My writing soundtrack lately has been a bunch of stuff by Astor Piazzolla, arguably the greatest tango composer of the past century. He writes complex, textured, jazzy stuff. It's brilliant. A couple of selections:
Libertango - Yo-Yo Ma and, uh, Some Other People
One of my favorite recordings at all time. The cello part is just the bee's fucking knees.
Chin Chin - Astor Piazzolla
Arguably the finest jazz accordion solo you'll ever see. A strange and beautiful song.
Meditango - Moscow Quartet
And another song I love, in a bizarre (Eastern European) musical arrangement. Perhaps one of the best things about Piazzolla is the flexibility of his music, which seems to fill a huge range of possible instrumentations.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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