Pablo Ziegler Quintet

Piazzolla, and beyond

by James M. Manheim

posted 3/1/2007

For many, the word tango conjures full-contact dance and music on the accordion — actually a bandoneón, or German concertina — that's equal parts sultriness and late-night despair. Then, a bit more than twenty years ago, something new was added to the picture when stor Piazzolla's music began to spread around the world from Argentina.

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