The New Tango

Respect the talent but not for me.

yeah i dunno

Una mena de barreja de jazz i tango que són força bé... només és que no és per mí, malauradament

The percussionists got their day in the melodic sun. 2/5

While it's is a nice sound, this isn't anything particularly ground-breaking. It is fine, and a more modern piece of Tango music, but it doesn't seem to be inventive, or particularly memorable.

What if the theme from Sex and the City sounded like an hour-long panic attack? On a serious note, there are a lot of great non-us, non-uk (I.e. “world music”) albums on this list, but just as many chintzy, late-career albums which clearly crossed over in the 80s - 90s, when the writer of the og book was coming of age. The instruments sound too crisp and synth-y, and everything is arranged with such a lack of mess. You can’t help but feel like this album was played and/or bought in a Starbucks.

I generally love jazz, but the combination of instruments did not work well for me. Strings, accordion, and vibraphone? Sounds like they were trying to prove a point that it could be done. On top of this, they repeated the same phrases many times, which worked well occasionally. I did like some songs, though, like little Italy and Laura’s Dream. Border btwn two and three star.

Didn't really move me in any way.

Amazing musicianship, but not really my thing.

I was really bored by this tango nuevo album. Too much nuevo, not enough tango. This is overly intellectual jazz for me. The constantly swooping violin was annoying. And I am unconvinced that marimba really helps. So, after a while listening, I thought, this really reminds me of the theme to the Terry Gilliam film "12 Monkeys" (1995), that I always enjoyed. And sure enough Suite Punta Del Este by Astor Piazolla. But that piece is not performed on this album. Plus, he wrote the classic Libertango, adapted with lyrics by Grace Jones as"I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)", a really fantastic song. But also, not on this album. And apparently he wrote an amazing piece in memory of his father, "Adios Nonino", that is a classic of the tango genre. Not on this album. So, this album seems like a weird choice on the list. It's an atypical performance by a classic composer and innovator within his genre that doesn't contain many of his most famous and genre-defining compositions. But check out the wild life on Astor Piazolla. his wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astor_Piazzolla) is a fascinating read. Some highlights: - "Gardel invited the young bandoneon player [Piazolla] to join him on his tour. Much to Piazzolla's dismay, his father decided that he was not old enough [he was only 14] to go along. The disappointment of being forbidden to join the tour proved to be fortunate, as it was on this tour in 1935 that Gardel and his entire orchestra perished in a plane crash" - "Having disbanded his first orchestra in 1950 he almost abandoned tango altogether as he continued to study Bartok and Stravinsky and orchestra direction" - "[After a classical concert in 1953] At the end of the concert, a fight broke out among members of the audience who were offended by the inclusion of two bandoneons in a traditional symphony orchestra." - "Piazzolla's new approach to the tango, nuevo tango, made him a controversial figure in his native land both musically and politically." A politically controversial tango composer! - He collapsed in 1990, and spent the last two years of his life in a coma. - There is an airport in Argentina named after him. I would totally watch a movie about the life of Astor Piazolla. And I was pleasantly surprised to find out I was familiar with a few pieces of his work. But this album was not enjoyable for me, and I never intend to listen to it again. A missed opportunity by 1001 albums to select a properly representative work.

Just not for me

Gets really repetitive really fast, but Nuevo Tango is worth a listen

An album that I can certainly appreciate, but not necessarily enjoy as much as I'd like to. Music like this is meant to be listened to live, as a full experience. On it's own it veers closer towards background music - it sounds very interesting sure, but it's background music nonetheless.

Ah not my thing, I bet this is groundbreaking if you like classical music and whatnot but I just didn't vibe with it. Too disjointed for me. Saved tracks: Little Italy

Not my cup of tea

Plinkety plonk. Not really for me.

I imagine if you were present at the time of recording - you would marvel at the talent of these two extraordinary musicians. The dramatic scale of tension from one track to the next would create an atmosphere unparalleled to anything seen from a duo before. Listening to the applause between tracks they really did enjoy it. For me though, as someone listening at home, I found this album a little trippy. Like I was in some kind of nightmare. I'd said yes to another pint of 8.2% scrumpy cider when really I should have been sensible and told the gang I was going home. Who knows, maybe that's what they were going for? And if it was - well done to them. At least I know where to go if I feel like an anxiety attack. I won't be listening to this anytime soon, but really appreciate having something different come my way.

Didn’t interest me. It’s not a patch on Stephane Grapelli and the Hot Club.

boring

A pretty upbeat and entertaining classical style album that I guess is a twist on tango. Overall it was easy to listen to and I enjoyed it but I don’t think I’ll revisit this one much. 4.1/10

I have been transported back to an off-strip Las Vegas lounge circa 1963. I don't care for it.

There is such a things as too much xylophone

A little too much vibraphone for me. I think I'd enjoy it more sitting in a jazz tango bar in Buenos Aires.

Delivered what it promised. Not but thing but liked the vibe. Something different.

I can't give this a one-star review because the talent of Mr. Piazzolla and his companions is undeniable. But I also can't give it any higher than a two-star review because it was also completely unenjoyable. I can't imagine any reason why I'd want to listen to an hour of elevator music. Hard pass.

en osais sanoa tätä tangoksi? mutta ksylofoni hymyilyttää. Yann Tiersen -viba, tai siis Tierdenissä Piazzolla-viba. eipä tule uudelleen kuunneltua

Talent and complexity but nothing of interest to me.

I enjoyed having this on as background music, but I can't judge it very well as i'm not really a fan of the genre and don't know much about it. I did get a little bit tired of it by the end and don't think i'll ever come back to it so can't quite give it a 3

I generally love discovering little gems like this one; new-to-me music is part of the joy of this project. Sadly I did not enjoy this album as much as I hoped to based on the description. It had some very pretty parts, in Laura's Dream for example, but in general I found the whole album didn't really engage me. I listen twice to make sure I hadn't gotten distracted the first time through, and no, I don't dislike it, but there's just not much in there that excites me. Even though I wanted it to. I give The New Tango a solid "fine", 2.5 stars.

Lively latin fare, but it wasn't really exciting enough for me to get into

Meh 2

Oh perfect, just what I need to hear. A minimalist classical album in the style and form of tango... classified as "new tango." I can hear influences from 70s folk and pop music (maybe just the classic vibraphone abuse), and it's a bit accessible but mostly boring with some slight remarkable variations. Beautiful here and chaotic there. Favorites: Nuevo Tango, Laura's Dream

Sounds like music in an old animated film. Didn't hold my attention and became background noise.

Cultura general

Once the second song starts it's clear the musicians know how to play and if there's any doubt, the title track reinforces the point.  I guess I'm glad someone had the skills to make this and I'm sure there are those who really like the music. For me, I quite like it if one song featuring a vibraphone is mixed into an album but a whole album of it is a little hard to listen to. 

Today I learned that a bandoneon isn't an accordion. I was never a big fan of Piazzolla's brand of tango / jazz and although Gary Burton adds some welcome variety, this album didn't resonate with me.

??? Roll on tomorrow.... Cover art 0/5

Varför förstöra bra dragspelsmusik med en massa plingplong

Hör att det nog är coolt och intressant lyssning. Orkar inte

Det var för dåligt och konstigt. Muzak.

This is a joke, right? Why am I listening to this? I'm sure it's great if you like the tango, but I'm really not interested at all.

Interesting and weird - if not my style.

Huh. Ja. OK. Cool cool. Weiß nicht. Neeeee

Not really my thing

Suuuuuuper cheesy. I have to check my cholesterol after listening to this.

I don’t like this. One star…

It felt like I was on hold for a hour. At times it was pleasant until the pace picked up. Every now and then I would receive an applause for not hanging up yet! Talented - yes. But was it for me- no I’m afraid. 2/10

Sounds like i was scrolling through doorbell chimes

No disrespect to the artists, I’m sure they’re good at what they do, but this just isn’t for me, I ant even say it’s good background music. Sorry but it’s a 1

I had to turn this off whilst I was driving as it almost put me to sleep which would’ve been very unsafe Just not my thing 1.5

One of the most boring albums on this.

The worst kind of album you can be, boring. Left no impact, felt no emotion. It was just on and then it wasn't

Not something I'd listen to again. This quickly blended into the background for me.

De klantendienst weigerde op te nemen. #Wachtmuziek

Nah

I was excited to listen to a tango album, but when I heard that the music on this album sounds like the dingly polyphonic ringtones from the time before smartphones, my excitement waned. I agree the musicians are very talented here, but the listening experience still was full of suffering.

This plink plonk music is definitely not for me.

i feel like I'm waiting for something but i don't know for what

This was like stressful elevator music to me

What a load of old bollocks. Top 1001 my arse.

I found this relentlessly boring

Couldn’t get very interested in this!

Te veel xylofoon...

Tedious. The entire album sounded like a Tom & Jerry soundtrack.

Boooooooooo

When I hear the word tango, it brings to mind a lively dance. But when I heard the album the New Tango, all I could picture was a stuffy Victorian ballroom dance. Not really my idea of a good time, especially for something that is by name supposed to feel new. This album probably was doomed for me from the start. A genre I don’t know much about, music I don’t particularly like, made as a live recording, and running long. Still, I don’t know what makes this something I would need to hear. Definitely not coming back to this one. Overall: 1/5

Straight elevator music. I was so bored the whole time.

Some banger menu music in this album

Big departure from my norm and what this site recommends. It is a Vibraphone heavy tango concert. I would have to give it a couple of passes to understand what's going on but didn't really gel for me on a first listen.

1. milonga - 1.5 2. vibra -1 3. italy -1 4. tango -1 5. dream - 1.5 6. operation - 1 7. muerta - 1.5

Classical. Real mix of instruments but not my bag at all, very boring and a slog to get through

Sometimes talent isn’t enough

I just couldn't make it through the whole thing. While they're clearly very talented. It's just not for me.

this is well made but I am going crazy listening to it. It's too long for what it is and goes between boring and annoying. 3/10 I felt relief finishing it

What am I supposed to do with this? A foxtrot?

This album and its instrumental nonsense actually made me want to jump out of the window this afternoon. I could feel my blood pressure rising with each track. I fucking hated this album.

Most of it sound like a soundtrack to a french art film or something (just guessing, never seen one). Some is frantic, some sounds like doom jazz and allot of tracks are way too long. If i heard this in high school i might have been able to maybe like some of it but now i have too short attention span to process it.

Tango doesn't agree with my circulatory system. It gives me a feeling of being on the verge of a heart attack, or, at the very least, severe cardiac arrhythmia.

Just didn't really do anything for me.

Just awful

I mean, it is what it is. Not offensive to the ears, but there was no way I was listening to all of it. If I’m being objective, it’s a 2. But it will almost certainly be in my bottom 20% of this list, so I’ll rate it accordingly.

No

Anhedonic

Unlistenable. This might be brilliant if you like this sort of thing, for me it was an hour and long tom and jerry soundtrack

This Album is the reason that a zero score should be a option

i am so comfortable admitting this is never going to be my thing

Haunting. Felt like I was trapped in a fairground, but not in a good way.

No

Allez, hop, on remet le couvert car le grand livre a parlé, et aujourd'hui, la sentence est tombée : Astor Piazzolla & Gary Burton, "The New Tango". Rien que le titre, j'aurais dû me méfier, "Le Nouveau Tango". Quand un truc se sent obligé de gueuler "NOUVEAU" dans son titre, c'est souvent pour masquer le fait qu'il n'a pas grand-chose de neuf à raconter, ou pire, qu'il a peur de son propre héritage. Attention, je ne suis pas un spécialiste, loin de là, et ma "culture" tango se résume à quelques classiques. Quant a mes connaissances, elles se limitent à déclarer que c'est une musique de la nuit, une danse de la séduction et du danger, un truc qui sent la sueur, le parquet usé et le parfum bon marché. Une musique avec des couilles, pour le dire poliment. Le tango, le vrai, c'est un duel au couteau sur une piste de danse. Et là, on me propose le "Nouveau Tango". Un tango propre sur lui, bien élevé, enregistré avec une précision chirurgicale. Astor Piazzolla, le pape du bandonéon, le mec qui a sorti le tango des bordels pour le faire entrer dans les salles de concert. Et Gary Burton, un vibraphoniste de jazz dont, je l'avoue humblement, je n'avais jamais entendu parler. Moi, le type qui se délecte de larsens et de complaintes funèbres, me voilà face à un vibraphone. Un VIBRAPHONE. L'instrument le plus... poli de l'univers, le son que tu entends dans un hall d'hôtel cinq étoiles en attendant que le voiturier ramène ta caisse. La rencontre de la passion argentine et de la froideur clinique du jazz de conservatoire. Sur le papier, ça peut être intriguant, une sorte de choc des cultures. En réalité, c'est le mariage de la carpe et du lapin soit un mariage blanc, sans amour et sans sexe. J'ai lancé le disque avec un esprit ouvert, je le jure. J'ai essayé, j'ai attendu l'étincelle, le frisson, le moment où la glace se brise et où la musique prend enfin vie. Et par moments, j'ai cru que ça allait arriver. Il y a bien quelques fulgurances, quelques montées de tension où le bandonéon de Piazzolla semble vouloir s'échapper, grogner, mordre. Des instants où le vibraphone de Burton, par un éclair de génie, plaque un accord dissonant qui te fait dire "Ah, enfin !". Mais non, ça retombe aussi vite que c'est venu. La plupart du temps, on navigue dans une sorte d'entre-deux stérile, ce n'est plus vraiment du tango, pas encore tout à fait du jazz. C'est une musique d'ameublement de luxe, c'est le genre de disque que tu mets pendant un dîner mondain pour faire croire à tes invités que tu es un homme de goût. C'est impeccablement joué, la production est lisse comme une peau de bébé après un soin en institut, mais merde, qu'est-ce qu'on s'emmerde ! Petite question rapide en passant... le tango était-il si imparfait qu'il fallait absolument le "moderniser" de cette façon ? Si c'est ça, le nouveau tango, alors je préfère cent fois me retaper un vieil enregistrement crépitant de Carlos Gardel. Ou alors, si on veut vraiment parler de fusion, autant aller jusqu'au bout. Le Gotan Project, par exemple, eux au moins, ils ont osé salir le truc, le mélanger à l'électronique, lui donner un beat pour le vingt-et-unième siècle. C'est peut-être un sacrilège pour les puristes, mais c'est vivant, ça baise, ça prend des risques. C'est un vrai mariage, pas un flirt de salon de thé. Ici, avec Piazzolla et Burton, on est dans la démonstration technique. On sent les musiciens qui se regardent en souriant, l'air de dire "t'as vu comme on est bons ?". Oui, les mecs, vous êtes des virtuoses, on a compris. Mais la musique, ce n'est pas qu'une question de notes bien placées car votre musique, elle manque de crasse, de drame, de cette tension sexuelle qui fait l'essence même du tango. Pendant une bonne heure, j'ai eu l'impression d'être coincé dans un ascenseur panoramique avec deux musiciens incroyablement doués mais qui n'ont absolument rien à se dire. Ils jouent côte à côte, jamais vraiment ensemble. Le bandonéon pleure dans son coin, le vibraphone scintille dans le sien, et moi, au milieu, je regarde ma montre en me demandant quand est-ce que ce foutu supplice va prendre fin. Est-ce que c'est moi qui déconne ? Suis-je devenu ce vieux con incapable d'apprécier autre chose que du post-punk dépressif ou du néofolk apocalyptique ? Peut-être. Mais merde, non ! Quand une musique est bonne, qu'elle soit jouée à la guitare saturée ou au pipeau, elle te prend aux tripes. Elle te raconte une histoire. Là, la seule histoire que j'ai entendue, c'est celle d'une occasion manquée. Bilan des courses : un emmerdement poli, technique, presque académique. Le genre d'album qui fait se pâmer les critiques de "Jazz Magazine" mais qui laisse le rockeur de base, totalement de marbre. Une étoile sur cinq, et c'est bien payé, juste pour la compétence des instrumentistes et ces quelques secondes où j'ai cru que mon cœur allait enfin démarrer. Pour le reste, c'est à classer dans la catégorie "albums que vous pouvez écouter avant de mourir, si vous avez vraiment, mais alors VRAIMENT, rien d'autre à foutre". Allez, je range ce disque bien proprement, juste à côté de... en fait, non, je ne sais même pas à côté de quoi le ranger. Il n'a sa place nulle part dans ma discothèque.

I miss the french lady whispering “Melody Nelson” to me.

Why was this included?

I couldn't do it. You give me Live Grateful Dead yesterday and then hit me with this. Nope. 1/5

It’s just fancy background music. No lyrics or anything but not horrible background…

Horrific waste of time. Shame as had just seen Evita and would have quite enjoyed some Tango!

The fact that this album does not have a Wikipedia entry and all but one of the songs have less than 60,000 listens on Spotify should tell you how "essential" it is. Most of the songs sound like music for children's cartoons and the rest are flat-out boring. I would really like to hear Mr. Dimery's justification for including it and wasting our valuable time.

A xylophone and a squeezebox. This must be the inspiration for the Marble Machine guy. I'm not sure what I just listened to, but I think I'm going to put it on in the car when I feel like annoying my wife. Also, Final Fantasy wants its music back.

this filtered me insanely hard

While The New Tango is undeniably impressive in its ambition and the fact that it's a live performance, I found the overall listening experience deeply underwhelming. Despite the skill of the musicians involved, the music came across as meandering and lacked the emotional resonance I was hoping for. To me, it felt like an hour-long stretch of uninspired background music. Unfortunately, I struggled to find anything redeeming in the album. None of the tracks stood out in a positive way, and I couldn't select a favourite song. In fact, every track left me disappointed, and I don't plan on revisiting this album. Even the album artwork failed to leave a good impression—it felt as uninspired as the music itself.

yeah idk about that one

Pleasant background fluff, but dollars to donuts I ain’t spinning this one again.

Hate it, violin was okay but the xylophone was annoying! Not for me!

I’m be of the first albums I could not finish

No idea whether there's any technical merit to this, but I know listening to it for an hour would drive me insane.

No.

Mee

Not for me 1/5

Mehh maar wel mooie xylofoon en akkordeon ofzoiets

I...have no idea what this is. But it makes me anxious.

oh great, another live album..... I did not like this.

Impressive? Possibly, but ultimately dull. I definitely debate its inclusion on 1001 Albums You Must Hear.

Yikes. Hated it

Odd

exhausting

Lift music

It was like listening to the music from Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood sometimes. Other times it reminded me of 80’s video game music. I didn’t hate it and I didn’t love it. I tolerated some of it. In the immortal words of so many before me, meh

The word tango always conjures up images of Marlon Brando and butter. More latterly however I can say that as a resident living in HX3 England this album will definitely be the last tango I hear in Halifax. 1/5 18/2/25

This just isn't for me at all so I'm giving it a 1, but it wasn't actively dreadful to have on, there were some fun wee bits in it

I'm sure it's great if you know what the hell is going on, but this is really not for me.

Couldn't get into it. Almost felt on the edge of being pleasant.

Hate

I did not enjoy listening to this. Maybe someone else would, but there are no vibes here.

These little bells are making me craaaaaazy

Did nothing for me

Didn’t finish it.

Liked this

Elavator/hold music

No

Dit gaat richting het genre klassieke muziek. Goed gecomponeerd, klinkt met vlagen erg melodieus en vrolijk, maar is mij wat te rommelig en complex om een heel album van te luisteren.

Good, but not for me.

Ok, if I was having a polka party. Pass

Absolutely not

I must admit I drifted off after a track or two. Was a bit like when Late Junction finishes on Radio 3 and it goes into the next programme if I forget to turn it off. I guess I have yet to be tangoed - not for me.

Terrible. Would give zero stars if possible.

Boring stuff

Shite

no

Actual nonsense

No.

It's a lil too old-timey for me but not bad background music. Some of these tracks are anxiety-inducing though

Tha fuck was this?

Wasn’t my to my taste

I was quite keen to play this, not being familiar with tango, let alone new tango, but really it left me cold. The vibraphone makes it all sound a bit like elevator music. The Montreux audience seemed to love it though.

Babe, wake up!! 🗣️🗣️ Rich white people ruined jazz

Atrocious. Didn’t enjoy one song. Utterly unexciting. Masterfully boring and uniquely unoriginal. It’s my opinion that the musicians couldn’t hear the other members and had to hope they were playing together. Not sure who this is for really. 1/5

A bit too jazz

Not for me.

generic elevator music

Sorry, no thanks. 1 star or F for me.

generally horrible.

I get how part of this project is to get you to listen to things you would otherwise not. But this is basically like a soundtrack to a very long children's TV show from the 1970s.

Vill sätta betyg bara av att titta på omslaget. Men såna fördomar kan man inte ha. Sätter på skivan och det är direkt tortyr. Xylofon, eller vad det är, hör man inte ofta och det finns goda skäl till det. Den är irriterande jobbig och störig. Precis som dragspelet. Är det jazz eller tango? Skickliga musiker men meningslös musik.

Some of this sounds like the soundtrack to glamorous tango nights of yesteryear, while other sections are straight out of a vintage English steam fair, with many messy movements in between. Overall, not an easy listen and induces slightly stressful feelings. Wanted it to end.

As a casual listener I can't evaluate the mastery, I can only evaluate the excitement

Talented and uninteresting.

Very bad

Pointless 1.3

Fattar inte grejen

Polyphonic ringtones 😴😴😴

Something you’d hear while being on hold

No thanks

Sounds very pretty as background music (while working) but the album feels out of scope.

Idk a very boring album, felt like nothing was going on

2 out of 7 tracks enjoyable

I was totally underwhelmed.

If I ever feel the need for xylophone jazz then I'll remember this. But that's never going to happen and this was the first album I have up on.

Didn’t expect this album today but here we are. Musical albums can me hit or miss tbh Nah didn’t enjoy this at all it just bored me, I didn’t finish it either. Meh. Sorry.

Interesting but ultimately disjointed. Not terribly accessible.

Jazz mit klassischen Instrumenten. Keine gute Idee.

Tango music. Much like the jazz music, nice background music but it didn't really pique my interest. The last three songs are the best. Would not listen again.

meh. Its like bad theme music. I dont know what its the theme to, but its boring AF. 1/5

Sounds like a damn cartoon soundtrack.

Duuuuuuuuuurt

Not really my thing to be honest (19%)

Nope, not for me.

Astor Piazzolla's 'The New Tango' is like a modern twist on an old dance – kinda cool, but a bit too edgy for my vibe. While the fusion of jazz and classic tango is interesting, it's just not my jam. 🎵 1/5

Tango had a threesome with Jazz and Classical giving birth to Nuevo Tango. Boring.

you know when you've been tangoed. i prefer the original recipe with maximum sugar as teeth are for losers.

This one was not for me at all!

Just riled me up right good this one. I did not need to hear this really... I guess they are talented musicians but honestly imagine sitting through that live. No thanks. Well repetitive and not in a good way

Best bits was the clapping

Imagine a Billy Joel album, with a bit more oomph instrumentally, without the singing, add a bit of vibraphone, and some applause at more or less random intervals. Like spending an hour on hold, waiting for a fancy Argentinean boutique hotel to tell you that they've got no reservations within three weeks of the time that you'll be in Buenos Aires. 1/5.

Not my kind of music.

I think I prefer the old tango. Glockenspiel solos were never my thing.

I think the soft recording quality inhibited the prescribed jazz magic that this recording was supposed to reveal. It did not grab me and pull me in as an outsider, which I think makes a remarkable album. I wanted to be seduced by layers of jazz improvisation and synergy, but left wondering why this album just be listened to before the end.

Pleasant but lacked some spice. No horns. Would not listen again.

Way out!!!

Fine, but very light. The feature instrument is something like vibes and just has a very smooth, flat sound with little attack. It’s an odd choice of instrument to feature on an all-instrumental album, because it leads to an extremely low-energy, slapped-out vibe that, there’s no way around it, sounds like elevator music / being put on hold. Nothing wrong with what they’re doing, just anything that’s this close to 0/10 on excitement factor isn’t for me.