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Media Reviews
"This memoir is full of fascinating facts and anecdotes. . . . I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in either the tango or the lonely struggle of an artist to make the world hear his music in his way."
— Clive Randewich, Club Milonga News
"The long-awaited English edition...A key primary source on the life and loves of the composer and bandleader."
— www.accordions.com
, November 9, 2001
"The book has a lot to offer for those (like myself) who know little about tango, but would like to know more. A generous selection of footnotes, sidebars, and annexes provide valuable background information on many of the people and places mentioned, definitions of slang expressions and details on Piazzolla’s prodigious musical output."
— Dan Krishock, Buenos Aires Herald
, November 25, 2001
"Reading this book feels like the privilege of being in the same room as Piazzolla and Gorin. What a storyteller this composer was! His informal and honest voice dominates this book, as it should. Nothing feels prettified or varnished here. "
— Raymond Tuttle, Fanfare
"The book is riveting as history. . . . No matter what the depth of your interest in Astor Piazzolla, this is an excellent book to have and I wholeheartedly recommend it. "
— Dr. Paul Allan Magistretti, Classical Free-Reed Review
, March 1, 2002
"Candid and revealing . . . considered to be the key primary source on the life of Piazzola."
— Chambermusic
"For those who are still wondering “Is it tango?”, this volume is a great place to look for an answer."
— Triangle Tangueros
, November 11, 2001
"The book is nicely bound and laid-out in easily digestible chunks, with interesting photographs and a terrific Discography and Chronology. It is very reader-friendly. While reading this book, with Astor’s CD’s playing in the room, I was transported. (Isn’t that why we love books?) I feel even closer now to “it” – my tango.
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— Keith Elshaw, ToTango.net
, November 7, 2001
"Excellent notes and annotations by translator Fernando Gonzalez make this the definitive volume of this still-underrated 20th century giant."
— Stephanie von Buchau, Bay Area Reporter
, December 20, 2001
"The book is a valuable and informative collection of materials on Piazzolla and his music. . . . Lovers of the tango and, in particular, of Piazzolla's music, will revel in being able to open all sorts of windows into that music and into the life and the thoughts of the man who created it. "
— Luis Rumbaut, Clave
, Jan-Mar 2002
"Brilliantly presented biography . . . an impressive contribution to music history studies."
— The Book watch
"A vivid portrait of an unusual and driven human being."
— Peter Jacobi, Bloomington Herald-Times
, December 1, 2002
"This excellent book about the Argentinian composer and performer of tango Astor Piazzola will appeal to both the dedicated fan and those simply curious about the music . . . the reader gains not only an understanding of the environment in which Piazzola lived and worked, but also a real sense of who he was, what he stood for and what was his attitude toward his art. "
— Marc Sackman, ARSC Journal
2002
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