“Milongueando en el cuarenta” by Anibal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica, 1941.

Armando Pontier
Bandoneonist, leader and composer
(29 August 1917–25 December 1983)
A complete musician, a good bandoneon player and a better composer, he belongs to a generation that recreates tango, consolidating the task of arranging, where, as composer, he brings a work of nicely harmonized structure with completely original melodies, sometimes simple and melodic:
“Corazón no le hagas caso”, “Trenzas”, “Tabaco” and “Claveles blancos”; others based on harmonic designs with a rhythmical treatment more complex: “Margo” and “Anoche” or even, in a definitively modern trend: “A los amigos”, possibly his masterpiece, “A Zárate” and “A tus pies bailarín”. Continue reading at www.todotango.com...
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