Tango Music For All: Roberto Chanel

Monday, 4 June 2012

Orchestra: Osvaldo Pugliese

Singer(s): Roberto Chanel, Alberto Morán, Instrumentals

Period: 1943–1950

Comment:

We finally get to an orchestra that is not so well known and definitely not appreciated by everybody, especially by some of less experienced dancers. I love early Pugliese (which does not mean I consider myself more experienced dancer :). Songs from that period have very little to do with the orchestras we have discussed so far (rhythmic and happy Donato with Lagos, melodic and lyrical di Sarli with Rufino, old and easy Carabelli, energy-driving d’Arienzo with Ramos). Pugliese sounds harsh, a bit “dirty” and discordful. My personal favorite songs from that period are Raza Criolla and Corrientes y Esmeralda.

DJ:

I would be happy if on each milonga DJs played at least one tanda of Pugliese from the early period. In Buenos Aires it actually the case, in Europe not really. I don’t play it as often as I would like to. I feel that several conditions should be met to play a successful early Pugliese tanda:

- many dancers on the floor (critical mass),

- good level of dancers (less experienced dancer may not appreciate the music so much)

- good energy of the event

- proper timing (ideally evening/night milonga, a few hours after the start).

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Monday, 4 June 2012

Osvaldo Pugliese - Early Recordings