HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY ASTOR
It’s not given to many composers to stamp their name on a genre so completely that it’s forever associated with them. Astor Pantaleon Piazzolla, born 100 years ago today, did just that with the style of Argentine tango, blending jazz and other styles to turn it into his own sophisticated “Nuevo Tango”, which conquered the world in spite of alarming the traditionalists back home in Argentina.
