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Album of the week: "Porteña Soledad" by Gonzalo Bergara (Patreon)

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2025-01-30 14:00:05
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2026-08
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One of my favourite albums by one of my favourite modern gypsy jazz guitarists. Gonzalo can play standards with the best of them, but he is also an incredible composer in his own right and blends gypsy jazz elements with latin and Argentinian elements beautifully. Django Reinhardt meets Astor Piazzolla!

The whole album is fantastic, but here are a few of my favourite cuts:

Como Una Flor;

https://youtu.be/z5nYrZLONCg?si=56GVhMQzhaLL_v90

Agridulce;

https://youtu.be/C8OIwQSNFEI?si=yTAct1N3IT6ZDHh4

Elena's Bossa;

https://youtu.be/6sOBXXiSZZE?si=D_5bFLOr_grlmvz-

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David Lemon

Wow what a delightful record so far! Had never heard of this artist. Thanks for sharing this one, Alex.

Daghan

Real nice one thanks Alex

Jan Geerts

Thanks for the pointer. But what I would really like is a release by you, I often prefer your arrangements of the songs in your lessons to the originals

Alex Farran Guitar

Thank you Jan, that's very kind of you! I am currently working on an album of my own songs and you guys will be the very first to know about it when it's getting close to completion :)

MarkF

We look forward to that Farran LP that would be something special for sure!

Jon Parker

Coincidentally I’ve recently discovered Djangologic by Gonzalo Bergara. I really like his melodic approach without the pyrotechnics a lot of the modern players resort to.

Esgi...sg

!!!!YES I look forward to this!

Esgi...sg

Thank you for sharing, these tracks are great, I'm about to go for a bike ride and put this album on. Look forward to your album!

D.J.

Gonzalo is a bad, bad man (in the good way). I got to see him play a few times in Buenos Aires. OUtstanding player. He started as your typical SRV fanatic (i'm sure many of us here were like that too too) before becoming one of the best manouche players out there. He stole a regular blues gig from me once (not exactly 100% true). I'm sure he was the better player at this time, and I was not exactly the best at chasing down gigs. I didn't figure this out until years later. He quit the blues scene for something a little more advanced.

Jerome Oks

....meets Paco De Lucia

Jerome Oks

You are most likely familiar with the work of Paco De Lucia. You may not have listened to my fav. album of his which "Porteña Soledad" reminds me of: "Entre Dos Aguas".

Alex Farran Guitar

Indeed Jerome! Amazing stuff.. I've always loved Paco, and the "Entre Dos Aguas" is a favourite of mine too. Perhaps I'll do a lesson on one of the songs off it sometime soon. Is there a particular favourite tune of yours?

Alex Farran Guitar

That's very cool D.J, nice to share the scene with such great players! Sorry he stole your gig though dude! 😬

Alex Farran Guitar

Ah yes, I'm totally with you on that. He's one of the only modern manouche players that I truly enjoy.

Jon Parker

Interesting insight, I had noticed that he confidently “borrows“ a blue note here and there. They’re usually considered outside the gypsy jazz repertoire.

Jon Parker

Continuing the Bossa theme … Rita Perez anyone ?

Gert De Groof

I see what you’re doing man…preparing our ears for what’s about to come, next lesson…😉 great stuff, every time you post something, I learn something. 🙏

Jerome Oks

"La nina de puerta oscura", although it may not be the best song for a guitar lesson given the call and response between the guitar lines and the percussion (flamenco dancers). Zoronto Gitano is my second favourite.

Alex Farran Guitar

Haha seems like you’re onto my plan! 😂😇 .. maybe not the next lesson though 😅

D.J.

I'm being a little faciotious. The better way to put it is to replace "he stole the gig" with "I lost the gig". I never saw him play until much later after he established himself playing gypsy jazz. The gig where all the new guitar players in town would generally start out. It was a regularly rotating cast of guitar players and the band leader could be a little difficult. I'm sure Gonzalo moved beyond this band in no time. The funny part is this happened in Southern California and then it was later that we both lived in Buenos Aires when I was able to see him perform. A ships passing in the night thing.

D.J.

He started as a blues player. I'm going to post some videos of him playing SRV/Hendrix in another conversation because YouTube links don't work that well in these comments. There are also clips of him playing with Little Charlie Baty.

Jon Parker

He refers to Hendricks on Djangology... it's all starting to fit together.

John Rhodes

Thank you for continuing to expand my musical life. Great stuff !!!!

thomas w cunningham

love gonzalo; love if you would teach walking home; or como una flor

D.J.

Most of us all go back to the same well

Ot Ratsaphong

Thank you! Beautiful! You have introduced me to a new guitarist.

Minstrel atHome

A great artist indeed, many thanks for sharing all these treasures with your Patreon community 🙂