Title: Solo [Contrabajeando] Tracks: Contrabajeando (Piazzolla/Troilo) Verano Porteño Viene clareando (Aredes/Yupanqui) El humahuaqueño (Zaldivar) Quebradinha (Nazareth) Berimbau (Moraes/Powell) Dorvon Tsangihn (trad. Mongolian) Tukinokaisha-Kangwondo Arirang (trad. Korean) La Danaide (Saitoh) Hill of ships, stage of water (Saitoh) A rope (Saitoh) Sarabande (from Suite No. 5 for violoncello) (J.S. Bach) All compositions by Astor Piazzolla except where noted. Group: Saitoh, Tetsu Musicians: Saitoh (Tetsu) - bass Label: Jabara Country: Japan Catalog number: JAB-04 Media: CD Year of release: 1997 Studio or Live: Studio Year of performance: 1996 Description: Style: Piazzolla on Other Instruments (bass; etc.) Comments: Tetsu Saitoh plays on a s. XVIII Ferdinand Gagliano bass. It includes Piazzolla's Contrabajeando (originally written for Kicho Diaz) and Verano Porteño (with a line from Los Mareados dedicated to Mr. Ramon). I would like to mention that on October 27, 1997 (his birthday), I had the immense pleasure of meeting in person with Mr. Saitoh at the Romanisches Cafe in Tokyo, on occassion of his presentation with the "Piazzolla Unit", a superb quintet led by Mr. Saitoh which plays his arrangements of Astor's music. I also had the fortune of meeting Mr. Ramon.