Tango:
Astor Piazolla
Hugo Diaz
Lalo Schifrin
Carlos Gardel
Tanghetto
Juan d'Arienzo
Gotan Project
Carlos Libedinsky
Enrique Chia
Carlos Gardel
Osvaldo Berlingieri
Louis Corchia
Hugo del Carril
Silvana Deluigi
Alberto Gomez
Michael Newman
Edmundo Rivero
Luis Rizzo
Horacio Salgan
Hector Varela
Americo
Los Astros del Tango
Alfredo Belusi
Bianco-Bachicha
Guillermo Bordarampé
Francisco Canaro
Pedro Gonez
Mariano Mores
Litto Nebbia
Jo Privat
Osvaldo Pugliese
Susana Rinaldi
Sexteto Mayor
Tango Orchestra of Buenos Aires
Aníbal Troilo
Blues:
Charley Patton
Robert Johnson
Bessie Smith
Count Basie
Son House
Memphis Minnie
Sonny Boy Liston
Rosetta Tharpe
Albert Collins
Billie Holiday
Blind Willie McTell
John Lee Hooker
Tampa Red
Big Mama Thornton
Big Joe Williams
Howlin Wolf
Koko Taylor
Bo Diddley
Taj Mahal
Jimmy Reed
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Orange Adams
BB King
Albert King
Big Bill Broonzy
Jimmy Witherspoon
Tommy Johnson
Screamin Jay Hawkins
Nina Simone
Blind Arvella Gray
Sidney Bechet
Stukey Carmichael
Papa Lightfoot
Eric Clapton
Floyd Dixon
If you can’t manage a way to put these tinges of Spanish in your tunes, you’ll never be able to get the right seasoning for jazz music.
- Jelly Roll Morton
A dance workshop June 6-8, 2008 in Knoxville TN. Geared towards people who are passionate about both blues and tango dancing. The goal is to provide dancers with a broad new vocabulary for interpreting jazz, blues, and tango music.
Friend or email me : dan (a) buenosairesblues.com
Last year we had registrants from :
Annapolis, MD
Asheville, NC
Atlanta, GA
Baltimore, MD
Boone, NC
Boston, MA
Charlotte, NC
Columbia, SC
Cookeville, TN
Hartford, CT
Houston, TX
Knoxville, TN
Louisville, KY
Memphis, TN
Minneapolis, MN
Montgomery, AL
Nashville, TN
Orlando, FL
Triangle cities (R-D-CH), NC
Washington, DC
For questions, email :
shorty.george.productions (a) gmail (dot) com
dan (a) buenosairesblues (dot) com
Philosophy
Blues and Tango have a lot in common - they're both vernacular music and dances with roots in both the European and African traditions. In both cases, the music can be heart-breaking, joyful, and incredibly sensual - possibly all at the same time. The dances are fundamentally improvised; the dancers have the freedom to interpret each song individually, without reliance on memorized patterns. Because of this, they're also incredibly difficult to learn; yet they are all the more rewarding for the challenges and freedoms presented. Dancers in places such as Portland and San Fransisco have begun mixing the elements from both dances, drawing on the ideas of both dances to enhance their ability to interpret the music. Buenos Aires Blues is currently the only workshop of its kind in the Southeast.
It's about time!
Classes
Instructors will come from both the tango and the swing/blues idioms. Expect to see classes in Blues, Tango, and some Bilingual classes. Some of our confirmed instructors (bios up soon!):
Mike "the girl" Legett (Atlanta, GA)
Tony Lucido (Atlanta, GA)
Dan Amores (Toronto, Canada)
Michael and Jaya Gamble (Asheville, NC)
Heather Adams (Knoxville, TN)
Clint Rauscher and Lena Hrybok (Atlanta, GA)
Music
Our DJs will be playing the very best from tango, blues and jazz. These DJs were selected on the basis of their exquisite taste in their respective genres. Expect to see Tango DJs spinning side-by-side with Blues DJs to keep the music mixed up all night long! Some of our confirmed DJs:
Michael Gamble (Asheville, NC)
Clint Rauscher (Atlanta, GA)
Dan Parshall (Knoxville, TN)
Heather Adams (Knoxville, TN)
Instructors Mike Legett and Tony Lucido at Enter the Blues in January
Who I'd like to meet: Dancers of all sorts - Lindy Hoppers, Tangueros, Blues Dancers, etc.
Finally, a combination of my two addictions. This event looks great. I've met Heather and can't wait to meet Les. MN Blues is up and running thanks to Ginger.
This is going to be the best thing that hit the southeast this year...and I'm going to be in class for most of it. *cries into coffee* Bugger all. Maybe I'll drive up Saturday night; the lengths I'll take for a little Blango...swell name by the way.
