ANIBAL TROILO

Born in 1914, Anibal Troilo rose as a tango pioneer after serving as bandoneón player for Ciriaco Ortiz, Julio De Caro, Angel D´Agostino, and Enrique Santos Discépolo, then launched his own orchestra in 1937. Throughout the 1940s he stood among Argentinian music’s most pivotal voices, recognized for the widely emulated “Troilo Sound,” a rich and fluid tango style that contrasted staccato passages with legato lines. Renowned equally as composer and arranger, Troilo proved an outstanding bandleader whose keen eye for talent drew an array of notables into his ensemble, among them the legendary Astor Piazzola, virtuoso bassist Kicho Diaz, and singers Francisco Fiorentino, Alberto Marino, Floreal Ruiz, and Roberto Goyeneche. In the 1950s he further helped establish the foundations of the “nuevo tango” idiom later popularized by Piazzola, continuing to record steadily for Odeon, T.K., and Victor until his death in 1975.