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Astor Piazzolla

BAND RANKINGS:

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All Time

of 150,012

711
Decades
- 1980s
  
  of 1,418
  
  0
- 1990s
  
  of 7,254
  
  1,446
- 2000s
  
  of 10,564
  
  0
Genres
- International
  
  of 2,379
  
  219
- Jazz
  
  of 1,947
  
  169
- Latin
  
  of 714
  
  25
- Pop
  
  of 13,665
  
  1,060

CAREER SPAN:

Decade

Album Score

# Albums

1980s

0.0000

1990s

2.4660

2000s

0.0000

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.

Overall Band Score: Astor Piazzolla is ranked overall as 2.6151 out of 4 stars

2.6151

Astor Piazzolla Biography

Formed:

March 1921

Disbanded:

July 1992

Genres:

Classical, Classical: Instrumental, Dance & DJ, International, Jazz, Latin, Opera & Vocal Music, Pop, Soundtracks

Labels:

Allegro Corporation, Allegro Distributed Lines, American Clave/synergy, Ans Records, Bci Music, Blue Moon/rock Bottom, Capitol/emi/sbk/chrysalis, Cbc Records, Chesky Records/fontana, Classico, Delos International, Discmedi, El Bandoneon/rock Bottom, Epm Collection, Fabulous

History:

It's not hyperbole to say that Astor Piazzolla is the single most important figure in the history of tango, a towering giant whose shadow looms large over everything that preceded and followed him. Piazzolla 's place in Argentina's greatest cultural export is roughly equivalent to that of Duke Ellington in jazz -- the genius composer who took an earthy, sensual, even disreputable folk music and elevated it into a sophisticated form of high art. But even more than Ellington , Piazzolla was also ...more

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