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Last Monday night a week, over at Damrosch Park by Lincoln Center, the Young Patrons of Lincoln Center held a night of “cool drinks and dancing under the stars” and called it Tango On the Rocks. Cocktails, dance lessons and dancing to the torrid sounds of Argentina’s Orquestea Tipica Imperial at Midsummer Night Swing, plus DJ Carlos Quiroga, Repor Tango. The only thing missing was Carmen Miranda...for pics and story, click here

From the Daily News:
"The comeback of the “orquesta típica,” or traditional tango orchestra, may be the most interesting recent trend in Argentine music. Ironically enough, it came about thanks to the very same people who grew up not caring about the signature Argentine genre."

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From The NY Sun:
"...Mr. Bragin has worked his programming magic. Nelly McKay had performed the American songbook at Lincoln Center, but she had never sung with a swing band until Mr. Bragin asked her to do so, on the first night of the series. On the second night, Mr. Bragin introduced go-go music to the series, and with it, solo instead of partner dance lessons. The choice of the Loser's Lounge, a band he worked with at Joe's Pub, resulted in a strong showing of their cultish fans, many… Continue

This from the Wall Street Journal:
"A Midsummer Night Swing" is a melting pot. Virtually all human types make an appearance; the place is an anthropologist's delight. Who is here? Everyone. I saw figures right out of Koren's New Yorker cartoons -- Upper West Siders of a certain age -- as well as glamorous East Side sophisticates; downtown kids with tattoos and body-piercings; Orthodox Jews (men with yarmulkes, their wives with wigs); at least one emeritus Columbia University professor in… Continue

Nice review and pics posted by blogger jroxx today:
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