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The
temperamental image of Alfredo Gobbi is unmistakably reflected
in the style of his
orchestra. In his musical conceptions there are evidently
renewed old style reminiscences. Gobbi is expressing a tango
style which is his own, joining the original creativity of the
musical arranger, the expressiveness of his romantic violin and
the inimitable colour of his orchestra. The director used for
his orchestra a unique rhythmic marcation, preferably slow and
accented. Instrumental passages, always exactly placed, allowed
the soloists luster; and the way he oriented piano conduction is
very similar to that of Orlando Goñi, his friend of shared
bohemian hours. Gobbi’s important contribution to tango style,
has “something” of his own and very difficult to describe.
That “something” in Alfredo Gobbi’s tango can only be
translated into the beautiful sounds of his orchestra. The importance he gave to soloist musicians allowed Gobbi to include in his
orchestra artists such as César Zagnoli, Mario Demarco, Ernesto Romero,
Bernardo Germino, Antonio Blanco, Edelmiro D´Amario, Cayetano Cámara,
Alberto Garralda, Osvaldo Tarantino, Lalo Benítez, Juan José
Fantín, Eduardo Rovira, Omar Sasone, Roberto Cicaré, Alcides
Rossi, Osvaldo Monteleone, Eduardo Salgado, Luis Maggiolo, Tito
Rodríguez and Osvaldo Piro.
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