Tango: Zero Hour
1986 studio album by Ástor Piazzolla
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Tango: Zero Hour (Nuevo Tango: Hora Zero in Spanish) is an album by Ástor Piazzolla and his Quinteto Nuevo Tango (in English: New Tango Quintet, often loosely referred to as his second quintet). It was released in September 1986 on American Clavé, and re-released on Pangaea Records in 1988.[2]
| Tango: Zero Hour | |
|---|---|
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | September 1986 |
| Recorded | May 1986 |
| Studio | Sound Ideas, New York City |
| Genre | Nuevo tango |
| Length | 46:07 |
| Label | American Clavé, Nonesuch |
| Producer | Kip Hanrahan |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  link |
| Robert Christgau | A−[1] |
Piazzolla considered this his greatest album.[3][4][5] Rolling Stone commented on the Pangaea reissue of the album, comparing Piazzolla's fusion of form, improvisation, and dynamics to contemporary classical music, jazz, and rock & roll, respectively.[6] Robert Christgau of The Village Voice also commented on Piazzolla's fusion of classical and jazz music.[5]
Track listing
All tracks written by Astor Piazzolla.
- "Tanguedia III" – 4:39
- "Milonga del ángel" – 6:31
- "Concierto para quinteto" – 9:06
- "Milonga loca" – 3:09
- "Michelangelo '70" – 2:52
- "Contrabajissimo" – 10:19
- "Mumuki" – 9:33
Musicians
Source:[7]
- Ástor Piazzolla – bandoneon, arranger
- Hector Console – bass
- Horacio Malvicino – guitar
- Fernando Suarez Paz – violin
- Pablo Ziegler – piano
Technical personnel
- Greg Calbi – Mastering
- Jon Fausty – Engineer, mixing
- Kip Hanrahan – Producer, engineer
- Nancy Hanrahan – Associate producer
- Scott Marcus – Executive producer
- Charles Reilly – Photography
- Shawna Stobie – Assistant engineer, mixing assistant