Singer and composer
(12 March 1906 – 28 April 1985)
The generation of the forties has been called a brilliant promotion of interpreters, composers and poets that by then reached the peak of a prestigious artistic career, together with a number of authentic young values who were regarded as promising appearances supported by relevant aptitudes to project themselves towards consecration.
Among those most representative winners, at that very important period of the boom of our tango to be danced, to be sung and to be listened to, we find the name of Carlos Dante.
The second period of his artistic activity started on October 1, 1944 at the café Marzotto on Corrientes street, with El Colorado De Angelis. Continue reading at www.todotango.com…
Guitar player, leader, composer and lyricist
(December 15, 1915 – March 10, 1984)
Canet is the prototype of the classic tango guitarist, always ready to back with his guitar a tango vocalist.
His influences date back to the style of the players that accompanied Gardel, Magaldi, and Corsini.
He was one of the few guitarists who managed to stay away from Roberto Grela’s influence and create a major trend in tango. His style was deeply rooted and directly based on the classic guitar groups. On many of his performances, he added to the guitar trio or quartet other string instruments: contrabass, violins, and violoncello.
At age twelve, his vocation awakened when he heard Ignacio Corsini, and he was greatly struck by the guitar trio that backed the singer, which was lined up by Armando Pagés, Rosendo Pesoa, and Enrique Maciel.
By that time, he lived in the neighborhood of La Paternal and used to go fishing the Maldonado Creek with a friend a little older than him: Piero Hugo Bruno Fontana, who time later would become Hugo Del Carril. Continue reading at www.todotango.com...
Born in Buenos Aires, the owner of a beautiful voice, used to perform with a personal phrasing and, also, he knew how to express with a sober expression what the piece so demanded. Nearly all his show business career was linked to maestro Rodolfo Biagi with whom he achieved his most outstanding hits.
One of the greatest hits was “Bailarina de Tango”.
Hugo Duval and Jorge Ortiz were the emblematic vocalists of Rodolfo Biagi. Furthermore, they were those who recorded the greatest number of pieces with him. Continue reading at www.todotago.com…
Pianist, leader, composer.
(2 December 1905 – 25 July 1995)
It was his father who taught him his first music lessons, he started his first steps with violin too, but soon he switched to piano.
In the 40s Pugliese recorded some instrumental pieces of his own which anticipated the avant-garde. Such is the case of “La yumba” (which became a sort of anthem of his orchestra).
Pugliese became the most faithful example of the De Caro style, but with a strong rhythmic beat, very appealing to the dancers but without sacrificing quality. Continue reading at www.todotango.com…
Santiago Devin
