Table of Contents

Foreword by Yo-Yo- Ma; Preface and Acknowledgements / Glossary of South American Terms / Family Tree; I STRUGGLE; 1. 'I was raised in New York' 1921-1937; 2. Into the Tango World 1937-1944; 3. The Road to Paris 1944-1955; 4. Octet and Jazz-Tango 1955-1960; 5. Leader of the Avant-Garde 1960-1967; 6. Piazzolla-Ferrer-Baltar 1967-1971; 7. Nonet and Breakdown; II MAN AND MUSICIAN; 8. Man; 9. Musician; III FAME; 10. All roads lead to Rome 1974-1975; 11. 'An electric Piazzolla' 1975-1977; 12. Up and down the Atlantic 1977-1981; 13. Sharks and Concertos 1981-1985; 14. Globetrotter with Bandoneon 1988-1992; 15. Sextet and Tragic Coda 1988-1992; Astor Piazzolla on Compact Disc / Notes / Sources

About the Author

Mar�a Susana Azzi is a board member of the Astor Piazzolla Foundation and the National Academy of Tango in Buenos Aires. This is her fourth book on the tango. She lives in Buenos Aires. Simon Collier is the author or co-author of seven books about Latin America, and is chairman of the Department of History at Vanderbilt University. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

Reviews

an excellent well written account ... rich in detail. Stan Woolley, Jazz Journal International