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PHOTO COURTESY LARRY HAMMETT
Larry Hammett, an American jazz guitarist, and Oscar Herrero, a Spanish flamenco guitarist and composer, will perform “A Jazz Flamenco Duo” 7 p.m. Friday in the Performing Arts Complex on the Edinburg campus.
Hammett and Herrero will spontaneously select pieces from their compositions and combine their very different styles of music, according to the event’s description in Showpass.
Hammett said they were together all summer creating new “supply” for several upcoming concerts with this one being the first together.
He said the main challenge was to take Herrero’s pieces and add his background to put a piece together.
“It was challenging but, in the end, we both did it together,” Hammett said.
The jazz guitarist said they are both “excited and prepared” for the concert as both have separate projects to do before and after the jazz flamenco duo concert.
“It will be really a delight to just have somebody on stage that’s my friend and be able to play stuff that we had a lot of fun creating,” he said.
Herrero and Hammett met 15 years ago after Hammett took an online lesson from him.
“We discovered some things that we have in common outside of music,” Hammett said.
The American musician described the idea of the duo as a “natural thought after a brief time.”
Hammett said the audience can expect two veteran guitar players with unique music while performing.
“[The recordings] are very unique; they’re very pretty, also,” he said. “It’s very enjoyable, very powerful for people who’ve done anything about music and people who don’t know a lot about music.”
Hammet said the experience will be something “inclusive” for everyone in the performance and invited students to “come out and have some fun.” Admission is free.
For more information, special accommodations and/or RSVP, visit the event’s Showpass page.
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