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OSCAR HERRERO – A GREAT TANGO VIOLINIST FROM THE GOLDEN AGE

NOCHERO SOY, (Track 8 on Tango Project Loca Bohemia) by OSCAR LUIS HERRERO (Cacho) (5 July 1921 – 23 February 1999) Herrero’s famous instrumental of 1956, Nochero Soy, is a curiously modern tango 56 years after it’s composition. It is a tango containing a relentless dance beat, but also a combination of rhythmic and melodic rubato surrounding one truly sublime violin solo, […]

TANGO MUSIC IN THE 1920s

FRANCISCO DE CARO (composer of Loca Bohemia, track 10) was the pianist and largely the creative force of the legendary Sexteto Julio De Caro. With his brother, leader and violinist Julio, they revolutionized the way tango was written and interpreted, founding the “Guardia Nueva” movement…Many years later Astor Piazzolla would honor their contribution with his composition “Decarissimo”…the great […]

TANGO – DISCIPLINED OR FREE ?

TANGO…restrained, internal, expressive or flamboyant? Track 6 on Tango Project Loca Bohemia is ZITA by Astor Piazzolla. A tango written for The late Anibal Troilo’s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An%C3%ADbal_Troilo wife, Zita is a perfect example of what can happen when different musicians approach the same piece. Piazzolla recorded most of his own tangos many times – always differently. Unlike classical western […]

NEW ENGLAND FESTIVAL OF CHAMBER MUSIC

STUDENT TANGO IN REGIONAL AUSTRALIA I just love going to the country and meeting eager young musicans who are interested in world music. Last week I was invited to take part in the inaugural New England Festival of Chamber Music which was held by New England Conservatorium of Music NECOM in Armidale, NSW. Along with my […]

TRACK 3 – Redención by Alfredo Gobbi – Arranged for Tango Project Loca Bohemia by Andrés Linetzky

Violinist, composer and leader, Gobbi was born on May 14, 1912. His full name was Alfredo Julio Floro Gobbi and he was known as “The romantic violin of tango” It has been accurately said that “in the modern musical clothing of Alfredo Gobbi, the last example of tango with long hair was dying down”. That […]

Assassination Tango

Assassination Tango is a movie staring Robert Duval as a seasoned hit man who is sent on a job to Argentina. As he waits for the General he’s sent to kill to his return to the country, he passes the time with Manuela, a beautiful dancer who becomes his teacher and guide into Argentina’s sensual […]

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