Nonesuch
f you’re old enough to remember the 1986 release of bandoneonist/composer Astor Piazzolla’s , you’ll recall that its entry onto the world music stage was akin to that of punk rock a decade earlier. Already the avatar of (native folk music made jazzy and cosmopolitan by his hand), the Ellington of Argentina brought fresh rhythmic and harmonic vibes—to say nothing of a modern chamber classicist’s mindset—to ancient music and made it essential.