Tango: Zero Hour | |
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Studio album by | |
Released | September 1986 |
Recorded | May 1986 Sound Ideas Studio, New York City |
Genre | Nuevo tango |
Length | 46:07 |
Label | American Clavé, Nonesuch |
Producer | Kip Hanrahan |
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Robert Christgau | A−[1] |
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]
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]
All tracks written by Astor Piazzolla.