The Astor Piazzolla album “The Rough Dancer and the Cyclical Night”, originally released in 1989, was recorded in New York in September 1987, with an ensemble that included Fernando Suárez Paz on violin; Pablo Zinger on piano; Paquito D’Rivera on alto sax, clarinet; Andy González on bass; and Rodolfo Alchourrón on electric guitar.
Journalist Fernando González, translator of Piazzolla’s biographical accounts, said, “The Rough Dancer and the Cyclical Night (Tango Apasionado), recorded by Piazzolla without the Quintet, occupies a unique place in his discography. It is based on the music Piazzolla composed for Tango Apasionado, a dance and theater piece created by Graciela Daniele based on stories by Argentine short-story writer, poet, and essayist Jorge Luis Borges. But what truly sets The Rough Dancer apart in Piazzolla’s discography is how it was created. Up to this point, the studio for Piazzolla had been, for the most part, a means to document the music he was producing. But [at this point], Piazzolla was intrigued by the idea of using the studio as a creative tool, perhaps even for composing and arranging.”
The Rough Dancer and the Cyclical Night (Tango Apasionado is featured in a boxed set titled Astor Piazzolla: The American Clavé Recordings. The collection includes remastered versions of three indispensable Piazzola albums: Tango: Zero Hour, La Camorra: The Solitude of Passionate Provocation, and The Rough Dancer and the Cyclical Night (Tango Apasionado).
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