After the CroMagnon tragedy in 2004, one of the few milongas that was allowed to stay open was Club Espanol. Dany Borelli, the DJ, used Piazzolla as the cortina because all other music was banned. Or rather, for fear of being closed as were most of the milongas, only "musica nacional" was played. At this time, there were no tandas of tropical or rock 'n roll, because salsa clubs, rock clubs, all other dance venues were closed for months. People flocked to provincia where they could still dance tango. Starving and frantic dancers came to Club Espanol and waited in the lobby to be allowed to enter. The energy was palpable. It was a frenzy.
<<Even though the album, as I said, was not dance music, I still think that it's important to know Piazzolla and Gardel to more fully appreciate the Argentine culture, the change in instruments, the evolution of tango music. It gives you something with which to further contrast and compare. Sometimes I like to use Piazzolla for some warm-up exercises. Trini de Pittsburgh>> _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
