Argentinian Astor Piazzolla was responsible for the creation of "tango nuevo", or new/modern tango, fusing traditional tango music with jazz and classical elements. (If you know of Gotan Project, he was an inspiration for them - they also sometimes play his compositions.) While most of the ... Read review
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Advantages: Gorgeous sultry tango music for late-night listening. Disadvantages: Only about 40 minutes of music, not to everyone's taste.
Argentinian Astor Piazzolla was responsible for the creation of "tango nuevo", or new/modern tango, fusing traditional tango music with jazz and classical elements. (If you know of Gotan Project, he was an inspiration for them - they also sometimes play his compositions.) While most of the other albums he recorded are sparklingly precise, this one is slightly rougher round the edges, often slow, sultry, even dirty - and deliberately so, Piazzolla ... ...be played by drunk musicians in a bordello". Which is fair enough, given that is exactly where the tango originated. This is a late recording, made in 1987 (he died in 1992) and features a small group of musicians playing piano, violin, bass, electric guitar, clarinet/alto sax, and bandoneon, which Piazzola himself plays - he did so on all his recordings. The bandoneon is a type of accordion - and before I discovered this kind of music, just thinking ...
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Rough Dancer And The Cyclical Night - Astor Piazzolla
Main specs
Title: Rough Dancer And The Cyclical Night
Performer: Astor Piazzolla
Genre: World Music
Sub Genre: Tango
Release Date: 03/04/2000
Original Release Year: 1987
Label / Distributor: Nonesuch / Cinram Logistics
Producer: Kip Hanrahan; Astor Piazzolla
Pieces in Set: 1
Studio / Live: Studio
Stereo: Stereo
Format: Performer
EAN: 75597951523
Catalogue Number: 7559795152
SPAR code: AAD
Additional notes
Album Notes: Full title: The Rough Dancer And The Cyclical Night (Tango Apasionado).
Album Reviews: CMJ (4/17/00, p.18) - \"...Hearkens back to the days when tango was played in brothels and bars, which is exactly what Piazzolla intended.\"
Titles on disc 1
1.: Prologue
2.: Milonga For Three
3.: Street Tango
4.: Milonga Picaresque
5.: Knife Fight
6.: Leonora's Song
7.: Prelude To The Cyclical Night
8.: Butcher's Death
9.: Leijia's Game
10.: Milonga For Three (Reprise)
11.: Bailongo
12.: Leonora's Love Theme
13.: Finale (Tango Appasionado)
14.: Prelude To The Cyclical Night (part 2)
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