ABOUT
TANGOSTINATO is the latest music project designed and created by two young gifted Italian musicians, pianist Luca Aletta and double bass player Stefano Cardillo. An ambitious and brilliant work, where music leaves room for the unmistakable sensuality of tango.
A blend of Astor Piazzolla’s nuevo tango and jazz tango creates a passionate and rhythmic “hue” that communicates an original and intense “touch” to the listener. Pieces originally written by Aletta and Cardillo alternate with traditional tangos rearranged to present taste such as “La cumparsita” or “Besame mucho”, just to mention a few. Astor Piazzolla, father of nuevo tango, is a constant presence in TangOstinato: the duo has reinterpreted several famous compositions by the Argentine maestro always in a personal and musically original way. Their sound combines characteristic jazz sonorities with distorted chords, rhythms recalling African music, improvisation, but also European music elements: a focus on dynamics, counterpoint and Italian style melodies.
TangOstinato duo is always moving on the borderline between jazz and cultured European music.Aletta and Cardillo’s work is enriched by the contribution of other outstanding musicians: Tuscan clarinetist Nico Gori, one of the most important representatives of Italian jazz; Palermitan Giuseppe Milici, one of the best harmonica players in Europe; Sicilian oboist Giovanni Di Mauro, most appreciated in Italy. Last but not least, Fabio Tiralongo, a young and promising jazz saxophonist. More
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