There is tango B.P. (Before Piazzolla), and then there is tango A.P. (After Piazzolla)! The Grand Master of "Tango Nuevo", Astor Piazzolla caused quite a commotion in the Buenos Aires Boca of the fifties, when he decided to interweave jazz with tango. "Sacrilege!", exclaimed the purists for whom tango was a religion. "Tango must swing!", answered the man whose name today is synonymous with tango the world over. He became without a doubt the biggest revelation of the 1984 edition of the Festival, after colouring the Spectrum with the languorous chants of his bandoneon. Following his triomphant return performance in 1986 with l'Orchestre Métropolitain at Place des Arts, Astor Piazzolla will be going back to his roots with his group The Nuevo Tango Sexteto.
Astor Piazzolla (bandoneon)
José Bragato (cello)
Hector Lorenzo Console (bass)
Gerardo Jorge Ganciini (piano)
Horacio Esteban Malvicino (guitar)
Julio Oscar Pane (bandoneon)