Tango from Obango

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Tango from Obango
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Studio album by
Wiener Art Orchestra
Released1980
RecordedNovember 22 & 23, 1979
VenueSchmettersound Studio, Bisamberg, Austria
Genre Contemporary classical music, Jazz
Length44:21
Label Art
Art 1002
Producer Hans Heinrich C. Stoller, Mathias Rüegg
Wiener Art Orchestra chronology
Tango from Obango
(1980)		 Concerto Piccolo
(1981)

Tango from Obango is the debut album by European jazz group the Vienna Art Orchestra (credited as Wiener Art Orchester) which was first released in 1980 on the Art label. [1] [2] The album was re-released on CD in 1997 with additional material along with a sampler disc. [3]

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Reception

Professional ratings
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The Allmusic review by Tom Schulte called it "an important document in the post-modern jazz movement". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Mathias Rüegg

  1. "Tango from Obango" – 13:24
  2. "Polish Contrasts" – 9:36
  3. "Voilà di Here" – 1:15
  4. "The World of Beband & Bigbop" – 12:42
  5. "Panta Rhei" – 5:53
  6. "Charly's Trauma" – 0:38
  7. "Aftercare by Wolfgang Puschnig" – 3:53 Additional track on CD reissue

Two Songs for a Lovely WarAdditional disc on 1997 CD reissue

  1. "Song for Another Lovely War" – 15:59 recorded in 1988
  2. "Another Song for Another Lovely War" – 14:39 recorded in 1988
  3. "Jessas Na!" – 3:42 recorded in 1977 and originally released on 7 inch single
  4. "Kontrapunkte" – 4:49 recorded in 1977 and originally released on 7 inch single

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Vienna Art Orchestra Website: discography accessed February 20, 2018
  2. ↑ Vienna Art Orchestra discography accessed February 20, 2018
  3. 1 2 3 Schulte, Tom. Tango from Obango – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved February 20, 2018.
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