Monday, May 15, 2017

Missoula Spring Tango opening milonga playlist, May 2017

It's such a pleasure to join the Missoula Spring Tango crew again, to reconnect with the old friends and to make new friends, and to breath the spring air of this beautiful town between the verdant hills, with its neighborhoods abloom with lilac. Many thanks to Patrick and Lori for organizing the event, to the hometown tangueros for being such a wonderful support team (and there were 10 Salt Lake tangueros in Missoula this year!), and to all volunteers, teachers, and DJs who made this great weekend possible.
Spring flowers on the tables ..
time to start a milonga

The opening milonga of the fest was announced as 90% traditional, and, in the end of the night, it worked as expected, with an approximately 2.5 non-trad tandas out of 25 total. But adding these little bits and pieces of non-traditional music didn't quite work the way I expected at first. I tried sneaking in "danceable cortinas" of alternative music, but they would invariably clear the floor and draw no dancers, so I cut short every single danceable cortina attempt. On the other hand the Downtown Dance Collective hall was ready 15 minutes ahead of time, and I started planning an impromptu bonus "pre-quel" tanda of alternative milongas for the handful of couples already eager to get onto the floor. But beyond this "tanda number zero", everything took a very classic shape.
001. Trio Garufa  "Silueta Porteña (Electro Milonga)" 2008 2:35
002. Bajofondo Tango Club  "Leonel, El Feo Milonga Cut" 2004 2:15
003. Otros Aires  "Perro Viejo" 2016 3:21
Missoula Spring Tango is a real international event (if only mostly because the friendly Canadian tango communities are "just" 5 or 6 hours drive away), and the opening milonga was 5 hours long, so I went to a big-event 4-song tanda format despite knowing that the smaller local milongas adhere to a 3-song format. The rest of the fest milongas actually kept the tanda lengths of 3 songs, so I am still unsure if my choice was the best. But hey, it worked pretty well, and it gave me just enough extra challenge, and it also made all of us proud about becoming "real big tango grownups" :)
004. Leonid Bykov  "Smuglyanka cortina long"  0:33
005. Quinteto Don Pancho - Instrumental "Champagne tango (clean)" 1938 2:30
006. Quinteto Don Pancho - Instrumental "El garron" 1938 2:27
007. Quinteto Don Pancho - Instrumental "Alma en pena" 1938 2:46
008. Quinteto Don Pancho - Instrumental "Loca" 1938 2:57
I came to Missoula right off the plane from a root-searching trip to Israel, a country which has become independent exactly 69 years ago, on May 14, 1948. Tonight, some of the cortinas celebrate Israeli independence, and the first of them is an ode to the white-and-blue flag.
009. "Hadegel Sheli"  0:28
010. Enrique Rodriguez - Armando Moreno "Yo no sé por qué razón" 1942 2:43
011. Enrique Rodriguez - Armando Moreno "Mi piba" 1943 2:51
012. Enrique Rodriguez - Armando Moreno "Como has cambiado pebeta" 1942 2:37
013. Enrique Rodriguez - Armando Moreno  "Que Lo Sepa Al Mundo Entero" 1943 3:31
Another Israeli children's song, "Peace on you, beautiful country".
014.  "Shalom lach eretz nehederet" 1977 0:31
015. Juan D'Arienzo - Alberto Echague "En tu corazon" 1938 2:46
016. Juan D'Arienzo - Instrumental "Valsecito de Antes" 1937 2:19
017. Juan D'Arienzo - Instrumental "Amor Y Celos" 1936 2:22
018. Fool's Garden  "Lemon Tree" 1999 0:40
019. Osvaldo Fresedo - Roberto Ray "Yo no se llorar" 1933 2:36
020. Osvaldo Fresedo-  Roberto Ray "Sollosos" 1937 3:27
021. Osvaldo Fresedo - Roberto Ray "Vida mia" 1933 3:23
022. Osvaldo Fresedo - Roberto Ray "Nieblas del riachuelo" 1937 2:25
"Born for peace", another popular patriotic track
023.   "Noladeti Lashalom cortina"  0:36
In 1940, even Di Sarli's orchestra had to be intensely rhythmic in its repertoire, likely because the recording companies, encouraged by D'Arienzo's explosive success, still remained convinced that nothing else sells. Driving rhythmic and yet beautifully elegant in Di Sarli's way.
024. Carlos Di Sarli - Instrumental  "Nobleza De Arrabal" 1940 2:07
025. Carlos Di Sarli - Instrumental  "Catamarca" 1940 2:23
026. Carlos Di Sarli - Instrumental  "Shusheta" 1940 2:22
027. Carlos Di Sarli - Instrumental  "La Trilla" 1940 2:21
028. Cream Margot  "Krem Margo - Poka Igraet Dzhaz"  0:41
I am especially partial to the 3rd milonga in the set, the one where Milonga "sings of herself", a naughty, fearless girl from the barrio.
029. Francisco Canaro - Roberto Maida "Larga Las Penas" 1935 3:08
030. Francisco Canaro - Ernesto Famá "La Milonga De Buenos Aires" 1939 2:47
031. Francisco Canaro - Roberto Maida "Milonga brava" 1938 2:32
032.  "Hadegel Sheli"  0:28
Osvaldo Fresedo was born 120 years ago, on May 5, 1897. Time to celebrate Fresedo with an extra tanda, beyond everyone's beloved vocals of Robereto Ray which I already played half an hour earlier. Now it's time for the 1939-1941 recordings with the voice of Ricardo Ruiz and Fresedo's trademark cascading harp.
033. Osvaldo Fresedo - Ricardo Ruiz  "Y no puede ser" 1939 2:28
034. Osvaldo Fresedo - Ricardo Ruiz "Viejo farolito" 1939 2:28
035. Osvaldo Fresedo - Ricardo Ruiz "Plegaria" 1940 2:24
036. Osvaldo Fresedo - Ricardo Ruiz  "Buscandote" 1941 2:49
037. Soda Stereo  "En la ciudad de furia"  0:24
038. Edgardo Donato - Horacio Lagos "Me Voy A Baraja" 1936 2:26
039. Edgardo Donato - Horacio Lagos "A Oscuras" 1941 2:47
040. Edgardo Donato - Horacio Lagos "Soy Mendigo" 1939 2:32
041. Edgardo Donato - Horacio Lagos "Lagrimas" 1939 2:50
042. Zhanna Aguzarova "Old Hotel" 1987 0:22
Troilo's late 1940s are nothng short of stunning, and "A unos ojos" is a rare gem among them.
043. Aníbal Troilo - Edmundo Rivero y Floreal Ruiz  "Lagrimitas De Mi Corazón" 1948 3:00
044. Anibal Troilo - Floreal Ruiz "Romance De Barrio" 1947 2:37
045. Anibal Troilo - Edmundo Rivero y Aldo Calderón "A unos ojos" 1949 3:10

046. Folk  "Shumel Kamysh "  0:23
047. Miguel Calo - Raul Iriarte "Cada dia te extrano mas" 1943 2:33
048. Miguel Calo - Raul Iriarte "Despues" 1944 2:54
049. Miguel Calo - Raul Iriarte "Lluvia de abril" 1945 2:42
050. Miguel Calo - Raul Iriarte "La vi llegar" 1944 3:24
051. Zhanna Aguzarova "Cats" 1987 0:21
052. Rodolfo Biagi - Andres Falgas  "Son cosas del bandoneon" 1939 2:44
053. Rodolfo Biagi - Teófilo Ibáñez "Una Pena " 1938 2:54
054. Rodolfo Biagi - Andres Falgas  "Queja indiana" 1939 2:24
055. Rodolfo Biagi - Andres Falgas  "Cielo" 1939 2:32
056.  "Noladeti La shalom cortina"  0:36
057. Carlos Di Sarli - Roberto Rufino "Zorzal" 1941 2:40
058. Carlos Di Sarli - Roberto Rufino  "Pena mulata" 1941 2:27
059. Carlos Di Sarli - Roberto Rufino "La Mulateada" 1941 2:22
060. V. Butusov  "Goodbuy America" 1996 0:40
061. Angel D'Agostino - Angel Vargas "Solo compasion" 1941 2:58
062. Angel D'Agostino - Angel Vargas "Ninguna" 1942 2:59
063. Angel D'Agostino - Angel Vargas "Mano Blanca" 1944 2:43
064. Angel D'Agostino - Angel Vargas "Ahora no me conoces" 1940 2:34
065. AR Rahman  "Ringa Ringa cortina long 3"  0:29
066. Aníbal Troilo - Francisco Fiorentino "El Bulín De La Calle Ayacucho" 1941 2:29
067. Aníbal Troilo - Francisco Fiorentino "Maragata" 1941 2:45
068. Aníbal Troilo - Francisco Fiorentino "Suerte Loca" 1942 2:52
069. Aníbal Troilo - Francisco Fiorentino "Toda mi vida" 1941 2:56
070. "Sting - Windmills Of Your Mind" 1999 0:24
Roberto Firpo was also born in May (May 10, 1884) and we'll celebrate both by dancing to the beautiful valses of his later-carrier quartets, and, later on, to a rare quality recording of his early Orquesta Tipica.
071. Cuarteto Roberto Firpo - Instrumental "Tus Ojos Me Embelesan" 1937 2:51
072. Cuarteto Roberto Firpo - Instrumental  "Sueño Florido" 1936 2:48
073. Nuevo Cuarteto Roberto Firpo - Instrumental "Atardecer campero" 1951 2:14
074.  "Hadegel Sheli"  0:28
075. Pedro Laurenz - Alberto Podesta "Recien" 1943 2:43
076. Pedro Laurenz - Alberto Podesta "Nunca tuvo novio" 1943 3:14
077. Pedro Laurenz - Alberto Podesta "Todo" 1943 2:37
078. Pedro Laurenz - Alberto Podesta "Garua" 1943 3:09
079. Alla Pugacheva "Million Scarlet Roses" 1982 0:19
080. Francisco Canaro - Ernesto Fama "Te quiero todavia" 1939 2:54
081. Francisco Canaro - Ernesto Fama "No me pregunten porque" 1939 2:51
082. Francisco Canaro - Ernesto Fama "Todo te nombra" 1939 3:07
083. Francisco Canaro - Ernesto Fama "Abandonada" 1939 2:54
084.  "Bienvenido Granda - Percal (Cha cha cha)"  0:48
A special tanda of "Rey del Fox"
085. Enrique Rodriguez - Armando Moreno "Noches de Hungria" 1942 2:57
086. Enrique Rodriguez - Armando Moreno "No Apures Por Dios Postillon" 1945 2:59
087. Enrique Rodriguez - Armando Moreno "Maruska" 1943 2:07
088. Folk  "Shumel Kamysh "  0:23
089. Donato Racciatti - Olga Delgrossi "Queriendote" 1955 2:49
090. Donato Racciatti - Nina Miranda "Gloria" 1952 2:47
091. Donato Racciatti - Olga Delgrossi "Sus Ojos Se Cerraron" 1956 2:47
092. Donato Racciatti - Olga Delgrossi "Hasta siempre amor" 1958 2:57
093. Beatles The Beatles "All you Need is Love cortina" 2006 0:19
Varela-Ledesma tanda. 12:30 am.
094. Hector Varela - Argentino Ledesma "Muchacha" 1956 3:19
095. Hector Varela - Argentino Ledesma "Si me hablaras corazon" 1956 3:18
096. Hector Varela - Argentino Ledesma "Que tarde que has venido" 1956 2:55
097. Hector Varela - Argentino Ledesma "Fueron tres años" 1956 3:26
098.  "Katyusha"  0:33
099. Enrique Rodriguez - Roberto Flores "Las Espigadoras" 1938 2:47
100. Enrique Rodriguez - Armando Moreno  "Con Tu Mirar" 1941 2:07
101. Enrique Rodriguez - Roberto Flores  "Los Piconeros" 1939 2:47
102. Damour Vocal Band  "SWAY"  0:39
the second non-trad tanda is a mix of contemporary tango orchestras, with both classic and new compositions, united by the grounded, dramatic vibe.
103. Orquesta Tipica Fervor de Buenos Aires "Quien Sos" 2007 3:08
104. Orquesta Tipica Fervor de Buenos Aires  "E.G.B." 2007 2:26
105. The Alex Krebs Tango Sextet  "La Yumba" 2011 2:57
106. Analíá Goldberg y Sexteto Ojos De Tango "El Adios" 2011 3:13
107. Folk  "Shumel Kamysh "  0:23
... and then, for a moment, we plunge from the XXI century back into 1929, for a mix of pre-Golden age bands:
108. Sexteto Carlos di Sarli - Instrumental "Pobre yo" 1929 2:12
109. Sexteto Carlos di Sarli - Instrumental  "Belen" 1929 2:44
110. Orquesta Tipica Victor (dir. A  Carabelli) "Coqueta" 1929 2:47
111. Orquesta de Roberto Firpo  "Una Noche En La Milonga" 1929 2:56
112.  "Noladeti La shalom cortina"  0:36
Aces of candombe, another mixed-orchestra tanda
113. Enrique Rodriguez - Armando Mo  "El tucu-tun" 1943 2:34
114. Alberto Castillo  "El Gatito en el Tejado" 1957 2:37
115. Romeo Gavioli y su orquesta típica  "Tamboriles" 1956 2:56
116.  "Hadegel Sheli"  0:28
Just as "Cara sucia" begins to play, I receive a request from the organizers, to finish the milonga on time (I was ready to go for another hour or more lol, but it is hard to sustain a Friday night milonga past 2 am, especially at a location where many guests drove for many hours to get there). So the just-started tanda changes shape on the fly, becoming another mixed set:
117. Carlos Di Sarli - Instrumental "Cara sucia" 1957 2:48
118. Florindo Sassone - Instrumental "Ojos Negros (Oscar Strok)" 1968 2:28
119. Alfredo De Angelis - Instrumental "Pavadita" 1958 2:53
120. Alfredo de Angelis - Instrumental  "Felicia" 1969 2:47
121. Viktor Tsoy  "Good morning, last Hero cortina long" 1989 0:35
122. Osvaldo Pugliese - Roberto Chanel  "Rondando tu esquina" 1945-07-18 2:48
123. Osvaldo Pugliese - Roberto Chanel "Corrientes Y Esmeralda" 1944 2:49
124. Osvaldo Pugliese - Jorge Maciel  "Remembranza" 1956 3:41
125. Juan D'Arienzo - Instrumental  "La cumparsita" 1951 3:49
126. Paco Mendoza & DJ Vadim  "Los Ejes De Mi Carreta" 2013 3:23
(126 total)

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