New Standard Music
 

Gregolam took us in an interesting direction in a [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], but I’d like to put a different twist to it.

IMO, Piazzola is fine for listening and I would enjoy dancing to his music a few times a year with a very special partner. For regular dance music I prefer the standard structure, instrumentation, tempo and duration that was popular in the ‘30s and '40s, but it can also be contemporary orchestras.

My question is, what music is out there that, although new, still adheres to the traditional style of music.

I enjoy a few select pieces by Camarata Porteño (includes a nice saxophone), New York Tango Trio, Hugo Diaz.

I'm not sure, but was this what you had in mind?
Try:
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]--New interpretations of old classics. Based out of Bs. As. More on the orchestral side.
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]--New interpretations of old classics, with a 75/25 classical-nuevo-ish rendition. Based out of Portland, Oregon. They're also dancers so they play their music for dancers.
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]--AWSOME Harmonicist who can go toe-to-toe with any bandoneonist. His album is a must listen to (IMHO)
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]--A Japanese Tango Orchestra

Conjunto Berretin


Joe Powers


Ryota Komatsu

Wow, I liked that conjunto Berretin, a pleasant suprise..also the Japanese players..wow, suprise!
Yes, musicians should have it together like these do, before playing for a dance...afterall, people are there to dance, not listen to a rehearsal.
So, they have all the required skill needed..the music can be modified easily for dancing...just leave out the fantasy meanderings...unless they have a room full of Gavitos, of course.

Nice!

It was good to see CB from 2004. I wonder if anyone will post this past years orchestra from Tangofest- they had 4 bandoneonists- including Alex, Korey Ireland and Ben Bogart. I understand they worked a lot on their "danceability" factor over the last few years (a trait I had sorely hoped Korey might be able to instill in our own local main tango player), but that one seemed pretty danceable to me!

I really like Joe Powers also. I am a fan of tango music for harmonica (Hugo Diaz).

Even though it's been years now since I've been to Berretin, I can't help but have a bit of Portland pride.
Conjunto Berretin is "Alex's band".
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We use to hear Tuba Tango around here several years back, which was pretty decent for dancing if you were in a fun mood.

In addition to the ones mentioned above, depending on your tastes, any/all of these at the bottom of this post are good (just a selection of current/more recent than 1950 people I love to dance to). Most traditional sounding of these all are:
Amenábar, Joaquín; Los Mancifesta; OT Fervor De BsAs & Misteriosa BsAs

Although a bit lush for some, Sassone is lovely!!

Amenábar, Joaquín; Color Tango; Cuarteto Guardia Vieja; El Arranque; El Desquite; Garello, Raúl; Los Mancifesta; Mandrágora; Orquesta Escuela De Tango; OT Ciudad Baigon; OT Fervor De BsAs; OT Fierro; OT Imperial; OT La Furca; OT Misteriosa BsAs; OT Sans Souci; Sassone, Florindo; Sexteto Milonguero; Sexteto Tango; Tango Lorca; Vale Tango

You mean, non-tango pieces that sound like traditional tango music, or old pieces that were recently put on CD, like the recent Color Tango album made of forgotten pieces by Pugliese, or the old pieces on 78-vinyls that, with the years, had become impossible to hear because of the scritch-scritch and that were recently restored numerically by the TangoRestoration guy?

I'm talking about contemporary bands that are playing tango music, for the purpose of dancing, and adhering closely to traditional styling.

I like to dance sometimes to non-tango music, particularly certain blues, but that isn't what I'm asking about.

Interesting, simulating a bandoneon with a harmonica!