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It was in the summer of 2016 when the great cantaor Jos\u00e9 Menese said goodbye to us at 74 years of age. With this, as with other greats, the legend was born. And not just any one: that of an artist who knew how to delve into both the purity of the genre and the roots of the social meaning of flamenco in its origin.<\/p>\n
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Jos\u00e9 Menese Scott, an outstanding exponent of flamenco singing in the twentieth and early twenty-first century, maintained an unwavering dedication to the orthodoxy of the genre, without deviating one iota from the tradition and canons that govern it. He considered himself a Mairenist. <\/p>\n
His other facet was his commitment to social justice and his stance against Francoism through his concerts and his lyrics, written for many years by Galv\u00e1n.<\/p>\n
Born in La Puebla de Cazalla, Seville, in 1942, his life was marked by an innate passion for flamenco. From the early age of 8 he already displayed a natural talent that led him to perform in local festivals and theaters of his town. It was the painter Francisco Moreno Galv\u00e1n, later, the author of almost all the lyrics of his songs, his discoverer.<\/span> <\/p>\n But Mairena, his other “father”, would arrive. The year was 1959. After having performed in the local theaters of La Puebla and in the iconic Caf\u00e9 Central, he had the opportunity to debut at the Cine Carreter\u00eda de Osuna, where the great Antonio Mairena was in charge of presenting him.<\/a><\/p>\n Thanks to this, from 1963 to 1968, he became a pillar of the tablao Zambra (Madrid), along with other great artists such as Peric\u00f3n de C\u00e1diz, Perico el del Lunar, Rafael Romero, Juan Varea and Rosa Dur\u00e1n.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.08)” custom_margin=”2%||2%||false|false” custom_padding=”2%||2%||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/allflamenco.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Andalucia.-40-anos-1.jpg” alt=”Disc Jos\u00e9 Menese” title_text=”Andaluc\u00eda. 40 a\u00f1os” _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” image_caption_font=”Domine||||||||” image_caption_color=”#000000″ image_caption_size=”12px” image_caption_lineheight=”1em” image_caption_alignment=”left” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Domine||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Jos\u00e9 Menese himself would say of this 1978 album: “As I received continuous criticism from my colleagues and the world of flamenco for having committed myself to singing for freedom, I wanted to show that Jos\u00e9 Menese is not silenced by anyone, neither for money nor for anything, and that is why now I have continued talking about what I had to talk about without cutting myself for anything”.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text quote_border_color=”#0C71C3″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Domine||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”20px” text_line_height=”32em” quote_font=”Domine||||||||” quote_font_size=”18px” quote_line_height=”1.5em” background_layout=”dark” text_font_size_tablet=”15px” text_font_size_phone=”14px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “When I was a nineteen-year-old kid, I toured all the tablaos in Madrid with a series of artists and colleagues. There was one of those tablaos that I was especially infatuated with the Zambra. It was a world that attracted me because it led me to know a pattern of seriousness that I have never abandoned since”, in a 2005, interview in La Dinamo<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=”on” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” max_width=”none” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false” custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px|true|true” custom_padding_tablet=”40px|40px|40px|40px|true|true” custom_padding_phone=”20px|20px|20px|20px|true|true” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text quote_border_color=”#0C71C3″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”02b46b76-c036-4b35-ac39-0d96fe080a5c” text_font=”Domine||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”20px” text_line_height=”32em” quote_font=”Domine||||||||” quote_font_size=”18px” quote_line_height=”1.5em” header_2_font=”Domine||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#000000″ background_layout=”dark” custom_margin=”||2%|0px|false|false” custom_padding=”|0px|2%|0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Menese’s music spread beyond Spain, and he was able to show his voice in a German short film whose response was overwhelming. Menese’s music spread beyond Spain, and he was able to show his voice in a German short film whose response was overwhelming.<\/span><\/p>\n As a sign of his vocation, in 1967 Jos\u00e9 Menese created the Meetings of Cante Jondo, a sacred place where he could share the art of cante. That year was also when he became engaged to Encarnaci\u00f3n Gil, and a couple of years later he would be named “Famoso” of Seville.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”2%||||false|false” custom_padding=”1%||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/allflamenco.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Jose-Menese.jpg” alt=”Jose-Menese” title_text=”Jose-Menese” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” image_caption_font=”Domine||||||||” image_caption_color=”#000000″ image_caption_size=”12px” image_caption_lineheight=”1em” image_caption_alignment=”left” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text quote_border_color=”#0C71C3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ text_font=”Domine||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”20px” text_line_height=”32em” quote_font=”Domine||||||||” quote_font_size=”18px” quote_line_height=”1.5em” header_2_font=”Domine||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#000000″ background_layout=”dark” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”top” animation_intensity_slide=”5%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%” text_font_size_tablet=”15px” text_font_size_phone=”14px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text quote_border_color=”#0C71C3″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Domine||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”20px” text_line_height=”32em” quote_font=”Domine||||||||” quote_font_size=”18px” quote_line_height=”1.5em” header_2_font=”Domine||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#000000″ background_layout=”dark” text_font_size_tablet=”15px” text_font_size_phone=”14px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n La Puebla de Cazalla, Seville (Andalusia)<\/p>\n Son of a shoemaker and a housewife. No family linked to flamenco<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n He was the fourth of nine children.<\/span><\/p>\n Wife: Encarnaci\u00f3n Gil. Had 5 children<\/span><\/p>\n 3 December 1942-29 July 2016 (also in La Puebla de Cazalla)<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text quote_border_color=”#0C71C3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Domine||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”20px” text_line_height=”32em” quote_font=”Domine||||||||” quote_font_size=”18px” quote_line_height=”1.5em” header_2_font=”Domine||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#000000″ background_layout=”dark” text_font_size_tablet=”15px” text_font_size_phone=”14px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n In the ’70s, Paris surrendered to Menese’s passion at the Iberian Song Festival. Echoes of his singing echoed at the iconic Olympia in 1973 and 1974. He was the first flamenco singer to perform at the Olympia in Paris.<\/strong><\/p>\n But it was in 1974 when Madrid officially welcomed him at the Marquina Theater, accompanied by the virtuoso chords of Manolo Brenes and the beat of Paco Valdepe\u00f1as. Also very well received at the Teatro Barcel\u00f3 in Madrid. And Barcelona also succumbed to his art at the Palau de la M\u00fasica and the Juana Mord\u00f3 Gallery.<\/p>\n In 1975, Madrid had the honor of witnessing Jos\u00e9 Menese on the majestic stage of the Teatro Real, where his singing was intertwined with the Spanish Radio and Television Orchestra. He sang under the magical baton of Od\u00f3n Alonso, in an interlude to Falla’s “La Vida Breve”.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”Domine|700|||||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Back in international lands, in 1985, New York enjoyed him with the National Orchestra and Choir of Spain, performing in the United Nations Day Concert. Enrique de Melchor contributed his genius to the guitar, leaving an unforgettable memory.<\/p>\n He conquered Paris in 1991, in the Auditorium of the Cervantes Institute, where he gave a Tribute Concert to Manuel de Falla. The scene was filled with emotion and art, sharing the stage with Carmen Linares.<\/p>\n He returned to Spain and his voice resounded in the majestic Teatro Monumental in Madrid, an unforgettable concert with Carmen Linares<\/a> and Manuel Morao, which Radio Cl\u00e1sica captured for posterity at the Euro-Radio Festival 1994: “Christmas in Europe”.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/allflamenco.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Jose-Menese-Rito-y-Geografia-del-Cante-RTVE.jpg” alt=”RTVE Program” title_text=”Jose-Menese-Rito-y-Geografia-del-Cante-RTVE” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” enable_caption_text=”on” image_caption_font=”Domine||||||||” image_caption_color=”#000000″ image_caption_size=”12px” image_caption_lineheight=”1em” image_caption_alignment=”left” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”rgba(13,160,197,0.08)” custom_margin=”2%||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text quote_border_color=”#0C71C3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Domine||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”20px” text_line_height=”32em” quote_font=”Domine||||||||” quote_font_size=”18px” quote_line_height=”1.5em” header_2_font=”Domine||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#000000″ background_layout=”dark” custom_padding=”11px|||||” text_font_size_tablet=”15px” text_font_size_phone=”14px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The first album of Jos\u00e9 Menese (1963), with lyrics written by Francisco Moreno Galv\u00e1n of great political significance, marked the beginning of an artistic career that would soon garner significant recognition. His committed approach to social issues, which permeated all his future works, was awarded the prestigious National Record Prize awarded by the Chair of Flamencology and Andalusian Folkloric Studies of Jerez de la Frontera.<\/p>\n His committed approach to social issues, which permeated all his future works, was awarded the prestigious National Record Prize awarded by the Chair of Flamencology and Andalusian Folkloric Studies of Jerez de la Frontera. This achievement marked a turning point in his career, consolidating him as one of the most outstanding figures in Andalusian festivals.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text quote_border_color=”#0C71C3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Domine||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”20px” text_line_height=”32em” quote_font=”Domine||||||||” quote_font_size=”18px” quote_line_height=”1.5em” header_2_font=”Domine||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#000000″ background_layout=”dark” custom_padding=”11px|||||” text_font_size_tablet=”15px” text_font_size_phone=”14px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n With the year 1997, came two of the most prestigious awards in the world of flamenco. His outstanding contribution to the genre was highlighted with the “Calle de Alcal\u00e1 Flamenco Award”, awarded by the Caja de Madrid Flamenco Festival, and the recognition as “Patriarch of Cante” at the Flamenco Summit of Murcia.<\/p>\n In September of that same year, Jos\u00e9 Menese presented “A mi madre Remedios”. The chosen scenario was the Cuartel del Conde Duque, within the programming of the Veranos de la Villa, an event sponsored by the City Council of Madrid. Enrique de Melchor contributed his chords to the guitar, and the event had the special participation of Chano Lobato and Juan Carmona “Habichuela”. <\/p>\n Shortly after, Jos\u00e9 Menese joined the cast of “La Vida Breve”, a masterpiece by Manuel de Falla that, under the direction of Maestro Garc\u00eda Navarro, inaugurated with great splendor the stage of the Teatro Real in Madrid. During that same month, he participated in the flamenco cycle of the prestigious Autumn Festival of Madrid, leaving an indelible mark on the public.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/app.allflamenco.net\/detail\/1170\/jose-menese-por-tona” url_new_window=”on” button_text=”Jos\u00e9 Menese in ALL FLAMENCO” _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”18px” button_text_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_text quote_border_color=”#0C71C3″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Domine||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”20px” text_line_height=”32em” quote_font=”Domine||||||||” quote_font_size=”18px” quote_line_height=”1.5em” header_2_font=”Domine||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#000000″ background_layout=”dark” custom_padding=”11px|||||” text_font_size_tablet=”15px” text_font_size_phone=”14px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The poet Rafael Alberti would say of him: “His voice is solemn, it has sap because it has trunk and deep roots.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” border_width_all=”1px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text quote_border_color=”#0C71C3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Domine||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”20px” text_line_height=”32em” quote_font=”Domine||||||||” quote_font_size=”18px” quote_line_height=”1.5em” header_2_font=”Domine||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#000000″ background_layout=”dark” custom_padding=”11px|||||” text_font_size_tablet=”15px” text_font_size_phone=”14px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n In 2016, he passed away in the same land that saw him grow up, a return to his roots that will always make him part of the history of that beloved place. Over the years, Jos\u00e9 Menese, a non-gypsy who sang as if he were, has proven to be a true ambassador of flamenco, and his voice continues to move audiences around the world. His cantes por soleares and seguidiyas are still emblematic. <\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n\n
BIO<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n
Where were you born?<\/span><\/h3>\n
Family<\/span><\/h3>\n
Birth – death<\/span><\/h3>\n
Legend on stage<\/h2>\n
Very international<\/h2>\n
Jos\u00e9 Menese: first recordings<\/h2>\n
The ultimate fame<\/h2>\n
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His legacy<\/h2>\n