finetune artist: Astor Piazzolla

While tango had long been associated with the dancehalls of Buenos Aires, Astor Piazolla reinvented the music for the concert stage. In the 1950s and 1960s, he infused tango with the oblique harmonies of jazz and classical music, as well as new instruments such as electric guitar, and although he may have alienated traditionalists, he gained a worldwide audience seduced by his music's exotic beauty. Over the course of five decades, Piazolla continually expanded the scope of the tango--or "tango nuevo," as his music came to be called--to produce a wealth of inventive, emotionally rich music. He died in 1992.

Listen to Astor Piazzolla at Finetune.

(2008) Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival
(2006) The Lausanne Concert
(2006) Sur
(2006) Piazzolla Classiques
(2006) Tango Sensations
(2006) Bandoneon Sinfonico
(2006) El nuevo Tango de Buenos Aires
(2006) Tanguedia de Amor
(2006) Muerte del Angel
(2006) Concierto de Nacar
(2006) Libertango
(2006) Tres minutos con la realidad
(2006) Adios Nonino
(2006) Hommage a Liege
(2005) Otono Porteno
(2005) The Soul Of Tango - Greatest Hits
(2005) The Montreal Jazz Festival Concert
(2005) Itinerary Of A Genius
(2005) Unmixed
(2005) 4 Seasons de Buenos Aires
(2005) Maria de Buenos Aires
(2005) La Camorra: The Solitude Of Passionate Provocation
(2005) Tango: Zero Hour
(2005) Concierto Para Bandoneon/Tres Tangos
(2005) Rough Dancer And The Cyclical Night
(1999) La Camorra: La Soledad de la Provocacion Apasiona
(1996) An Hour With Reality (57 Minutos Con La Realidad)
(1994) La Historia Del Tango Vol.1
(1992) Luna
(1991) Grandes Exitos
(1988) Concierto para bandoneon / Tres tangos for bandoneon and orchestra
(1987) The New Tango

Libertango
Adios Nonino
Vuelvo al sur
Buenos Aires Hora Cero
Milonga Del Angel