Tango: Zero Hour
Tango: Zero Hour is an album by Ástor Piazzolla and his Quinteto Nuevo Tango. 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