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Previously Sexteto Tanguedia, but now with a string trio: Orquesta Tanguedia. A Belgian Tango orchestra founded by Gwen Cresens, that plays Astor Piazolla combined with own songs.
Has released the albums “Sara verso il matino” in 2002 and “In bocca al lupo” in 2005.
(...) CACERES’s new CD Tango Negro Trio is particularly revealing, a fine introduction to his poetics, beginning with its title and the track “Viva el candombe negro”, a clear homage to tango’s African roots. The poignancy of his [...]
Quinteto Zarate plays Argentinian Tango in the style of the famous Quinteto Réal founded by Horacio Salgán. All group members are conservatory trained and have come to their love of tango in individual ways. Their shared interest in the Salgán style inspired them to create the Quinteto Zarate. In their performances, virtuoso arrangements by Salgán [...]
Mandragora is a musical collective that can range from a duo to a 9-piece orchestra. On most Sunday evenings, they play as a quartet of Accordion, Violin, Guitar and Bass at the Loring Pasta Bar (Minneapolis).
A sample:
La Cumparsita: Mixing everybody’s favorite tango with a cool bass riff from Jesus Christ Superstar
from: Mandragoratango.com
His show on Radio Belgrano meant for him achieving the nickname “Manos Brujas” (Spellbinding Hands), which was the title of a foxtrot by José María Aguilar that he played at the beginning of each show with his orchestra. His first singer was Teófilo Ibáñez, successful interpreter of the tangos “Gólgota”, “La novena” and the milonga [...]
In 1952 Roberto Goyeneche is convoked to sing in Horacio Salgán’s orchestra where he sang with Angel “Paya” Díaz. Among his records with Salgán were “Alma de loca” (“Soul of crazy woman”) and “Un cielo para los dos” (“A sky for the both of us”), which he sang with Díaz. Later on he is convoked [...]
Francisco Lomuto’s (...) orchestra, even if does not truly belong to the first rank, was an important and popular dance orchestra in its day and left some wonderful recordings. You can get an idea of his popularity from the number of recordings that he left: over 950 titles between 1922 and his death in 1950. [...]
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