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.
Piazzolla considered this his greatest album. 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. Robert Christgau of The Village Voice also commented on Piazzolla's fusion of classical and jazz music.
Track listing All tracks written by Astor Piazzolla. "Tanguedia III" – 4:39 "Milonga del ángel" – 6:31 "Concierto para quinteto" – 9:06 "Milonga loca" – 3:09 "Michelangelo '70" – 2:52 "Contrabajissimo" – 10:19 "Mumuki" – 9:33
Musicians Source: Ástor Piazzolla – bandoneon, arranger Hector Console – bass Horacio Malvicino – guitar Fernando Suarez Paz – violin Pablo Ziegler – piano
Technical personnel Greg Calbi – Mastering Jon Fausty – Engineer, mixing Kip Hanrahan – Producer, engineer Nancy Hanrahan – Associate producer Scott Marcus – Executive producer Charles Reilly – Photography Shawna Stobie – Assistant engineer, mixing assistant
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