The content of the CD,
BOLERO...
LETTERS OF LOVE AND INDIFFERENCE, comes as a result
of the theatrical production concerning a musical genre
that has been present in the lives of several generations.
Fifteen classic and current boleros interpreted by the Venezuelan
singer and pianist Edith Salazar who has looked for a merger
of diverse musical and theatrical styles.
On the album, one can follow the same conductive thread
of the theatrical show: six letters of love and indifference
written by the best-selling Spanish writer, Espido Freire,
for this project, and presented here throught the voices
of some of the greatest Spanish actresses: Lucía
Bosé, Terele Pávez, Loles León, Antonia
San Juan, Mariola Fuentes and Maria Esteve.
BOLERO... LETTERS OF LOVE AND INDIFFERENCE
gathers boleros as popular as "Contigo Aprendi, "Teatro",
"Cómo Fue", "La Puerta", "Sin
ti" or "Bésame Mucho". Also included
are two unreleased and unpublished songs specially written
for Edith Salazar by the legendary Spanish musician Carlos
Berlanga.
Edith Salazar is accompanied in this CD by the following
musicians:
FLAVIO RODRÍGUEZ: Spanish Guitar.
MARIO “PAJARO” SUAREZ: Electric Bass ad Guitar
HUGO MARTINEZ AND DYLAN COMPTA: Violas
JOSHUA EDELMAN: Piano
ANTONIO SERRANO: Harmonica
RODNEY D'ASSIS: Percussion
YELSY HEREDIA: Double-bass
MANUEL MACHADO:Trumpet and Flugel Horn
Edith Salazar is an artist in its entirety, not only for
having one of the most privileged and strong voices that
can be heard today, but also for her talent as a composer,
conductor, pianist, and vocal technique teacher, as well
as for her wide scenic and theatrical knowledge.
She has recorded and performed with an innumerable amount
of artists of all sorts: Miguel Bosé, Alaska, Cabaret
Pop, Tam Tam Go!, Rafael Amargo. Jose Luis Perales, Sergio
Dalma, Alaska, Diego Vasallo (Duncan Dhú), Álex
dela Nuez, Ricardo Solfa, La Guardia, Ciudad Jardin, Alejandra
Guzmán, etc … She has also been a vocalist
and keyboardist in Miguel Bosé´s band for
six years
As a composer she has written and directed the music of
the dance adaptation of Federico García Lorca´s:
" Poeta en Nueva York", and has conducted and
arranged the original version of Falla´s "El
Amor Brujo". She has recently written several pieces
for dancer and choreographer, Rafael Amargo´s latest
production: "Enrramblao".
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It is for Rafael Amargo that she conducts the Classic
Orchestra "Amadeo Vives" of Madrid in "El
Amor Brujo" for its opening evening in Navarra and
for a season at the Teatro Albéniz of Madrid, as
well as the Orchestra Filharmonia Barcelona, for a season
at the Tívoli Theatre in Barcelona. She was recently
nominated for best dance and music composer prize "Telón
Chivas Awards 2004".
