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Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla (Spanish:, Italian: [pjatˈtsɔlla]; March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger. His works revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music.
Five Tango Sensations is a suite of works (Asleep—Loving—Anxiety—Despertar—Fear) for bandoneón and string quartet written in 1989 by Argentine composer Ástor Piazzolla. It was premiered in New York that year and recorded immediately afterwards by the Kronos Quartet and the composer, who played the bandoneón.
Piazzolla's Quintento Nuevo Tango (1978–1988) with Astor Piazzolla, Fernando Suarez Paz, Hector Console, Horacio Malvicino and Pablo Ziegler was decisive for the worldwide success of Nuevo Tango. Sometime later, Piazzolla met jazz saxophonist Gerry Mulligan, which led to the production of an album considered a classic of the genre: Summit. [12]
Recorded in New York City in 1987, the album was produced by Kip Hanrahan and Piazzolla. [5] [6] Its music was originally developed as a theater performance about the history of the tango. [7] Piazzolla, who played the bandoneon, recorded the album with his Quinteto Tango Nuevo. [8] [9] Paquito D'Rivera played saxophone on Rough Dancer. [10]
Suite Punta del Este is a tango nuevo work for orchestral strings and a bandoneón written by the Argentine composer Ástor Piazzolla in 1982. Punta del Este is a Uruguayan seaside resort where the artist spent many summers and particularly enjoyed shark fishing. [1]
Tango: Zero Hour (Nuevo Tango: Hora Zero in Spanish) is an album by Ástor Piazzolla and his Quinteto Nuevo Tango (in English: New Tango Quintet, often loosely referred to as his second quintet). It was released in September 1986 on American Clavé, and re-released on Pangaea Records in 1988. [2] Piazzolla considered this his greatest album.
Adiós Nonino from Ástor Piazzolla's Adiós Nonino CD, recorded in Buenos Aires in 1969 (in RealAudio format) Adios Nonino, Astor Piazzolla y su Quinteto Tango Nuevo (1984) live in Utrecht, Netherlands (VPRO-TV/Theo Uittenbogaard) Live-Concert of Astor Piazzola at Teatro Colón June 11, 1984 Adiós Nonino on YouTube.
The lineup for this recording was Ástor Piazzolla (bandoneon), Pablo Ziegler (piano), Fernando Suarez Paz (violin), Hector Console (double bass) and Horacio Malvicino, Sr. (guitar). This would prove to be the Quintet's last recording and Piazzolla would put together his final ensemble, the Sexteto Nuevo Tango (New Tango Sextet), that same year.