The Pittsburgh's Tango band - "Cuidado" has some fine musicians and their classic Tango tunes evolved into a more professional sounding mode since January of this year.
Julia Zukov - the main viola player of the band is also a well-known Argentine Tango teacher. Her partner - Koichiro Suzuki or Chewy - for short is also an Argentine Tango teacher in addition to being a main tuba player and a director of the band.
They demonstrated an Argentine Tango - Vals - similar to a regular Waltz. Their dance moves appear effortless, smooth, coordinated and polished.
Overall - the classic Piazzola tunes sounded flawlessly with a lot of maturity. "The Kiss of Fire" - on the other hand - Angel Villoldo's immortal classic - left some to be desired. The band needs to work on it some more. Also - a couple of pieces the band played - were entirely too long - close to ten minutes per piece.
In a nutshell - however - the band milongas - among them - the immortal classic - "Betty La Fea" - sounded lively with the beat kept well for the dancers.
On July 24 - 2011 - Sat. 8:30 pm - the band will play at Wightman Community Center - Squirrel Hill which has a magnificent dance floor and good acoustics.
See you there!
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