Jazz Articles about Trio Nuevo

Trio Nuevo: Jazz Meets Tango

by Dan McClenaghan
June 20, 2007

Trio Nuevo's Jazz Meets Tango, is the brainchild of Rotterdam, Netherlands-based saxophonist Dick de Graaf. The set pays tribute to the creator of Nuevo Tango, Astor Piazzolla, covering seven of the master's tunes, and adding four more from de Graaf's pen.The instrumentation of violin, accordion, and saxophone--with no bass or drums in the mix--has a fluid and flexible feeling, brimming with freedom and passion.Piazzolla recorded with jazz musicians Gerry Mulligan and Gary Burton, but those efforts ...