Astor Piazzolla
Argentina
Born: 11 March 1921
Died: 05 July 1992
Years Active: 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90
Genres: Latin, International, Jazz
Styles: Tango, Latin America, Latin America, World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Latin Jazz
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It's not hyperbole to say that Astor Piazzolla is the single most important figure in the history of tango, a towering giant whose shadow looms large over everything that preceded and followed him. Piazzolla's place in Argentina's greatest cultural export is roughly equivalent to that of Duke Ellington in jazz -- the genius composer who took an earthy, sensual, even disreputable folk music and elevated it into a sophisticated form of high art. But even more than Ellington, Piazzolla was also a virtuosic performer with a near-unparalleled master...
Influenced by
- Duke Ellington (169)
- Carlos Gardel (0)
Followers
- Julio Iglesias (74)
- Gary Burton (55)
- Richard Galliano (26)
- Tosca (25)
- Lalo Schifrin (16)
- Gotan Project (15)
- Juana Molina (12)
- Christopher O'Riley (4)
- Ute Lemper (3)
- Kip Hanrahan (1)
- Guy Klucevsek (1)
- Tullio De Piscopo (0)
- Reijo Taipale (0)
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