July 27, 2010 - Tuesday Pactica at Bamboo Grove

*This week, TWO featured orchestras: Enrique Rodriguez & Ricardo Malerba!*

From 9-10pm we feel the rhythm and swing of two great Tango dance bands:

• Featuring singers Armando Moreno (for Rodriguez) and Orlando Medina (For Malerba)
  
• Rodriguez's classic compositions like "Llorar por Una Mujer" & "Tengo Mil Novias"
• Malerba's and Rodriguez's unique approach to the Tango rhythm--similarities and differences...

A bio on Enrique Rodriguez

A bio on Ricardo Malerba

To find out more about the music format of the practica, CLICK HERE

A weekly Practica Hosted & DJed by Joe Leonardo

Every Tuesday Evening 9pm-Midnight

At the Bamboo Grove Salon

134 SE Taylor St. (MAP)

Entrance between Salmon and Taylor on 2nd Ave

Portland, OR 97214

$5

Go to tuesdaypractica.blogspot.com for more information

Joe Leonardo

hardroadtango.com

July 13, 2010 - Tuesday Pactica at Bamboo Grove

*This week's featured orchestra is Francisco Lomuto!*

From 9-10pm we explore the old-style elegance of Lomuto's rhythm and melody:

• Featuring singers Jorge Omar and Fernando Díaz
  
• Lomuto's roots in the Guardia Vieja, his classic 30's sound, his evolution in the 40's
• Lomuto's odd diminished 7th...
  

If you'd like to read about Lomuto, see his Bio on todotango.com

To find out more about the music format of the practica, CLICK HERE

A weekly Practica Hosted & DJed by Joe Leonardo

Every Tuesday Evening 9pm-Midnight

At the Bamboo Grove Salon

134 SE Taylor St. (MAP)

Entrance between Salmon and Taylor on 2nd Ave

Portland, OR 97214

$5

Go to tuesdaypractica.blogspot.com for more information

Joe Leonardo

hardroadtango.com

June 22, 2010 - Tuesday Pactica at Bamboo Grove

*This week's featured orchestra is Pedro Laurenz!*

From 9-10pm we explore Laurenz's flying melodies and cutting rhythms:

• Crazy bandoneón variations and complex musical arrangements forming the bridge between the orchestras of De Caro and Pugliese
  
• The great vocalists Juan Carlos Casas and Alberto Podestá
  
• Flowing vals and mind-boggling milongas

If you'd like to read about Laurenz, see his Bio on todotango.com

To find out more about the music format of the practica, CLICK HERE

A weekly Practica Hosted & DJed by Joe Leonardo

Every Tuesday Evening 9pm-Midnight

At the Bamboo Grove Salon

134 SE Taylor St. (MAP)

Entrance between Salmon and Taylor on 2nd Ave

Portland, OR 97214

$5

Go to tuesdaypractica.blogspot.com for more information

Joe Leonardo

hardroadtango.com