TANGO AND JAZZ TOGETHER (By Hostel Buenos Aires)

The Centro Cultural Torquato Tasso presents a season combining the traditional Porteño music, the tango, with jazz. As in those mythical musical evenings of the 40’s and 50’s, when American jazzmen visited Buenos Aires and were invited to join the tango orchestras; nowadays this tradition relives with the best musicians of our local scene. For lovers of fine music, for those who want to tray something different, here’s the best choice.

Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the “Tasso” (as Porteños know this place in 1575 Defensa St.) the show is on. On the side of tango you can see true living legends as Leopoldo Federico and his orchestra, Julio Pane, Hugo Rivas, Susana Rinaldi, the Sexteto Mayor, Néstor Marconi, Lidia Borda and Ariel Ardit. The jazz will be represented by four heavyweights of this genre as Luis Salinas, Jorge Navarro, Walter Malosetti and Mariano Otero.

Although many people consider this genres to be pretty different, the major figures of these evenings speak of a fluent relation between jazz and tango. Both styles come from popular music, share black roots and are strongly associated to the development of metropolis. Who cares if they have had different evolutions? For a time now, they have been moving towards a similar direction: fusion, a place where they can meet today.

Tango-Jazz season will last until the last week of August. The cost of the tickets is 100 Argentine pesos (25 American dollars). An incredible chance to see the best performers of Argentine tango and jazz, combining their magic live.

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