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argentine tango newbie help

Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:41 pm
by lipi
ideally, i'd like to find a forum like this one for argentine tango dj's. any leads?

failing that, some websites, books, or lists of suggested compilations to start would be peachy, too. i know piazzolla is too nuevo for my taste (and strictly not done at milongas in b.a., i hear), gardel is too lyric-y, and di sarli is a basie-like figure i ought to love. that's about it, though.

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:19 am
by PhysicsDan
Carlos Libedinsky is the man.
Hugo Diaz is pretty good.
Lalo Schifrin varies, look for the "Tango" movie soundtrack.

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:11 pm
by julius
A google search on "Argentine tango music" immediately turns up this very informative-looking site:

http://www.tejastango.com/tango_music_collection.html

In addition to those you've mentioned, Pugliese and Firpo are pretty good (in my very limited knowledge of tango music).

Oh yeah, I forgot:

http://www.colortango.com.ar/eng/index.html

This orchestra is VERY GOOD. VERY VERY GOOD. And they play live gigs.