Astor Piazzolla & Gerry Mulligan – Tango Nuevo (1975)

A1  20 Years Ago (6:26)
A2 	Close Your Eyes And Listen (4:32)
A3 	Years Of Solitude (4:07)
A4 	Deus Xango (3:45)
B1 	20 Years After (4:10)
B2 	Aire De Buenos Aires (4:37)
B3 	Reminiscence (6:30)
B4 	Summit (3:35)

Bandoneon - Astor Piazzolla
Bass - Guiseppe Prestipino
Cello - Ennio Miori
Drums, Percussion - Tullio De Piscopo
Electric Guitar - Bruno De Filippi, Filippo Daccò
Marimba - Alberto Baldan, Gianni Zilioli
Piano, Piano [Fender Rhodes]
Organ - Angel "Pocho" Gatti
Saxophone - Gerry Mulligan
Viola - Renato Riccio
Violin - Umberto Benedetti Michelangeli

Astor Piazzolla, the Argentinean master of the bandoneon (an instrument very similar to the accordion) and a revolutionary who recast the tango into something very new, invited the baritone sax legend Gerry Mulligan to record with his group in a Milan studio in 1974. Piazzolla's works have seemed to grow in stature since his sudden death following a stroke in 1992. While it's a shame that Mulligan never got an opportunity to record the leader's well-known ballad "Adios Nonino," there are many highlights, including the dramatic "Deus Xango," a wistful ballad "Close Your Eyes and Listen," and the reflective "20 Years After." Although he has few extended solos on this CD, Mulligan composed "Aire de Buenos Aires" (which frees up the group from Piazzolla's more tightly structured works), and he adds an important new voice to Piazzolla's music. The rather strangely muddied sound of this reissue makes the strings (violin, viola, and cello) often sound like a synthesizer, and the percussion is often a bit heavy-handed; perhaps this is why Piazzolla downsized later groups to omit drums. Fans of Piazzolla will want to pick up this once-again unavailable release, while it may be more of a historical curiosity for most Mulligan collectors. ---Ken Dryden, Rovi

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