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| TANGO No. 9 returns to Noe Valley Ministry Tango No. 9, San Francisco's premier tango nuevo ensemble, returns to San Francisco's Noe Valley Ministry for an evening of musical and terpsichorean enchantment. The evening will highlight compositions by the revolutionary tango composer, Astor Piazzolla, and feature the dancing of Christy Coté and Chelsea Eng. Fresh from their triumphant performance in Women of Tango at San Francisco's Herbst Theater, the two women from the groundbreaking, gender-bending ensemble Tango ConFusión will accompany Tango No. 9. For this performance, partners Darren Lees of San Diego and Gregory Phillips of Seattle will join Coté and Eng for an evening of music and dance. Tango No. 9 -- violinist and leader Catharine Clune, trombonist Greg Stephens, accordionist/ bandoneonist Isabel Douglass, and pianist Joshua Raoul Brody -- have been regaling audiences in the Bay Area and up and down the West Coast with an eclectic mix of traditional tangos, milongas, and waltzes for over seven years. Equally versed at playing house band to milongas and accompanying choreography, the group sees Noe Valley Ministry as the perfect setting in which to explore their more sit-down-and-listen repertoire. This concert include selections from their first Spillhouse album, All Them Cats in Recoleta, which featured compositions by the revolutionary tango composer, Astor Piazzolla. They will also preview some of the original compositions and new arrangements they will be recording for their third album this spring. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Jazz News :: home page |