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Anibal Troilo - Volver Tango
This episode of the Volver Tango documentary series is about the bandoneonist, composer and bandleader Aníbal Troilo, known as Pichuco. The film calls him the leading bandoneón of Buenos Aires. It follows his life from his childhood on the edge of the Abasto and Almagro neighbourhoods to the later years of his orchestra. Narration, interviews and musical excerpts tell the story.
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Early years and the orchestra
Interviewees describe Troilo's playing as a blend of Pedro Maffia's expressiveness and Pedro Laurenz's force. The narration says he joined Elvino Vardaro's sextet in 1933 and founded his own orchestra in 1937. Speakers credit Orlando Goñi's piano and Francisco Fiorentino's singing as key parts of its sound. The film also describes Astor Piazzolla joining as a young bandoneonist, and Troilo's habit of cutting back the arrangements he received.
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Singers and poets
The film lists many of the orchestra's singers, including Alberto Marino, Floreal Ruiz, Edmundo Rivero and Roberto Goyeneche. Interviewees say Troilo taught his singers how to phrase. The episode then turns to his songs with the poets Homero Manzi and Cátulo Castillo, such as Barrio de tango, Sur and María. It also tells how Troilo wrote Responso after Manzi died.
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Later work
The last part of the film covers Troilo's quartet with the guitarist Roberto Grela and the younger musicians who joined his orchestra in the 1960s. It ends with his 1971 recording with Piazzolla and his 1972 performance at the Teatro Colón.
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