Gary Nunez: In his own words ...

NOTES:

Tape time: 3:00 (including :42 music tail)
Add approx  :45 for  intro/outro  -- :30 if outro is spoken over music tail

This piece will fit the new ATC cutaway 

Includes some tape also used in a feature that aired July 25, 2004 
on All Things Considered.

Pronouncers:
Gary Nunez <NOON-yezz>
plena <PLAY-nuh>
Plena Libre <PLAY-nuh LEE-bray>

INTRO: 

During the early '90s, few people remembered the music known 
as "plena" <PLAY-nuh>. In contemporary Puerto Rico, salsa was king. 
Plena was old-fashioned music that used to be 
played by workers in the island's sugar cane fields. 

But bassplayer Gary Nunez <NOON-yezz> hadn't forgotten those 
homegrown rhythms. In 1994 he started a band called  
Plena Libre <PLAY-nuh LEE-bray>. His group helped lead a 
revival of the old rhythms, giving them a contemporary twist 
that made for a series of hits on Puerto Rican dance floors. 
The traditional drum rhythms are the foundation, even in a 
song about a cellular phone.

This is how Gary Nunez describes the music of Plena Libre, in 
his own words ... 

TAPE IN:   "There's a basic pattern for plena ...."

TAPE OUT: Ends with :42 music tail
Last spoken words:  "...this is my goal."

OUTRO: 

Gary Nunez, and the characteristic twin-trombone sound of 
his band, Plena Libre.  

We heard from him as  part of "Musicians in their own 
words," produced by David Schulman and supported by 
the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.  

[Plena ibre will be  performing on DATE 
at VENUE in CITY. 

ALTERNATE CREDIT LANGUAGE, IF READ AT END OF HOUR:

"'Musicians in their own words'' is produced by David
Schulman and supported by the Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting."