Vayo Raimondo

When Latin music lovers think of tango, the first country that comes to mind is Argentina. Buenos Aires, Argentina's largest city, is widely regarded as the tango capital of the world; that was true during tango's pre-Astor Piazzolla era, and it was true after the revolutionary, innovative Piazzolla (who is arguably to tango what alto saxophonist Charlie Parker is to jazz) pointed tango in a darker, more jazz-influenced direction. But veteran tango singer Vayo Raimondo isn't from Argentina; he is a native of Montevideo, Uruguay, and his recordings are not a carbon copy of Arge...