between each word...lies a memory

here's a great find if like to listen to international jazz. the 2nd cd from marta gomez - entre cada palabra- has been in my cd player (yes, i still buy cds) for about a week now and i find myself humming music and singing lines from it all the time. of course, i don't know spanish so i really have no idea what i'm saying. plus, i really don't know much about jazz other than i like hearing it. nonetheless, the sounds and songs on this cd are great. think norah jones...if she were a columbian woman without the piano. ok, bad example. i can just see her smiling as she sings- it's captured in the music somehow.

the songs on the cd remind me of my trip to Spain last year. while we were in sevilla, we went to see a free flamenco show at this place called la carboneria. i had no idea what to expect. it was stifling hot, the drinks weren't anything special, and the walls were covered in bizarre art. it was almost like they were daring you to look at the paintings but were really just forcing you to watch the little stage. thankfully, we didn't need to be forced. the dancer was as un-dancerlike as you could get...until she started her flamenco. she was amazing! she had this power, passion and style that i've never seen before. you actually forgot that she was built like a high school football player when she was on stage. the little spanish woman accompanying her could really belt out those lyrics and kept an intricate beat going with her hands and feet. the weakest part was the fabio wannabe playing guitar. quite frankly, i don't remember anything about him except his long, flowing locks...