On May 6, 2022, Nonesuch Records plans to release a three-LP/three-CD boxed set of albums from influential Argentine composer, bandleader, and bandoneón player Astor Piazzolla. These recordings were originally released by American Clavé Records in the 1980s and reissued by Nonesuch more than two decades ago.
Astor Piazzolla: The American Clavé Recordings marks the first time this landmark trio of albums: Tango: Zero Hour, La Camorra: The Solitude of Passionate Provocation, and The Rough Dancer and the Cyclical Night (Tango Apasionado)—is being issued as a boxed set. Additionally, the albums are remastered and is the first time the albums have been available on vinyl since their initial release on American Clavé.
The set’s liner notes include original and new notes by the albums’ producer and American Clavé founder Kip Hanrahan as well as an in-depth essay from journalist Fernando González, who translated and annotated Piazzolla’s memoirs and wrote liner notes for four of his albums.
González says in his 2021 note: “In May 1986, Astor Piazzolla, the creator of new tango, entered the studio in Manhattan with his Quintet to record Zero Hour. It would turn out to be the first of three consequential recordings that would finally establish him in the United States and strengthen his standing around the world.”
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