It depends on the audience Lois. My first experience was with a classical music station. I quickly made the connection between Tango and classical music with the instrumentation and the southern European influence, starting with Piazzola. Then just a taste of 30's to 70's, explaining the progression. Some vocal. I chose Alvarez, the opera star plus a Barenboim / Mederos number. Even so reaction was mixed - some excellent direct feedback and some listeners were offended because it was not classical music. (Poor sad folks).
At the local jazz radio station, it's a little more relaxed and I would bring in plenty of jazz fusion, starting with Piazzola / Gary Burton etc., Most important, think about the audience and don't attempt to convert them in one show. Best wishes. Hope it goes well, John On 30/07/2011, at 2:08 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:44:10 -0500 > From: Lois Donnay <[email protected]> > Subject: [Tango-L] Tango radio show > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <CAKdAEEt=ugrelwi81s03x8-xohdktqkjre7slve90b2xgr3...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I have been given the opportunity to do a radio show about Argentine tango. > Has anyone else had this opportunity? What did you do? What worked and what > didn't? What suggestions do people have for the best music to play? > > I am thinking to start with Gardel, play a little Canaro, D'Arienzo, > DiSarli, Troilo, Pugliese, Piazzola, Bajafondo, in that order, with > commentary in between. I'd also like to talk about some lyrics. > > > > Lois Donnay > Minneapolis, MN _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
