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Jacinto Chiclana

from Good Enough For Gringos by Tángalo

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    Good Enough For Gringos is the long awaited debut album from Sydney-based tango quintet Tángalo. The album is a unique blend of both new arrangements of 'Golden Age' tango music, and original compositions by Owen Salomé and Emily-Rose Šarkova.

    Tángalo use Violin, Guitar, Double Bass, Flute, Accordion, Piano and Voices to create a sound that is is beguiling and vividly personal. The dazzling instrumental lines and impassioned vocals reference both the poetic background of tango music, and something considerably more modern.

    Gentler tracks such as 'Jacinto Chiclana' contrast with the violence of the 'Fugato'. Recognisable and well known tangos such as 'La Cumparsita' and 'Poema' are re-imagined ( with new arrangements that celebrate the essence of tango). The more playful 'El Patito Feo' and 'De Antaño' can be heard next to the sensuous 'Las Aguas Tranquilas' and the tension of 'Tango Lluvia'.

    The wonderful vocals of esteemed Argentine tango singer, Fabián Rodríguez, are featured on 'Hasta Siempre Amor' in a unique collaboration.

    Through all of these changing moods and characters, Tángalo maintain an exquisite musical sensitivity that allows this album to simply unfurl like the scent of an exotic flower drifting in the warm summer air of a Buenos Aires, or Sydney, evening.

    Tángalo is:

    Artistic Director:
    Owen Salomé - Flute, Guitar, Vocals, Composition & Arranging.

    Artistic Director:
    Emily-Rose Šarkova - Accordion, Vocals, Composition & Arranging.

    Susie Bishop - Violin, Lead Vocals,

    Amy Putt - Piano

    Johan Delin - Double Bass

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A beautiful song by the renowned Astor Piazzolla. This is a new arrangement by Owen Salomé.

lyrics

(Castellano)
Me acuerdo, fue en Balvanera,
en una noche lejana,
que alguien dejó caer el nombre
de un tal Jacinto Chiclana.

Algo se dijo también
de una esquina y un cuchillo.
Los años no dejan ver
el entrevero y el brillo.

¡Quién sabe por qué razón
me anda buscando ese nombre!
Me gustaría saber
cómo habrá sido aquel hombre.

Alto lo veo y cabal,
con el alma comedida;
capaz de no alzar la voz
y de jugarse la vida.

(Recitado)

Nadie con paso más firme
habrá pisado la tierra.
Nadie habrá habido como él
en el amor y en la guerra.

Sobre la huerta y el patio
las torres de Balvanera
y aquella muerte casual
en una esquina cualquiera.

No veo los rasgos. Veo,
Bajo el farol amarillo,
El choque de hombres o sombras
Y esa víbora, el cuchillo.

Acaso en aquel momento
En que le entraba la herida,
Pensó que a un varón le cuadra
No demorar la partida.

Sólo Dios puede saber
la laya fiel de aquel hombre.
Señores, yo estoy cantando
lo que se cifra en el nombre.

Entre las cosas hay una
De la que no se arrepiente
Nadie en la tierra. Esa cosa
Es haber sido valiente.

Siempre el coraje es mejor.
La esperanza nunca es vana.
Vaya, pues, esta milonga
para Jacinto Chiclana.

(English)
I remember, it was in Balvanera, on a distant night,
that someone dropped the name of a man called
‘Jacinto Chiclana’.
Something was also said about a street corner and a knife.
The passing years don't let us see
the brawl and the brilliance.

Who knows for what reason that name is looking for me!
I would like to know how that man must have been.
I picture him tall and consummate, with his obliging soul;
capable of not raising his voice, yet ready to risk his life.

No one with a firmer footing ever walked this earth.
No one else would have lived like him in love and in war.
In the orchard, and the patio; in the towers of Balvanera
and then - a casual death, in a corner.

I do not see these characteristics.
I see, under the yellow light,
the clash of men or shadows and that viper, the knife.
Perhaps at that moment, when his body was wounded,
he thought that it was best, not to delay the departure.

Only God can know how faithful and kind that man was,
Gentlemen, I am singing the essence of his name.
To have been brave is something, that nobody ever regrets.
The courage is always better. The hope is never vain.
And so, this milonga is for Jacinto Chiclana.

credits

from Good Enough For Gringos, released January 13, 2014
Owen Salome - Arrangement, Guitar, Vocals
Emily-Rose Šarkova - Vocals, Accordion
Susie Bishop - Violin
Amy Putt - Piano
Johan Delin - Double Bass

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Tángalo Sydney, Australia

Tángalo are a Sydney-based tango quintet who perform a mix of original compositions and existing tangos.

Tángalo use Violin, Guitar, Double Bass, Flute, Accordion, Piano and Voices to create a sound that is is beguiling and vividly personal. The dazzling instrumental lines and impassioned vocals reference both the poetic background of tango music, and something considerably more modern.
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