Pianist, leader and composer
Complete name: José Hipólito Basso
(30 January 1919 - 14 August 1993)

José Basso played in Aníbal "Pichuco" Troilo's famous tango orchestra until 1947, and during that time he was at 88 recordings, the last of them was a record that on one side was "Flor de lino", sung by Floreal Ruiz and on the other side, "El milagro", with Edmundo Rivero's voice, on April 29, 1947.

Because of having had Troilo as leader for so long time, for his wide spotlighting in his solos and with such discography on his shoulders, José Basso was already in the best condition to lead his own orchestra. To replace him, Pichuco called another great pianist, Carlos Figari.

To put together his orchestra, Pepe reunited the best musicians of the time and when the group was ready he presented it to the public. In the bandoneon section were Julio Ahumada, Eduardo Rovira, Adolfo Francia and Andrés Natale; the violins were Mauricio Misé, Francisco Oréfice, Rodolfo Fernández and Domingo Serra; the violoncello was played by Leopoldo Marafiotti and the double-bass, by Rafael del Bagno. Later, players of great value like the violinist Hugo Baralis, the bandoneonist Juan Carlos Bera and the bassist Omar Murtagh were members of his orchestra. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.