Barrio Negro

• Artist: Tomatito
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• Release Date: 1991
• Total Time: 31:17
• Genre: World

Review

Tomatito is one of the leaders of a movement that has been called flamenco nuevo, which combines Spanish flamenco guitar with other Latin forms. For this virtuoso Spanish guitarist/composer, elements of everything from Cuban to Brazilian music are fair game. Flamenco nuevo has been incredibly popular in Spain since the '90s, and one of its biggest sellers was Barrio Negro (which was released in Spain in 1991 and in the U.S. in 1993). This very fresh-sounding and largely instrumental CD shows that while Tomatito (who has major chops as well as plenty of soul) owes a great artistic debt to traditional flamenco, he isn't a traditionalist or a purist himself. Not at all. It is Tomatito's willingness to stretch and broaden flamenco that makes Barrio Negro the exciting album it is. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Barrio Negro		El Camarón De La Isla, Tomatito	(3:51)
La Voz del Tiempo	Juan Carmona	Tomatito	(4:08)
Cañailla		Tomatito	(4:22)
Armonias del Romañe		Tomatito	(3:45)
A Mi Tio el Niño Miguel		Tomatito	(5:58)
Caminillo Viejo		Tomatito	(4:17)
Callejon de las Canteras		Tomatito	(4:56)

Credits

Antonio Carmona (Whistle (Human)), Juan Carmona (Handclapping), Antonio Torres (?), Francisco Ibanez (Trumpet), Antonio Ramos (Bass), Francisco Ibanez (French Horn), Mario Pacheco (Photography), Antonio Carmona (Handclapping), Valentin Alvarez (Saxophone), Antonio Carmona (Percussion), Carlos Benavent (?), George Horn (Digital Remastering), Antonio Carmona (?), Andres Bedo (?), Tomatito (Guitar), Valentin Alvarez (?), Carlos Benavent (Bass), Juan Carmona (Guitar), Juan Carmona (?), Andres Bedo (Piano), José Luis Garrido (Engineer), El Camarón De La Isla (?), Antonio Ramos (?), El Camarón De La Isla (Vocals), Juan Antonio Salazar (?), Juan Carmona (Whistle (Human)), Cameron (Vocals), Francisco Ibanez (?), Juan Carmona (Producer)