Once Upon a Time: Far Away in the South

by Dino Saluzzi

Once Upon a Time: Far Away in the South cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: ECM
  • Country: Argentina
  • Length: 55:12
  • Community rating: 4.01/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The virtuosic Argentine bandoneon player leads a deeply evocative session for the ECM label, merging complex improvisational jazz with melancholic tango traditions. The record is characterized by its spacious production and profound emotional resonance, supported by a stellar multinational ensemble.

Genres

Descriptors: chamber, folk, minimal, ritualistic, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. Jos茅, Valeria And Matias (12:48)
  2. And The Father Said... (Intermediate) (1:45)
  3. The Revelation (Ritual) (5:13)
  4. Silence (6:45)
  5. ... And He Loved His Brother, Till The End (7:42)
  6. Far Away In The South... (15:49)
  7. We Are The Children (5:08)

Credits

  • Dino Saluzzi - primary artist, bandoneon, written-by, bandone贸n
  • Charlie Haden - bass, written-by
  • Pierre Favre - percussion, cymbal gong percussion
  • Palle Mikkelborg - trumpet, flugelhorn, written-by, flugelhorn trumpet

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