Victor Hugo Diaz (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Victor Hugo Diaz (August 10, 1927 in Santiago del Estero, Argentina - October 23, 1977 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a tango, folklore and jazz harmonicist. All his life, in spite of a highly successful career, the ex-child prodigy remained loyal to the companions of his youth like the Abalos brothers and the great percussionist Domingo Cura with whom Diaz recorded on many occasions. His debut in Buenos Aires around 1944 resulted in a series of record contracts with Odeon Records, TK Records, Jockey and later, RCA. Although mostly known for his tango performances, his music has deep rural roots, above all in the provincial folkloric music he had grown up with: chacareras, zambas and milongas camperas. Nevertheless, such a brilliant musician could never really be confined to a single style or type of music.