44/2025 Carlos Lafuente with OTV, Marcucci, Los Provincianos & Carabelli 1930-1933
Here's an early 1930s tanda featuring singer Carlos Lafuente with four different orchestras!
Welcome to this week's tanda (#61) !
I haven't shared much of early 1930s tango tandas on the blog yet. I really rarely play them these days, but I think a tanda like this would work great in a relaxed day milonga. Carlos Lafuente is a nice singer, but I think the orchestras steal the show here! What do you think?
Carlos Lafuente
"His performance was outstanding, he was a special kind of voice to sing melodies of all sorts: waltzes, rancheras, folk and Spanish songs. Everything he did was all right. If we count all his recordings they are over two hundred renderings. He as well recorded with guitars and cut 22 sides accompanied on bandoneon by Ciriaco Ortiz. He appeared on the LR5, LR9 and LS8 radio stations of Buenos Aires. In the late 40s he was gradually withdrawing from show business.
If we had to define him in two words we would say that he was a great interpreter of danceable tango and was deeply influenced by Gardel."
- Salvador Lo Nigro, TodoTango