What Flamenco is?: La Soleá (I) por Juan Toro and Carlos Ayala

We continue, from Pura Esencia with our modest wish to disseminate Flamenco art that makes us enjoy these beautiful moments in the company of our artists. In this case, Juan Toro has not been able to avoid becoming fond of the presence of the guitar master Carlos Ayala, which we enjoy daily in the Flamenco Show of Pura Esencia

Juan Toro al cante acompañado de la guitarra de Carlos Ayala en Pura Esencia

We continue, from Pura Esencia with our modest desire to disseminate Flamenco art that makes us enjoy these beautiful moments in the company of our artists. In this case, Juan Toro has not been able to avoid becoming fond of the presence of the guitar master Carlos Ayala, which we enjoy daily in the Flamenco Show of Pura Esencia

what is flamenco
Juan Toro at singing accompanied by the guitar of Carlos Ayala in Pura Esencia
La Soleá is a Palo Grande del Flamenco with many variants depending on where they come from and the development that each artist has wanted to instill: it happens like other songs, of different branches, as Juan explained with the fandango, although it is this case, in case difficulty and accompaniment of dance and guitar, the variants are more extensive and sometimes difficult to distinguish.

Los Palos del Flamenco
The following video illustrates some of these variants of Soleá by the hand of Carlos and Juan and ends with an emotional Soleá by Alcalá:

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“I close my eyes and see you,

I go to bed and dream of you…

I slept and dreamed of you;

you look at me and you talk to me and I love you, punishment.

I’d like to ask!

… if when you kiss me it’s green.

And your mother loves you, she loves mine,

And mine loves me, mine wants me;

He loves you at night, me, night and day.