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.

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Oliver Lake, “Separation”

from Matador Of 1st & 1st

Passin Thru - 1996

USA

Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, “Global a Go-Go”

from Global A Go-Go

BMG Rights Management (US) LLC - 2001

England UK

Bab L'Bluz, “Ila Mata”

from Nayda!

Real World Records - 2020

Morocco-France

Kosmo Sound, “Yomala (feat. Imane Guemssy)”

from Yomala (feat. Imane Guemssy) - Single

Zephyrus Records - 2023

Belgium-Morocco

Moktar Gania & Gnawa Soul, “Soudani Foulani”

from Gnawa Soul

Disques Nuits d'Afrique - 2022

Morocco-France-Israel

Shay Hazan, “A Walk In Dir El-Assad”

from A Walk In Dir El-Assad - Single

Batov - 2023

Israel

Newen Afrobeat, “Grietas (feat Lido Pimienta)”

from Grietas (feat Lido Pimienta) - Single

Lichens Family - 2023

Chile-Colombia

Oliver Nayoka, “Iyi Eri Oba”

from Iyi Eri Oba - Single

Odogwu Entertainment / Palenque - 2024

Nigeria

Los Chicharrons, “Saramba's Song”

from Roots Of Life

Tummy Touch Records - 2011

Dominican Republic-USA-Denmark-Mali

Zed Bias & Afriquoi, “Loco Niño”

from Loco Niño - Single

IFG Records - 2023

England UK-The Gambia-RD Congo

Adama Yalomba, “Mon Enfant”

from Tanou

Remote / Studio Mali - 2024

Mali

Bunny Wailer, “Ballroom Floor”

from Rock 'N' Groove

Solomonic - 1981

Jamaica

Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston, “It Takes Two (Boomrush Backup remix)”

from It Takes Two (Boomrush Backup remix) - Single

Boomrush Productions - 2024

USA-Germany

Locobeach, “El Año Viejo”

from El Año Viejo - Single

Dorsal Fin - 2023

USA-Venezuela

Toco, “Guajiru”

from Guajiru - Single

Schema Record - 2023

Brazil-Italy

Evan Lurie, “The Spinster's Waltz”

from Selling Water By The Side Of The River

Antilles - 1990

USA-Argentina

Pablo Ziegler & His Quintet For New Tango, “Asfalto”

from Asfalto

BMG - 1998

Argentina

Antonio Gavrila, “Michelangelo 70 (feat. Walter Castro, Quique Sinesi & Horacio "Mono" Hurtado)”

from Tango Suite Buenos Aires (feat. Walter Castro, Quique Sinesi & Horacio Mono Hurtado)

Zoho - 2023

Romania-Argentina

Astor Piazzolla, “Tanguedia III”

from Tango: Zero Hour

Nonesuch - 2005

Argentina, 1986

Džambo Aguševi Orchestra, “Kucheka Bum Bum”

from Kucheka Bum Bum - Single

Asphalt Tango Records - 2023

North Macedonia

Boban & Marko Marković Orchestra vs. Fanfare Ciocărlia, “James Bond Theme”

from Balkan Brass Battle

Asphalt Tango Records - 2011

Serbia-Romania