January 19, 2024

Tango can not exist without fantasy

Antonio Gavrila is a 27-year-old pianist from Romania who is obsessed with the music of Astor Piazzolla, the person who invented nuevo tango in the 1950s by bringing improvisation, counterpoint and dissonance to the Argentine tango tradition.  Gavrila went to Buenos Aires to record his first band album Tango Suite Buenos Aires with the members of Pablo Ziegler's combo; Ziegler was Piazzolla's long-time pianist.
 
You'll hear the spectacular results on this week's edition of Global A Go-Go, along with music by Piazzolla, Ziegler and Evan Lurie, the last of whom will be performing his nuevo tango compositions for the first time in 30 years at the Big Ears Festival this March.
 
Also this week (Sunday January 21, 1:00-3:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards at wrir.org/listen, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at my podcast site): A whole lot of new music, including gnawa-rock from Kosmo Sound and Shay Hazan, the Afro sounds of Newen Afrobeat, Oliver Nayoka, Afriquoi and Adama Yalomba, a reggae remix of Marvin Gaye, Locobeach's cumbia, Toco's samba-soul and the Balkan and klezmer brass of Džambo Aguševi and Frank London.

 
 
Artist | Country | Song | Recording | Label | Year
 
Oliver Lake | USA | Separation | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1997
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros | England UK | Global A Go-Go | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001
 
Bab L'Bluz | Morocco-France | Ila Mata | Nayda! | Real World | 2020
Kosmo Sound | Belgium-Morocco | Yomala (feat Imane Geumssy) | Yomala (feat Imane Geumssy) - Single | Zephyrus | 2023
Moktar Gania & Gnawa Soul | Morocco-France-Israel | Soudani Foulani | Gnawa Soul | Musjomusic / Nuits d’Afrique | 2022
Shay Hazan | Israel | A Walk In Dir El-Assad | A Walk In Dir El-Assad - Single | Batov | 2023
 
Newen Afrobeat | Chile-Colombia | Grietas (feat Lido Pimienta) | Grietas (feat Lido Pimienta) - Single | Lichens Family | 2023
Oliver Nayoka | Nigeria | Iyi Eri Oba | Iyi Eri Oba - Single | Odogwu Entertainment / Palenque | 2024
 
Los Chicharrons | Dominican Republic-USA-Denmark-Mali | Saramba's Song | Roots Of Life | Tummy Touch | 2010
Afriquoi | England UK-The Gambia-RD Congo | Loco Niño (feat Zed Bias) | Loco Niño (feat Zed Bias) - Single | IFG | 2023
Adama Yalomba | Mali | Mon Enfant | Tanou | Remote / Studio Mali | 2024
 
Bunny Wailer | Jamaica | Ballroom Floor | Rock 'N' Groove | Solomonic | 1981
Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston | USA-Germany | It Takes Two (Boomrush Backup remix) | It Takes Two (Boomrush Backup remix) - Single | Boomrush Productions | 2024
Locobeach | USA-Venezuela | El Año Viejo | El Año Viejo - Single | Dorsal Fin | 2023
Toco | Brazil-Italy | Guajiru | Guajiru - Single | Schema | 2023
 
Evan Lurie | USA-Argentina | The Spinster's Waltz | Selling Water By The Side Of The River | Antilles | 1990
Pablo Ziegler & His Quintet For New Tango | Argentina | Asfalto | Asfalto | BMG | 1998
Antonio Gavrila | Romania-Argentina | Michaelangelo 70 | Tango Suite Buenos Aires | Zoho Music | 2023
Astor Piazzolla & Su Quinteto Nuevo Tango | Argentina | Tanguedia III | Tango: Zero Hour | American Clavé | 1986
 
Džambo Aguševi Orchestra | North Macedonia | Kucheka Bum Bum | Kucheka Bum Bum - Single | Asphalt Tango | 2023
Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra vs. Fanfare Ciocărlia | Serbia-Romania | James Bond Theme | Balkan Brass Battle | Asphalt Tango | 2011
Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars | USA | GREEKZ (Yevonim) | Chronika | Borscht Beat | 2023-2008
Boban & Marko Marković Orchestra | Serbia | Divlij Konj | Gipsy Manifesto | Piranha | 2013

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