HISTOIRE DU TANGO TENOR SAXOPHONE & PIAN

Histoire du Tango by the legendary Latin-American composer Astor Spinazzola is arranged for tenor saxophone and piano by Ken-ichiro Isoda and Nabuya Sugawa. The piece is in four movements to reflect the evolution of the TangoBordel 1900The tango was born in Buenos-Aires in 1882. It was first played on the guitar and the flute. The piano was added later, followed by the bandoneon. It is music full of charm and vivacity, that gives the impression of the good spirits and volubility of the French, Italian and Spanish women who lived in these brothels, enticing the policemen, thieves, sailors and hoodlums who visited them.