What is Ástor Piazzolla?
{{Infobox musical artist |Name = Ástor Piazzolla |Img = Astor Piazzolla.jpg |Img_capt = Ástor Piazzolla with his bandoneon in 1971. |Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist |Birth_name = Ástor Pantaleón Piazzolla |birth_date = {{birth date|1921|3|11|mf=y}} |birth_place = [[Mar del Plata]], [[Argentina]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1992|7|4|1921|3|11|mf=y}} |death_place = [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]] |Genre = [[Nuevo tango]] |Occupation = [[Composer]], [[Bandoneón]] player |Instrument = }} '''Ástor Pantaleón Piazzolla''' (March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango composer and bandoneón player. He revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style known as ''nuevo tango'', by mixing elements from [[jazz]] and [[classical music]]. ==Discography== *''Two Argentinians in Paris'' (with [[Lalo Schifrin]], 1955) *''Sinfonía de Tango'' (Orquesta de Cuerdas, 1955) *''Adiós Nonino'' (1960) *''Piazzolla Interpreta A Piazzolla'' (Quinteto, 1961) *''Piazzolla … O No?'' (canta Nelly Vazquez, Quinteto, 1961) *''Nuestro Tiempo'' (canta Hector de Rosas, Quinteto, 1962) *''Tango Contemporáneo'' (Nuevo Octeto, 1963) *''Tango Para Una Cuidad'' (canta Héctor De Rosas, Quinteto, 1963) *''Concierto en el Philharmonic Hall de New York'' (Quinteto, 1965) *''El Tango. Jorge Luis Borges – Ástor Piazzolla'' (Orquesta and Quinteto, 1965) *''La Guardia Vieja'' (1966) *''La Historia del Tango. La Guardia Vieja'' (Orquesta, 1967) *''La Historia del Tango''. Época Romántica (Orquesta, 1967) *''ION Studios'' (1968) *''María de Buenos Aires'' (Orquesta, 1968) *''Piazzolla En El Regina'' (Quinteto, 1970) *''Original Tangos from Argentina Vol. 1 & 2'' (solo bandeneon, 1970) *''Pulsación'' (Orquesta, 1970) *''Piazzolla-Troilo'' (Dúo de Bandoneones, 1970) *''Concerto Para Quinteto'' (Quinteto, 1971) *''La Bicicleta Blanca'', (Amelita Baltar y Orquesta, 1971) *''En Persona'' (recita Horacio Ferrer, Ástor Piazzolla, 1971) *''Música Popular Contemporá