Meet six people who made tango what it is today: Enrique Santos Discépolo, the orphan whose lyrics earned him the nickname “the philosopher of tango”; Osvaldo Pugliese, whose orchestra kept playing beside his empty piano, marked by a single red carnation, while he was imprisoned; José Basso, who led his orchestra for more than fifty years; Elvino Vardaro, who became a great violinist despite losing part of his thumb as a child; Tita Merello, who learned to read at twenty and became a voice of Buenos Aires; and Osvaldo Zotto, the dancer who trusted elegance over acrobatics.

These stories come from The Legends of Argentine Tango by Dimitris Bronowski, available on Amazon in English (paperback, Kindle and audiobook) and on Kindle in Spanish, French, Portuguese, German and Italian. More info: thecurioustanguero.com/thelegendsofargentinetango

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