Astor 2020 - Selection Process
We have one week to go. Make your contribution today, here. I figured that producing an album of this scale was going to be daunting, so I called my friend Ignacio Varchausky (tango musician, producer, educator and radio host) and asked if he would help me brainstorm. Ignacio has produced tons of tango album…he’s been to this rodeo many times. I told him that I thought it would be important to strike a balance between a number of factors: instrumentation, compositional style,
Astor 2020 - How it all started
We tango musicians don’t have much clarity when it comes to what to do with Piazzolla. You were always supposed to love him or hate him. I couldn’t hate him…like many of you, his was the first tango music I heard. So I chose to listen to him, try to understand him, embrace him, and try to make sense of how his bold, very personal brand fit in with the rest of tango. Everything changed in April 2019. I was on tour in Japan, and among the many interesting concert situations I e
