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Quartango: Espirit

Read "Espirit" reviewed by Dave Nathan


There has been a resurgence in the tango partly due to the championing of Argentine tango master Astor Piazzolla by Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer and Brazilian guitarists Sergio and Odair Assad. Now comes the French Canadian tango quartet with an album adapting this dance form to other musical genre such as jazz, opera, Cuban music, etc. This objective notwithstanding, the result comes closer to a program of pleasant light classics. That each of the musicians is classically trained is an ...


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