Antonio Salazar Barrull (born 1949 in
A Coruña
A Coruña (; es, La Coruña ; historical English: Corunna or The Groyne) is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. A Coruña is the most populated city in Galicia and the second most populated municipality in the autonomous community and s ...
), known as Zíngaro, is a Spanish singer and composer of Gypsy origin, whose style corresponds to a merger between
Flamenco
Flamenco (), in its strictest sense, is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, and also having historical presence in Extremadura and ...
,
jazz
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and rock that began in the late 1970s. He is the brother of another artist: Luis Salazar Barrull, best known as
El Luis.
El Arte de Vivir el Flamenco
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Personal life
He moved to Argentina
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, where he lived for almost 14 years. He began composing on the guitar and he was encouraged to return to Spain for better opportunities where his brother had become successful. Upon his return, he was managed by his brother for his first studio recordings.
He followed the style of Manzanita
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, with a voice full of personality, charm and charisma. His music, and playing, aroused curiosity to listeners of traditional flamenco from first notes. His producer Jose Luis de Carlos, also his mentor, presented his work as a new style between pop and flamenco, serious, rigorous, contemporary, passionate and visionary with jazz and black music influences. Career highlights included his first LPs. The debut album titled ''Voz De Luna'' in 1979 included singles "Llorarás de pena" and "Chie, Chie".
His second album ''Sones de llanto y fuego'' included musical contributions by Plum on Spanish guitar, Luis "Manglis" Cobo on acoustic and electric guitar, Dave Thomas on bass and Tito Duarte on drums and percussion. The songs were mostly written by El Zingaro, with others by Jesus Conde, R. Barrull Jimenez, Sandro and Manzanita. The single chosen was "No te voy a perdonar".
From 1989 to 1992, he released four more albums.
Discography
Albums
*1979: ''Voz De Luna''
*1980: ''Sones de Llanto y Fuego''
*1989: ''Ama Tu Libertad''
*1990: ''Gitano Poeta''
*1991: ''Esa Señora''
*1992: ''Cuidado Camarada''
Compilations
*2000: ''Llorarás''
Singles
*1979: "Llorarás De Pena" (from ''Voz De Luna'')
*1979: "Chie, Chie" (from ''Voz De Luna'')
*1980: "No Te Voy A Perdonar" (from ''Sones de Llanto y Fuego'')
References
External links
LastFM Spanish page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zingaro
Spanish male singer-songwriters
Spanish singer-songwriters
Spanish male singers
1949 births
Living people
People from A Coruña