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Our catalogue holds 53 recordings from 1987. The orchestras recorded most that year were Nuevo Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán) (21 recordings), Los Solistas De D'Arienzo (21 recordings), and Astor Piazzolla (10 recordings).

That year

Héctor Varela dies in Buenos Aires; buried at the Chacarita cemetery.

Alberto Echague dies in Buenos Aires.

María Luisa Carnelli dies in Buenos Aires.

Finito dies of a heart attack after dancing a tango at the Akarense milonga, Villa Urquiza, on 11 May.

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What was playing?

The records of 1987

One record per orchestra, in the order tango remembers them, each its most danced take that plays. The bar shows how much dancers still use it in the videos we index.

  1. Concierto para quinteto

    Astor Piazzolla · Instrumental

    Not danced on film yet
  2. Felicia

    Los Solistas De D'Arienzo · Instrumental

    Not danced on film yet

Meanwhile

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

A day for any of the year's recordings.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Recordings4

Fulvio Salamanca — 1 recordings1987

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Astor Piazzolla — 10 recordings1987

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Nuevo Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán) — 21 recordings1987

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Los Solistas De D'Arienzo — 21 recordings1987

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What happened29

Héctor Varela dies in Buenos Aires; buried at the Chacarita cemetery.

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Alberto Echague dies in Buenos Aires.

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María Luisa Carnelli dies in Buenos Aires.

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Finito dies of a heart attack after dancing a tango at the Akarense milonga, Villa Urquiza, on 11 May.

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Mario Pomar dies in Buenos Aires.

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Jorge Falcón dies of cancer in San Telmo, aged 37.

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Raúl Ledesma dies.

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Homero Expósito dies in Buenos Aires.

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Héctor Marcó dies in Buenos Aires.

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Stella Baez begins dancing tango almost by accident: cast, as an actress, in the stage show 'Los muchachos de antes no usaban gomina' at the Teatro Alvear, where she had to dance tango having learned only a little from her uncles and father. (A companion interview gives 1986.)

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Inés Bórquez: Called by Segovia and Orezzoli into Tango Argentino, as dancers and choreographers.

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Carlos Bórquez: Called by Segovia and Orezzoli into Tango Argentino, as dancers and choreographers.

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Giselle Anne tours Japan with the Jorge Dragone orchestra (Época de Tango) and dances in Mariano Mores's A todo tango (1987-88).

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Daniel Trenner discovers tango in Buenos Aires while teaching jazz and improvisation at the State School of Contemporary Dance.

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Ryota Komatsu starts teaching himself the bandoneon at fourteen; from sixteen studies with Cacho Giannini.

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Carel Kraayenhof: Invited by Astor Piazzolla to New York for the Broadway show Tango Apasionado (Wikipedia dates this to 1986).

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Gustavo Naveira starts weekly dancing meetings at Cuartito Azul (to 1995) and at Cochabamba 444, Club Belgrano (to 1997).

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Sandra Luna sings with Leopoldo Federico and Hugo Marcel at Casablanca, San Telmo.

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Joaquin Do Reyes dies in Buenos Aires.

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Carlos Yanel records the tango album Déjame hablarte with Osvaldo Montes for Almalí.

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Tito Reyes begins singing at El Viejo Almacén with the Baffa-De Lío quartet.

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Osvaldo Ruggiero: Two months at Trottoirs de Buenos Aires in Paris during a European tour.

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Sexteto Tango: European tour, including two months at Trottoirs de Buenos Aires in Paris.

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Ismael Spitalnik tours nine Soviet cities.

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Fulvio Salamanca records his last LP with a sextet for Almalí.

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Agustin Irusta dies in Caracas.

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Roberto Goyeneche appears in Pino Solanas's film Sur.

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Eduardo Del Piano dies in Buenos Aires.

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Julio Sosa: His remains are moved from Chacarita to the cemetery of Las Piedras, Uruguay.

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Notes5

Revival — Japan: the show Tango Argentino was broadcast on television, and the magazine Asahi Graph gave a whole issue to its commentary1987

Supported · 3

Buenos Aires — Semana Santa uprising: The first carapintada rising.1987

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Premetro, Buenos Aires — Premetro opened: The light-rail line opens in the south-west.1987

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Lorena Ermocida — She took her first tango steps in 1987 and devoted herself fully to the dance from 19891987

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New York — New York: on 6 September 1987 Piazzolla gave a concert in New York's Central Park, in the city where he spent his childhood (after MontreuxSep 6, 1987

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Orchestras led1

Horacio Salgan — Led Nuevo Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán).1987

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Played in1

Leopoldo Federico — Played in Nuevo Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán).1987

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Died15

Héctor Varela — Died.Jan 30, 1987

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Alberto Echagüe — Died.Feb 22, 1987

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Héctor Palacios — Died.Apr 6, 1987, Apr 8, 1987

Supported · 2

Héctor Palacios — Died.Apr 8, 1987

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Agustin Irusta — Died.Apr 25, 1987

Supported · 3

Agustin Irusta — Died.Apr 25, 1987

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Mario Pomar — Died.May 21, 1987

Supported · 2

Mario Corrales — Died.May 21, 1987

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Joaquin Do Reyes — Died.Jun 8, 1987

Supported · 2

José Sala — Died.Jun 23, 1987

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José Sala — Died.Jun 23, 1987

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Jorge Falcón — Died.Jul 2, 1987

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Raúl Ledesma — Died.Aug 24, 1987

Supported · 2

Homero Expósito — Died.Sep 23, 1987

Supported · 2

Eduardo Del Piano — Died.Dec 21, 1987

Supported · 2

Dates1

Revival — Occurred at Central Park.Sep 6, 1987

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Listen

  1. LunfardoAstor Piazzolla · no clip yet1987
  2. Concierto para quintetoAstor Piazzolla1987
  3. La muerte del ángelAstor Piazzolla1987
  4. Adiós NoninoAstor Piazzolla1987
  5. Verano porteñoAstor Piazzolla1987
  6. Michelangelo '70Astor Piazzolla1987
  7. La camorraAstor Piazzolla · no clip yet1987
  8. ContrabajissimoAstor Piazzolla1987
  9. MumukiAstor Piazzolla1987
  10. Milonga del ángelAstor Piazzolla1987
  11. Rosa MorenaFulvio Salamanca · no clip yet1987
  12. Fuegos artificialesLos Solistas De D'Arienzo · no clip yet1987

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