Antonio
Cruz García (1909-1983), known as Antonio Mairena, was a noted flamenco singer (cantaor) from Mairena del Alcor, born in a Gypsy family. In his twenties he moved to Seville, where he quickly began to gain fame as a true artist. Antonio Mairena worked with many talented flamenco guitarists (tocaores); like Sevillians Niño Ricardo; Eduardo El de La Malena; Pedro Peña, El Lebrijano's brother; Melchor de Marchena and Enrique de Melchor, father and son; Cordovan Juan Muñoz "El Tomate"; Manuel Moreno from Jerez; and, Paco Aguilera from Barcelona.
Antonio
Mairena in the Pureza Street (Triana,
Seville). Image taken from
Garrancho's blog
Antonio
Mairena spending
time with cantaores Pepe Torre, El Chocolate
and Pepe Pinto. Image
taken from Garrancho's blog
Antonio Mairena was a really productive cantaor. There's a wide variety of his work available on the Internet, which is why I divide it into two to present it to you in parts. First, below you have some
YouTube videos of him perfoming pure Gypsy folk art
(Cante Jondo).
Por
Bulerías:
Por Soleá:
Por Seguiriyas:
Por Tangos-Tientos:
Por Tonás, Martinetes y Livianas:
Por Romances:
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