The popularity of tango comes and goes, but the "vertical expression of horizontal desire" has remained synonymous with passion, unrequited love, and nostalgia for more than a century. Popularized by Rudolph Valentino and Carlos Gardel, and more recently by Madonna and Julio Iglesias, and often celebrated by Hollywood and Broadway, the tango has been reinterpreted continuously with less fanfare by old and young musicians in Buenos Aires and beyond. Eschewing well-known tangos like "La Cumparsita" for more obscure selections that illustrate the varied styles of tango, Bailemos Tango! elegantly demonstrates how tango music has evolved from the 1920s through today. Compiled by a team of Argentine tango dancers and aficionados, the 19-track CD has a rich sound that is rootsy, not slick. It opens with a '20s instrumental number by Uruguayan bandleader Miguel Villasboas in the style of canyegue, a flamboyant rhythm danced with bent knees.
Subsequent tracks highlight the disparate musical styles that make up the tango: the Cuban-influenced milonga, the African beat of candombé, and the tango ballad, or canción, illustrated here by "Yira-Yira," one of Gardel's more obscure recordings. Other well-known talents included here are famed 1940s bandoleón player Aníbal Troilo, expressive pianist Osvaldo Pugliese, and tango modernist Astor Piazzolla. Bailemos Tango! ends with a contemporary tango played by Tangata Rea, a group of young Argentine musicians set on reviving the music and dance for their generation. As its title suggests, Bailemos Tango! will enrich the repertoire of dedicated dancers. For nondancers, it provides a sentimental education in the tango art, nice for quiet evenings at home with loved ones, but more appropriate for evenings spent yearning for them. --Judy Cantor
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ASIN: B00004TIOP Release Date: 2000-06-20 |
Tracks:
- Luz Verde (Milonga) - Miguel Villasboas Y Su Orquesta Tipica
- Milonga Al Toque (Milonga) - Trio Pantago
- Fueye (Tango) - Trio Hugo Diaz
- El Apache Argentino (Milonga) - Los Muchachos De Antes
- El Nino Jacinto (Milonga Condombe) - Roberto Firpo Y Su Orquesta Tipica/Alberto Diale
- Yira, Yira (Tango Cancion) - Carlos Gardei
- Flor De Montserrat (Candombe) - Rodolfo Biagi Y Su Orquesta/Alberto Amor
- Retirao (Tango) - Anibal Troilo
- Que Falta Que Me Haces (Tango Cancion) - Miguel Calo Y Su Orquesta Tipica/Alberto Podesta
- Desde El Alma (Vals) - Osvaldo Pugliese
- Los Suenos (Tango) - Astor Piazzolla Y Su Quinteto
- Zaraza (Tango Cancion) - Rodolfo Biagi Y Su Orquesta
- Ventarron (Tango) - Omar Valente
- Champagne Tango (Tango) - Quinteto Franciso/Antonio D'Alessandro
- Por La Vuelta (Tango Cancion) - Hector Pacheco
- La Trampera (Milonga) - Walter Rios/Ricardo Dominguez
- El Amanecer (Tango) - Gran Quinteto Real
- A Evaristo Carriego (Tango) - Osvaldo Pugliese
- Danzarin (Tango) - Tangata Rea
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The popularity of tango comes and goes, but the "vertical expression of horizontal desire" has remained synonymous with passion, unrequited love, and nostalgia for more than a century. Popularized by Rudolph Valentino and Carlos Gardel, and more recently by Madonna and Julio Iglesias, and often celebrated by Hollywood and Broadway, the tango has been reinterpreted continuously with less fanfare by old and young musicians in Buenos Aires and beyond. Eschewing well-known tangos like "La Cumparsita" for more obscure selections that illustrate the varied styles of tango, Bailemos Tango! elegantly demonstrates how tango music has evolved from the 1920s through today. Compiled by a team of Argentine tango dancers and aficionados, the 19-track CD has a rich sound that is rootsy, not slick. It opens with a '20s instrumental number by Uruguayan bandleader Miguel Villasboas in the style of canyegue, a flamboyant rhythm danced with bent knees.Subsequent tracks highlight the disparate musical styles that make up the tango: the Cuban-influenced milonga, the African beat of candombé, and the tango ballad, or canción, illustrated here by "Yira-Yira," one of Gardel's more obscure recordings. Other well-known talents included here are famed 1940s bandoleón player Aníbal Troilo, expressive pianist Osvaldo Pugliese, and tango modernist Astor Piazzolla. Bailemos Tango! ends with a contemporary tango played by Tangata Rea, a group of young Argentine musicians set on reviving the music and dance for their generation. As its title suggests, Bailemos Tango! will enrich the repertoire of dedicated dancers. For nondancers, it provides a sentimental education in the tango art, nice for quiet evenings at home with loved ones, but more appropriate for evenings spent yearning for them. --Judy Cantor
Customer Reviews:
Good selection but maybe to many milongas.......2007-01-04
Tango review.......2006-02-04
Must buy this CD.......2005-03-01
A Tango Dancer's Tango CD -- must buy!.......2000-09-23
Tango is a music form that has evolved in the 20th Century. It is an organic, growing form that reflects the history of the people of Argentina and Uruguay and is influenced by other forces in world music. This CD brings together the good danceable music covering the 20th Century. I must confess that I am one of those "tango junkies" who will take a CD to wedding receptions, to the VFW dances, and to Sunday afternoon dances at a Masonic hall to request the music I love to dance to. This is the CD I take to those dances. Most disc jockeys will not let you have a whole set of four tangos, but they will let you have perhaps one or two tangos during the evening. My choice of tangos is on this disk. You will like this disk even if you are not a true milongero. You don't have to be a porteño to love this music. It is sweet, sensuous, sexy, romantic, and just all-around good for easy listening.
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