Tango from Obango explained

Tango from Obango
Type:Album
Artist:Wiener Art Orchestra
Cover:Tango from Obango.jpg
Released:1980
Recorded:November 22 & 23, 1979
Venue:Schmettersound Studio, Bisamberg, Austria
Genre:Contemporary classical music, Jazz
Length:44:21
Label:Art
Art 1002
Producer:Hans Heinrich C. Stoller, Mathias Rüegg
Chronology:Wiener Art Orchestra
Next Title:Concerto Piccolo
Next Year: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.

Reception

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

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 War Additional 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

Notes and References

  1. https://www.vao.at/discography Vienna Art Orchestra Website: discography
  2. http://dartin.tripod.com/vao.html?discs/discs-idx Vienna Art Orchestra discography

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