Juan Condori is an album by Argentine musician Dino Saluzzi

Dino Saluzzi

Timoteo "Dino" Saluzzi is an Argentine musician.The son of popular carpero composer and instrumentalist Cayetano Saluzzi, Dino played the bandoneón since his childhood...

 recorded in 2005 and released on the ECM label.

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "Juan Condori is one of those recordings where jazz, folk music, and improvisation all wind themselves into the notion of a complex but utterly beguiling song". The All About Jazz

All About Jazz

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 review by Budd Kopman stated "Juan Condori is one of most heartfelt and deeply moving releases you will come across". The JazzTimes

JazzTimes

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 review by Bill Milkowski stated "This warm-hearted family affair stands as one of Saluzzi’s best".

Track listing

All compositions by Dino Saluzzi

1. "La Vuelta de Pedro Orillas" - 8:44
2. "Milonga de Mis Amores" - 6:28
3. "Juan Condori" - 9:01
4. "Memoria" - 6:09
5. "La Parecida" - 4:51
6. "Inside" - 3:55
7. "Soles/La Camposanteña" - 7:22
8. "Las Cosas Amadas" - 6:07
9. "A Juana, Mi Madre" - 6:24
10. "Los Sauces" - 7:08
11. "Improvisacion" - 3:10
12. "Chiriguan" - 7:28
    • Recorded in Buenos Aires in October 2005

Personnel

• Dino Saluzzi
  Dino Saluzzi
  Timoteo "Dino" Saluzzi is an Argentine musician.The son of popular carpero composer and instrumentalist Cayetano Saluzzi, Dino played the bandoneón since his childhood...
  
   — bandoneón
  Bandoneón
  The bandoneón is a type of concertina particularly popular in Argentina and Uruguay. It plays an essential role in the orquesta típica, the tango orchestra...
  
  
• Felix ´Cuchara´ Saluzzi — tenor saxophone
  Tenor saxophone
  The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
  
  , soprano saxophone
  Soprano saxophone
  The soprano saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument, invented in 1840. The soprano is the third smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists of the soprillo, sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, contrabass and tubax.A transposing instrument pitched in...
  
  , clarinet
  Clarinet
  The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
  
  
• José Maria Saluzzi — acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
  An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
  
  , electric guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
  
• Matias Saluzzi — double bass
  Double bass
  The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
  
  , bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• U. T. Gandhi — drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  , percussion