Pedro Maffia

Te aconsejo que me olvides — composed by Pedro Maffia[1][8]Supported · 2

Se muere de amor — composed by Pedro Maffia[1][23]Supported · 2

Ventarrón — composed by Pedro Maffia[1][5][9]Supported · 2

Taconeando — composed by Pedro Maffia[1][4][19]Supported · 2

Noche de reyes — composed by Pedro Maffia[1][22]Supported · 2

Cuándo volverás — composed by Pedro Maffia[6][16]Single source

Por qué no has venido — composed by Pedro Maffia[7][20]Single source

Sentencia — composed by Pedro Maffia[10]Single source

Pura maña — composed by Pedro Maffia[11]Single source

El cornetín — composed by Pedro Maffia[12]Single source

La mariposa — composed by Pedro Maffia[13]Single source

No aflojés — composed by Pedro Maffia[14]Single source

Pelele — composed by Pedro Maffia[15]Single source

Pobre gallo bataraz — composed by Pedro Maffia[17]Single source

Juan Tango — composed by Pedro Maffia[18]Single source

Estampa federal — composed by Pedro Maffia[24]Single source

Mineral — composed by Pedro Maffia[25]Single source

Llanto — composed by Pedro Maffia[26]Single source

Arco iris — composed by Pedro Maffia[27]Single source

No seas malita — composed by Pedro Maffia[28]Single source

Misa rea — composed by Pedro Maffia[29]Single source

Pegaste la falta — composed by Pedro Maffia[30]Single source

Tiny — composed by Pedro Maffia[31]Single source

Abandono — composed by Pedro Maffia[32]Single source

Diablito — composed by Pedro Maffia[33]Single source

Fuiste mala — composed by Pedro Maffia[34]Single source

Left Julio De Caro1926[2]Single source

Played in Julio De Caro1925–1926[2]Single source

Osvaldo Pugliese — played in Pedro Maffia1926[43]Single source

Atilio Stampone — played in Pedro Maffia1942[44]Single source

Pedro Laurenz y Pedro Maffia — played in Pedro Maffia1925[45]Single source

Led Pedro Maffia1929–1930[3]Single source

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Discogs · 777457[21]Single source

Mineral — lyrics by Pedro Maffia[25]Single source

Maffia is renowned for ligado playing: the smoothness of his phrasing, linking note to note and phrase to phrase, with a velvety tone.[35]Single source

In Julio De Caro's orchestra Maffia was the number-one bandoneón and Laurenz the number two, so Maffia usually took the solo even in passages that suited Laurenz's style better.[36]Single source

Maffia withdrew from tango around 1946 as the music grew louder and less suited to his tender, introverted style, but came back in 1957 to back singer Alberto Gómez; this recording of 'La Bordona' was mistakenly released decades later on a 1990s Mexican reissue label and long assumed to be Troilo until identified as Maffia.[37]Single source

In 1930 Maffia records 62 titles across two labels, switching from Brunswick to Columbia partway through the year for reasons the hosts don't know; around this time a would-be bandoneón player in his band, Roberto Fiorentino, decided he'd never be good enough on the instrument and became a singer instead.[38]Single source

Maffia played legato in phrases where notes ran into each other, a big influence on Troilo's phrasing as a bandoneonist and bandleader.[39]Single source

Ventarrón was written by Maffia in 1930; Maffia himself had no recording contract in 1933.[40]Single source

Maffia left Julio De Caro in 1926 and formed his own orchestra but got no record contract; Odeon recorded a couple of bandoneón duos of him and De Franco, and he did not get a contract until Brunswick entered the market in 1929. Lavocah calls him one of the most important instrumentalists and composers of the time, audible mainly through other bands' recordings of his songs.[41]Single source

Laurenz and Maffia co-wrote Amurado, one taking the smooth, velvet verse and the other the excited chorus; Michael admits he can't remember which of the two wrote which half.[42]Single source

Born on August 28, 1899[46]Single source

Died on October 16, 1967[46]Single source

Born in Buenos Aires[47]Single source