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Pablo Ziegler

Pablo Ziegler is an Argentine composer based in Buenos Aires and New York City. He is currently the leading exponent of nuevo tango, thanks to the skills and reputation he gathered while working extensively as Astor Piazzolla's regular pianist from 1978 until the maestro's retirement for health reasons in 1989. In 1985 Ziegler composed the music for the film Adios Roberto, and in 1990, he established the New Tango Quartet.

His playing style, both sharply percussive and metallically lyrical, is instantly recognizable and bears some similarities to that of Vladimir Horowitz as well as some of the wistfulness of Bill Evans. As a composer he has taken Piazzolla's contrapuntal approach to tango music and added more jazz influence, notably with the regular use of a drumkit, lighter harmonies similar to those used in Bossa Nova, and extended passages of improvisation. Having created a bridge between Jazz and improvisation and the New Tango personified by Piazolla, he has been more successful with his album Bajo Cero.

Ziegler's 2005 album, Bajo Cero, earned a Latin Grammy award.[2] On March 21, 2009 he played in Herbst Theatre in San Francisco for the "Tango Meets Jazz" concert, with Nestor Torres.

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Pablo Ziegler Latin Jazz Trio at Sha Tin Town Hall

Read "Pablo Ziegler Latin Jazz Trio at Sha Tin Town Hall" reviewed by Rob Garratt


Pablo Ziegler Latin Jazz Trio Sha Tin Town Hall, Hong Kong October 16, 2018 There's a tightly wound ball of contradictions at the heart of Astor Piazzolla's “nuevo tango" revolution, which injected the common man's South American dance music with classical sophistication and jazz-influenced harmony, literally taking tango from the dancehalls to concert halls, elevating its association from brothels to academia. The quest continues in the Argentinian composer's survivors, of which the ...

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Pablo Ziegler Trio: Jazz Tango

Read "Jazz Tango" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Jazz Tango--winner of the 2018 Grammy for “Best Latin Jazz Album"--is a distillation of pianist Pablo Ziegler's vision. Leading a trio of American-based Argentinians, Ziegler delivers a program that perfectly encapsulates the titular hybridized form that he knows so well. This exhilarating outing opens on Nuevo Tango patriarch Astor Piazzolla's “Michelangelo 70," a number simultaneously referencing a famed Buenos Aires tango club and the composer's year of departure for Europe. With some chromatic zest and loads of ...

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Pablo Ziegler's Nuevo Tango Passion: Amsterdam Meets New Tango and Tango Nostalgias

Read "Pablo Ziegler's Nuevo Tango Passion:  Amsterdam Meets New Tango and Tango Nostalgias" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Astor Piazzolla invited jazz into the world of tango, birthing a hybridized form of music that's outlived its creator; jazz, proving equally hospitable, opened its doors to Piazzolla and nuevo tango. High-end artists like saxophonist Gerry Mulligan, vibraphonist Gary Burton, and guitarist Al Di Meola all collaborated with the legendary composer/bandoneon player, helping to raise his profile and that of nuevo tango music on the whole. Piazzolla had a notable influence on, in addition to all three of these musicians, ...

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Pablo Ziegler: Buenos Aires Report & Tango & All That Jazz

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Pablo Ziegler-Quique Sinesi with Walter Castro Buenos Aires Report Zoho Music 2007Pablo Ziegler Quartet Tango & All That Jazz Kind of Blue 2007 Predating jazz and borne out of the ethnic mosaic that was 19th century Buenos Aires, tango music's distinctive development runs intriguingly parallel to jazz. A mixture ...

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Pablo Ziegler: Buenos Aires Report

Read "Buenos Aires Report" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Pablo Ziegler (piano), Quique Sinesi (guitars) and Walter Castro (bandoneon) fly in on the wings of their Grammy-winning Best Tango Album 2005 Bajo Cero (Zoho) with another enticing set of tunes. Ziegler composed five new ones, revamped two more, added a tune by Sinesi as well as the Astor Piazzolla classic “Libertango.

The music was recorded over two shows at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam. Nine tunes were selected from the sixteen that made up the night. The choice is judicious, ...

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Pablo Ziegler: Buenos Aires Report

Read "Buenos Aires Report" reviewed by Ralph A. Miriello


To hear the delightful sounds of Argentinean tango/jazz pianist, Pablo Ziegler and his trio on Buenos Aires Report is to allow oneself the indulgence of being transported to strolling the streets of Buenos Aires or to be swept into a scene of casual open-air dining at a late night café in Paris. The music is a sensuous combination of tango-inspired melodies with elements of classical music, jazz improvisational techniques and a sprinkling of gypsy bravado. This is definitely ...

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Pablo Ziegler & Quique Sinesi: Bajo Cero

Read "Bajo Cero" reviewed by Dennis Hollingsworth


Bajo Cero continues the string of fine releases from the folks at New York's Zoho Music, this time presenting an excellent example of tango nuevo in a trio format. Playing a combination of tango and jazz styles with roots in Argentina, the triumvirate is led by Pablo Ziegler, a graduate of the Buenos Aires Music Conservatory and Astor Piazzolla's pianist for ten years. He has been a featured symphonic performer and composer across the globe, as well as having associations ...

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Performance / Tour

2018 Grammy Winner Pablo Ziegler Trio Appearing At The Blue Note Jazz Festival On June 26

2018 Grammy Winner Pablo Ziegler Trio Appearing At The  Blue Note Jazz Festival On June 26

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations

Pablo Ziegler: 2018 Grammy Winner, “Best Latin Jazz Album" New Release on Steinway & Sons label: Solo Pablo Ziegler The Pablo Ziegler Trio won the 2018 Grammy Award for “Best Latin Jazz Album with their exciting release Jazz Tango (ZOHO). Ziegler, who honed his piano and composing skills working with legendary fellow Argentinian Astor Piazzolla, continues developing the style of Nuevo Tango. As a celebration of their Grammy-award-winning album, Ziegler's Jazz Tango Trio will be playing a shared ...

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Pablo Ziegler Trio - 2018 Grammy Winner "Best Latin Jazz Album" For "Jazz Tango"

Pablo Ziegler Trio - 2018 Grammy Winner "Best Latin Jazz Album" For "Jazz Tango"

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations

The Pablo Ziegler Trio won the 2018 Grammy Award for “Best Latin Jazz Album" with their exciting release Jazz TangoAstor Piazzolla, continues developing the style of Nuevo Tango. On Jazz Tango, pianist/composer/arranger Ziegler presents his US-based trio of world-class Argentinian collaborators Hector Del Curto (bandoneon) and Claudio Ragazzi (guitar). They play three Nuevo Tango standards by Astor Piazzolla and seven soulful, virtuosic originals by Ziegler. This Grammy victory follows a win for Best Tango Album at the 2005 Latin Grammys, ...

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The Sound is Modern, the Issue is Lasting

The Sound is Modern, the Issue is Lasting

Source: Michael Ricci

Present-day practitioners of Tango Nuevo, the modernist strain of Argentine tango, face a benign but persistent quandary. Call it the Piazzolla Problem: a need to acknowledge the work of Astor Piazzolla, who spearheaded the genre, without being subsumed by his shadow. The pianist Pablo Ziegler--a Piazzolla sideman throughout the 1980s, the composers last working decade--has handled this negotiation better than most over the years. But that doesnt mean he has earned an exemption from its demands. Mr. Ziegler is the ...

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Tango Meets Jazz at the Jazz Standard December 5th-7th

Tango Meets Jazz at the Jazz Standard December 5th-7th

Source: All About Jazz

Tango Meets Jazz Festival with The Pablo Ziegler Quartet With special guests James Carter (12/5 & 12/6) & Joe Locke (12/7) Produced by Pat Philips & Ettore Stratta: Pablo Ziegler piano, Claudio Ragazzi guitar, Hctor del Curto bandoneon, and Pedro Giraudo bass.

Jazz Standard presents our sixth annual Tango Meets Jazz Festival featuring and directed by Pablo Ziegler. The pianist is an acclaimed master of this unique musical form and the creator (with Quique Sinesi and Walter Castro) ...

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Pablo Ziegler Trio at the Kimmel Center on Saturday, December 8, 2007

Pablo Ziegler Trio at the Kimmel Center on Saturday, December 8, 2007

Source: All About Jazz

Latin Grammy Award winning pianist Pablo Ziegler debuts with his Trio at the Kimmel Center performing new tango on Saturday, December 8, 2007 at 7:30pm in Perelman Theater. Ziegler first began performing with renowned tango composer Astor Piazzolla in 1978 -a decade long musical collaboration that influenced Ziegler's musical aspirations to propel new tango to another level with jazz and classical elements. In 1990, he formed his own quartet for New Tango, and has traveled throughout the world, frequently collaborating ...

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Latin Grammy for Best Tango Album Pablo Ziegler's Bajo Cero

Latin Grammy for Best Tango Album Pablo Ziegler's Bajo Cero

Source: All About Jazz

Zoho Music is pleased to announce that last night, November 3, 2005, Pablo Ziegler's Bajo Cero was awarded a Latin Grammy Award for Best Tango Album at the 6th annual awards presentation! Pablo Ziegler Bajo Cero ZMR 200504 www.zohomusic.com Learn more about this Latin Grammy Award winning artist: http://www.pabloziegler.com/ Pablo Ziegler Appearances November 18 Walton Arts Center; Starr Theater, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA 7.00 PM and 9.30 PM Pablo Ziegler Trio, Ziegler(Piano), Claudio Ragazzi (Guitar) ...

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The Piazzolla Legacy: Tango & Beyond! Pablo Ziegler Quartet + Edmar Castaneda at the Blue Note 6/21-22

The Piazzolla Legacy: Tango & Beyond! Pablo Ziegler Quartet + Edmar Castaneda at the Blue Note 6/21-22

Source: All About Jazz

Please come to see these wonderful artists in a project I was pleased to put together for THE BLUE NOTE! Pat Philips, Concert Producer World's Finest Jazz Club & Restaurant, 131 West 3rd Street, NYC 10012 www.bluenotejazz.com BLUE NOTE presents The Piazzolla Legacy: Tango & Beyond! PABLO ZIEGLER QUARTET + Swinging Jazz Harpist EDMAR CASTANEDA June 21 – 22 ~ 8:00 p.m. & 10:30 p.m. New York, NY, May 25, 2005 – Get set for Latin fire and romance June ...

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The Piazzolla Legacy: Tango & Beyond! Pablo Ziegler Quartet + Edmar Castaneda at the Blue Note 6/21-22

The Piazzolla Legacy: Tango & Beyond! Pablo Ziegler Quartet + Edmar Castaneda at the Blue Note 6/21-22

Source: All About Jazz

June 2, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES For Immediate Release Contact: Carolyn McClair Info@CarolynMcClairPR (212) 721-3341 Please come to see these wonderful artists in a project I was pleased to put together for THE BLUE NOTE! Pat Philips, Concert Producer World's Finest Jazz Club & Restaurant, 131 West 3rd Street, NYC 10012 www.bluenotejazz.com BLUE NOTE presents The Piazzolla Legacy: Tango & Beyond! PABLO ZIEGLER QUARTET + Swinging Jazz Harpist EDMAR CASTANEDA June 21 – 22 ~ 8:00 p.m. ...

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