since
1999 Incendio have released a number of acclaimed albums of
acoustic based instrumental music and have been widely heralded as
innovators in the Nuevo Flamenco guitar movement. Essentially a trio
of gifted guitarists, Incendio features the interlocking twin Spanish
guitar attack of Jim Stubblefield and Jean Pierre Durand,
whos guitar prowess is held in place by guitarist / bassist
Liza Carbé. In a market thats constantly looking
for new avenues to reach music fans, Incendio should have wide appeal
among music fansfrom jam bands and jazz to World Beat and flamencoin
addition to the smooth jazz field which has already embraced the 2006
Incendio CD Seduction. Durand and Carbé have made significant
inroads with their side project Carbé / Durandan instrumental
offshoot of Incendiowhile Stubblefield has also evolved as a
gifted recording guitar soloist. Even so, the magic created when all
three record or take the stage as Incendio makes for some breathtaking
and often fiery instrumental guitar moments. www.IncendioMusic.com
JIM STUBBLEFIELD
Guitarra Exotica
(Natural Elements)
Having a number of albums in their catalog, California-based guitar
trio Incendio are one of the hottest acts on the nuevo flamenco guitar
scene and one third of the band, guitarist Jim Stubblefield
also has a solo career thats well worth checking out. On his
fourth solo CD from 2007, Guitarra Exotica, Stubblefield
is backed up by bass, violin and percussion. Like the World Beat guitar
group Incendio, the sound on Guitarra Exotica is expertly recorded
acoustic flamenco with added sounds from South American and even Afro-Cuban
music genres. Having grown up listening to jazz icon John Coltrane
and nylon string classical guitar legend Segovia, Stubblefield keeps
his musical palette brimming with stirring instrumental guitar-based
ideas. Commenting further on his love of Spanish guitar music Stubblefield
adds, My travels have also included Barcelona and Malaga where
I got my Pedro Maldonado guitar, and parts of Portugal. I have to
admit I'm a culture junkieI can spin the globe and anyplace
I put my finger down, I want to learn more about that place and its
people and music! Produced and composed by Stubblefield, Guitarra
Exotica is a splendid choice for flamenco fans and World Beat
guitar watchers. www.JimStubblefield.com
CARBÉ DURAND
Sketches
(Sonoton)
Few albums with heavy accents on flamenco and Spanish guitars blend
in hard rock licks as skillfully as on Sketches, the
2008 CD from Carbé Durand. Finger style guitarist Liza
Carbé hails from the U.S. West Coast while Jean-Pierre
Durandadding in lead / rhythm guitar and basscomes
from Peruvian stock so the sound gets exotic at times. Afro-Cuban,
Latin, Peruvian, and flamenco instrumentals get it rolling with an
excellent high-tech studio sound, featuring assistance from a number
of horns, strings and percussion players. Both Carbé and Durand
also work together in the Latin guitar world fusion group Incendio,
while the release of Sketches with their Carbé Durand
project is an interesting side project to their already renowned instrumental
new flamenco jazz repertoire. www.carbedurand.com