Earthy, soulful and fiery. Astor Piazzolla took these essential qualities of the tango and invested them with even greater depth and complexity, as he merged the traditional form with jazz and classical music and took it off the dance floor onto the concert stage. Piazzolla's nuevo tango style, which he pioneered in the 1950s and '60s, became a hit with audiences of all kinds, and he remains one of the best-known com…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:46PM on April 17, 2013