Upcoming Events

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...

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

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

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