Tango, as a musical form, originated during the late 19th century in Argentina and Uruguay among European immigrant populations. It derived its unique rhythms and sound from several different kinds of ...

Like American jazz, Argentine tango music was born of multicultural interaction. Africans, Europeans and South Americans, thrown together during Argentina’s economic expansion at the turn of the 20th ...

Michelangelo 70; La Fundicion; Milonga Del Adios; Buenos Aires Report; Blues Porteno; Fuga Y Misterio; Elegante Canyenguito; La Rayuela; Muchacha De Boedo; Libertango. On ''Jazz Tango'', the ...

Canto-pop meets jazz in Cities of Light: A Love Affair Between France and Hong Kong, an upcoming concert at this year’s Le French May, the annual arts festival organised by the Association Culturelle ...

The Jazz Kitchen will host an extraordinary concert this Sunday, October 15, when a pair of virtuoso pianists join forces for a celebration of contemporary Argentine tango music. The program is part ...

Pablo Ziegler won the first Grammy Award of his career this year, earning Best Latin Jazz Album honors for his aptly titled “Jazz Tango.” The Argentinian pianist, composer and band leader has been ...

In 1959, Astor Piazzolla – a genius of tango composition and performance – released “Take Me Dancing,” an album he later deemed an artistic “sin.” The jazz-inspired recording, which Piazzolla had ...

Jazz and tango musicians plan to liven up the Manoel Theatre with a Music Weekend later this month following an agreement signed with Go plc yesterday. Two separate evening performances will be held ...

MANKATO — In starting her Live at the Carnegie Series, Liz Draper set out to bring in music that wouldn’t otherwise be available in the area. Saturday’s performance by the Charles Gorczynski Tango ...

Leandro “Gato” Barbieri, the influential Latin jazz bandleader and saxophonist best known for his Grammy-winning score to the film Last Tango in Paris, died Saturday at a New York hospital following a ...

Jazz, Tango and Amore! stirs the soul with not only sound, but also images. Wednesday’s concert will include two pieces that composers wrote about visual art. As violinist Sarita Uranovsky, clarinet ...