Astor Piazzolla - Steel Guitar Must Tango

Susan Alcorn (deceased) · Post by **Susan Alcorn (deceased)** » 25 Jan 2009 2:41 pm

Here is a trio version of Astor Piazzolla's "Adios Nonino" performed two weeks ago at the 2640 in Baltimore - Melissa Hullman on violin, Jake Lecke on double bass, and myself on the pedal steel guitar. In this arrangement what we attempted to do was to combine the Piazzolla's written music with free improvisation.

I've always felt that Astor Piazzolla's music was like a bridge from the traditional tangos to a sense of surrealism (which I think exists deep inside every tango) and to other forms of music. Hopefully our approach will do a bit of justice to both.

http://web.me.com/susanalcorn/Susan_Alc ... onino.html

If it takes a bit of time to load the audio, my apologies. I didn't want to sacrifice too much of the sound quality.

Jim Phelps · Post by **Jim Phelps** » 25 Jan 2009 4:37 pm

Wow! That was fantastic.

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 25 Jan 2009 11:44 pm

Jim Phelps wrote:Wow! That was fantastic.

I agree. Susan, it's good that you are finally getting the recognition you've deserved for so long.

Steve Alcott · Post by **Steve Alcott** » 26 Jan 2009 10:43 pm

Beautiful-I really liked how you opened it up. This comes from a longtime Piazzolla admirer who isn't generally fond of others' performances of his music. Your interpretation showed a great understanding of his world.

Dean Parks · Post by **Dean Parks** » 27 Jan 2009 9:42 pm

Great, Susan. Beautiful sound and touch.