Astor Piazzolla - Astor Piazzolla

Astor Piazzolla
brilliant
iconoclastic tango musician and composer
has become a national hero in Argentina and a cult figure for classical and jazz lovers worldwide
but only after a lifetime of controversy and struggle.The outspoken
headstrong Piazzolla told his story to journalist and longtime fan Natalio Gorin in the spring of 1990 in a series of frank interviews.Among the firsthand observations of others who knew Piazzolla well are those of his lyricist Horacio Ferrer
his fellow musicians
and his colleagues. Translator Fernando Gonzalez
an Argentine native and American popular music critic who covered Piazzolla's career in the United States
has annotated the Amadeus edition for the widening audience that is rediscovering Astor Piazzolla.