El Viejín

El Viejín
Birth name José Jiménez
Born 1963
Madrid
Genres Flamenco
Instruments Flamenco guitar

El Viejín, (born José Jiménez in 1963 in Madrid[1]), is a Spanish flamenco guitarist. He is often billed as José Jiménez 'El Viejín' . Influenced by Sabicas like many of his contemporaries, he rose to fame as a flamenco guitarist in the late 1970s and 1980s and is one of the best-known Madrid-based flamenco guitarists.[2][3][4] Transcriptions to his works have been created by a Madrid-based guitarist and musicologist Enrique Vargas and published by VG Ediciones [5] In 2008 he was reported to be "in the process of founding the Caño Roto school of flamenco guitar with his long-time friend Enrique Vargas."[6]

References

  1. Cortés, Norberto Torres (August 2005). Historia de la guitarra flamenca: el surco, el ritmo y el compás. Almuzara. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  2. Miguel de Aguilera, Joan E. Adell y Ana Sedeño (eds.) (30 October 2008). Comunicación y música II. Tecnologías y audiencias. Editorial UOC. p. 198. ISBN 978-84-9788-721-2. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  3. Mora, Miguel (2008). La voz de los flamencos: retratos y autoretratos. Siruela. p. 235. ISBN 978-84-9841-165-2. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  4. Ruiz, Luis López (2007). Guía del flamenco. Ediciones AKAL. p. 170. ISBN 978-84-460-2670-9. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  5. Jose Jimenez (1 October 2008). Jose Jimenez: El Viejin, Enrique Vargas. VG Ediciones. ISBN 979-0-8012-2422-4. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  6. Habichuela, Pepe; Vargas, Enrique (1 October 2008). Pepe Habichuela - Yerbaguena. VG Ediciones. p. 290. ISBN 979-0-8012-2428-6. Retrieved 31 December 2011.

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