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Track Listings
| 1. Tanguedia III |
| 2. Milonga Del Angel |
| 3. Concierto Para Quinteto |
| 4. Milonga Loca |
| 5. Michelangelo '70 |
| 6. Contrabajisimo |
| 7. Mumuki |
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Astor Piazzolla lived and died as tango's bad boy, having almost single handedly invented the music's vanguard, the form known as tango nuevo. It took Piazzolla decades to reach his unequivocal apex, which is captured flawlessly on Tango Zero Hour. When this recording was cut in 1986, some of the compositions Piazzolla and his quintet cued up were standards for the band. Whether it was an epiphanic period or not, the recording captures an ensemble alchemically transforming seriously complex works into goose-bump-inducing electricity. Pianist Pablo Ziegler brings his jazz background into the mix with jarring urgency, just as violinist Fernando Suárez Paz makes quavering classical inflections sing amid Piazzolla's here tender and there blistering bandoneon. For a peak experience in music that challenges the ear to dance and the body to fully listen, look no further than this recording. --Andrew Bartlett
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Wow. This is kind of music that can be only created by someone who's live a lifetime of love and joy, regret and sorrow. This is the music of being human. I don't know how else to describe it except that listening to this album was a transcendental experience. I hope you will give this album a shot because you will be doing a travesty to yourself if you don't.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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...but your father might have liked it, if he listened with an open mind. For me - this is absolutely one of the most stunning recordings I've ever heard. Piazzolla (bandoneón) and the musicians he assembled for this quintet (Fernando Suárez Paz, violin; Pablo Ziegler, piano; Horacio Malvicino, Sr., guitar; and Héctor Console, bass) gave the performances of their collective lifetimes when they made this album, recorded in NYC in May of 1986. It is the zenith of Piazzolla's career - and that's saying a lot, considering the contributions he made to music in his lifetime.
The music is nuevo tango - the traditional soul of tango, full of the emotion that it has always carried (and with which it carries its listeners and dancers), charged and reborn with all of the grit and grime that exists 'at street level'. Gosh - if the tangos we're used to hearing and seeing in the old films made your grandmother blush, this would most certainly put her on the floor in a dead faint. The music is intricately composed - but at the same time, it is FELT in the depths of the soul. There is nothing whatsoever cold and emotionless about it. The musicians themselves are of the highest caliber - some are classically trained, some have their roots in jazz, but they are all under the spell of Piazzolla's vision. The quiet passages purr and stroke the senses, the more strident ones will pick the listener up and toss them around. The music will make you want to close your eyes and drift away one moment, then have you sweating the next.
Piazzolla made one more recording with this group, LA CAMORRA, and one featuring some of the same players (but not all of them), THE ROUGH DANCER AND THE CYCLICAL NIGHT (based on a story by the great Argentinean literary master Jorge Luis Borges). These two are very, very good - but ZERO HOUR is his greatest.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This is it. I think that the other reviewers have said everithing there is to say about this album. But as an Argentinian, I just felt the need to write something about the extraordinare Astor Piazzolla. Evwn though I'm to young to have witnessed and understood his music while he was alive (I'm 20). His music is timeless. I like to think about his music as the soundtrack of Buenos Aires. Driving through Bs As Downtown with Piazzola on, is a incredible experience. Nothing can compare to that.
Thank you Astor.
Thank you Astor.
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Extraordinary tango
This album is incredible.
Piazzolla and the New Tango Quintet play with extraordinary cohesion, grace, nuance, fire, and absolute beauty. Read more
Published on Feb 1 2004 by Noyes Maybe
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best nuevo tango album
The first i bought and by far the best of PIazzola's nuevo tango record i heard. The sound is great and there is no single piece that will stuck in your mind for a long long... Read more
Published on July 20 2003 by ioannis
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Piazzolla is divine!
This album is Piazzolla at his best!
Gracias,
Lorena Armulescu
Gracias,
Lorena Armulescu
Published on Dec 18 2002 by Lorena Armulescu
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is "soul food"
Astor Piazzolla's interpretation of tango-jazz is about beauty, sophistication, and mystery. I know I'll be listening to this album for the rest of my life. Enjoy!
Published on July 3 2002 by MilesAhead
5.0 out of 5 stars
A unique visionary at his best
I will try to be brief in light of the quality of the other reviewers. Two quick points. This man is as unique a musical visionary as Monk, Ornette Coleman, Mingus, or Jimi... Read more
Published on Jun 22 2002 by greg taylor
5.0 out of 5 stars
Quite simply, the best Piazzolla album of them all
If you have to own just one Astor Piazzolla album, make it this one. From start to finish, it is simply the best in all respects, particulary in how the entire album is so... Read more
Published on April 17 2002 by chefdevergue
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Sultry!
Astor Piazzolla should undeniably go down as one of the greatest composers in the latter half of the 20th century. Read more
Published on April 10 2002 by Thomas C. Nagy
5.0 out of 5 stars
WOW!
This is a great CD. Piazzolla's words ("We gave our souls to this record") ring true. Miss it at your own peril. Read more
Published on Nov 30 2001 by "04aac"
5.0 out of 5 stars
NOT TO BE MISSED
Just accept my word for it, if you miss out on this recording you miss out totally on what Piazzolla has to say and what Piazzola has to say about the tango is worth listening to. Read more
Published on Nov 6 2001
5.0 out of 5 stars
NOT TO BE MISSED
Just accept my word for it, if you miss out on this recording you miss out totally on what Piazzolla has to say and what Piazzola has to say about the tango is worth listening to. Read more
Published on Nov 6 2001 by S. N. Corder
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