Pablo Ziegler Amsterdam Meets New Tango

On ''Amsterdam meets New Tango'', Argentinian Tango Jazz legend Pablo Ziegler takes the genre one giant step forward by combining and re-casting the arrangements for his trio for the unique orchestra/big band sounds of the Amsterdam-based Metropole Orkest.

For decades, Buenos Aires-born, GRAMMY and LATIN GRAMMY-winning pianist and composer Pablo Ziegler has been one of the leading creators of the Argentinian New Tango, the vibrant musical hybrid of classic Tango and American Jazz.

A classically trained pianist and a veteran of the vibrant Buenos Aires jazz scene, Ziegler has taken Tango, South America s most sultry and passionate music, into a new direction by using improvisational elements, and further exploring the common ground between Tango and jazz.

Between 1978 and 1989, Ziegler worked continuously with the great Astor Piazzolla and contributed substantially to his enormous success.

The Amsterdam-based Metropole Orkest is no stranger to the world of ambitious Jazz, Pop, Classical and World music crossover projects, having performed with Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Al Jarreau, Maria Schneider, Egberto Gismonti and many others.