Unfamiliar combinations in music can lead to surprising, captivating results:
“Logos” is the meeting of two of the major guitarists of our time, two very different characters with both respect and curiosity for the other's music. They work so well together because each musician symbiotically extends the ideas of the other, and creates context and validity in the moment.
Unfamiliar combinations in music can lead to surprising, captivating results. At the “Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic” concert in October 2014, series curator Siggi Loch presented Swedish guitarist Ulf Wakenius in a new and unexpected role: as second guitarist alongside the undisputed master of flamenco nuevo, Gerardo Núñez. The combination of Wakenius and Núñez has succeeded in sending the Jazzpaña project off into a wholly new direction. The Tagesspiegel described the occasion as a “mighty fiesta.” Sparks definitely flew, Núñez had an appetite for more of the same, and he invited his Swedish colleague straight back to Madrid for the re-match.This is the meeting of two superbly gifted virtuosi and absolute masters of their instrument:Gerardo Núñez, originally from Jerez de la Frontera, has been called the crown prince of the flamenco guit...
line upGerardo Núñez / flamenco guitar
Ulf Wakenius / acoustic nylon string guitar
Cepillo / percussion
Cancun / flamenco singing
Carmen Cortés & Isabel Núñez / palmas & jaleos
Produced by Gerardo Núñez
Executive Producer: Siggi Loch
Cover art by Gert & Uwe Tobias, with the kind permission of the artist
