Episode 8 of Tangos Despreciados, a program series by Chris Zaal and Richard Frisart. This time about orchestra leader and tango innovator Julio de Caro.
Some tango orchestras are valued as important in tango history, but are rarely played in salons. Valued, but not loved, as it were. The orchestra of Julio De Caro was one of them: valued as one of the main innovators of tango in the 1920s. He was an inspiration to other orchestra leaders such as Pedro Laurenz, Aníbal Troilo, Osvaldo Pugliese and Astor Piazzolla.
- Derecho viejo, Orq. Julio De Caro, 1926
- Quejas de bandoneón, Orq. Julio De Caro, 1927
- Yira, yira, Orq. Julio De Caro con Luis Díaz, 1930
- Mala junta, Orq. Julio De Caro, 1938
- Ojos negros, Orq. Julio De Caro, 1952
- Saca chispas, Orq. Julio De Caro con Luis Díaz, 1938
- Milonga gris, Orq. Julio De Caro con Luis Díaz, 1938
- No hay tierra como la mía, Orq. Julio De Caro con Héctor Farrel, 1939
- Recuerdo, Orq. Julio De Caro, 1926
- El Arranque, Orq. Osvaldo Pugliese, 1944
- El Monito, Orq. Osvaldo Pugliese, 1945
- Boedo, Orq. Osvaldo Pugliese, 1948
- Esmeralda, Orq. Julio De Caro con Roberto Medina y Roberto Taibo, 1951
- Mamá yo quiero casarme, Orq. Julio De Caro con Héctor Farrel, 1940
- Todo corazón, Orq. Francisco Canaro, 1936
- Orgullo criollo, Orq. Astor Piazzolla, 1946
- Buen Amigo, Orq. Julio De Caro con Agustín Volpe, 1942
- Mi dolor, Orq. Julio De Caro con Orlando Verri, 1950
Julio de Caro with his sexteto. De Caro plays a so-called trumpet violin, a violin with a horn as “amplifier”. In pre-1927 recording technology, this was practical, as condenser microphones did not yet exist and all the musicians were playing in front of the same recording device.
