José Cortés. baile.
This was from last night. A ridiculous line-up of musicians led by Rubén Dantas. (or Rubem, in Portuguese?) He's a brazilian artist, most famous for bringing/introducing the Peruvian cajón to the realm of flamenco. (Now considered THE percussion instrument of flamenco.) This video is more traditional flamenco, but the majority of the show was a bit more jazz-y. Artists from all over South America + Australian/Iran, Cuba, Mexico and I don't even remember where-all-else. Kinda ridiculous. There were probably at least 20 musicians in all.
Also, this guy's footwork is amazing. It takes me a while to master really "simple" flamenco steps. This guy? unbelievable.
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So my Brazilian friend here in Cville took some cajon lessons from Ruben some years ago back in Brazil. Just last night he was talking to us about it because we were talking about how the cajon was introduced originally to Spain. It was cool to hear the story of how it got in originally. Berto says that the Ruben had a bit of trouble having the peruvian people allowing him to learn the cajon because they are culturally very closed to outsiders since he was brazilian but eventually he got in. Then Paco De Lucia heard him and the rest is history. How weird that I talked about him and heard the story the same night you went to see him. How awesome Lindsy.
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