From the piano with his magical left foot and offered him a unique phrasing to each of his magnificent performances.

When I was very young I began to delve into the history of tango, reading, doing research, listening to all recorded material that was and interviewing singers, cancionistas, musicians, poets, diffusers and collectors, I was totally caught by the beautiful and elegant sound of the orchestra of Carlos Di Sarli who, from the piano, with his magical left foot afforded him a unique fraseo, fascinating and unique to each of his magnificent performances. Adored by both milongueros as tango lovers and romantic frame of mind while lilting, melodious and harmonized to be tediously "Stepped".

Life and my activity in the genre I were inching closer to the life and work of the great master bahiense, eventually I authored, Eduardo remembered by the Giorlandini and Gabriela Biondo (Gaby "The sensual voice of tango"), the biographical book "Carlos Di Sarli, the man with soul boy ", Nestor Bacega producer alongside documentary filmmaker who directed Freinquel Alberto "El Señor del Tango", creator and director of the national festival of tango hometown of Don Carlos that bears his name.

I had the great pleasure of producing the show "Tribute to Carlos Di Sarli" the 27 August 2011 in the crowded theater of "Teatro de la Ribera" I located at Pedro de Mendoza 1821, in the neighborhood of La Boca, within the activities of the Festival and World Tango Buenos Aires. It was led by the singer Gaby, seconded by maestro Norberto Vogel, Gastaminza dancers Natalia and Gustavo Rodriguez and Eduardo Giorlandini historian and lawyer who made a review of the life and work of pianist bahiense.

Three journalists and tireless diffusers He distinguished his work, Ricardo García Blaya (Site owner www.todotango.com), Anselmo Marini (broadcaster and host of the radio program "From the Soul" issued by "La 2×4” FM) and Luis Tarantino (host of the radio program "The Boot" issued by "La 2×4” FM), hislifemate to Amelia Gomez Di Sarli and the singer Alberto Podestá. Present were the daughters of the master, Dora and Maria Cristina.

Cayetano Di Sarli was born 7 of January of 1903 in the beautiful city of winds, White Bay, his father was Miguel, a native of southern Italy, and his mother Serafina Russomano.

The family had a gun on the street San Martin 44 and they lived in a house in the street Buenos Aires N ° 511 (today Yrigoyen). The small Cayetano completed his initial studies at the Don Bosco and piano at the conservatory Williams. In 1915 and he played the piano in theaters accompanying silent films and in city confectionery Santa Rosa, province of La Pampa, both owned by Mario Manara, compatriot and friend of his father, which he did for about two years.

In 1919 He returned to Bahia Blanca and formed his first orchestra with which he remained in Bahia Blanca at Cafe Express, located at the corner of Zelarrayán and Buenos Aires and the Café Moka, O'Higgins 50. They also toured La Pampa, Córdoba, Mendoza, San Juan and Salta. Finally, in 1923 he moved with his brother Roque moved to Buenos Aires, in this city it changed its name in the civil registry and becomes Carlos. Before forming his first group worked with violinist Juan Pedro Castillo, with the trio of Alejandro Scarpino and I had a fleeting passage by the orchestra of his admired Osvaldo Fresedo. Juan “Pacho” Maglio and Jose Maria Rizzutti recorded his first composition "Meditation" (to write in 1919).

A close friend of Enrique Santos Discépolo, She helped him to compose the music for some of his lyrics. "I'm a harlequin" premieres at the Folies Bergere Tania and guest gala Di Sarli is a tribute and thanks for the advice given to his friend. Between 1927 Y 1928 It is his first sextet. The singers Santiago Devin, Ernesto Fama and Fernando Diaz accompanied this training recordings and radio performances. Between 26 November 1928 and the 14 August 1931 registry 48 issues, They are including the tangos "T.B.C." Edgardo Donato, "Damn" by Antonio Rodio and Celedonio Flores, "The guitarrita" and "One night garufa" both of Eduardo Arolas. In 1932 joins the singer Antonio Rodríguez Lesende, the famous Galician. In 1934 Di Sarli settled in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, where he joined a small group with known bandoneon player Juan Cambareri, Alberto Saikievich violinist and singer Roberto Pieri.

At the end of 1938 Di Sarli begins to develop his great orchestra that 1 of January of 1939 debuts on Radio El Mundo. The integrated violinists Roberto Guisado, Angel Goicoechea and Adolfo Pérez; bandoneonists Roberto Gianitelli, Domingo Sanchez and Alberto Mititieri, Sunday Capurro bassist and singer Ignacio Murillo, then replaced by Roberto Rufino who at that time had 16 years. This training, the 11 from December to 1939 He recorded for Victor Tangos "Heart" (of his own, with lyrics by Héctor Scored) sung by Roberto Rufino and "Retirao" Carlos Posadas.

The singers of the orchestra were the aforementioned Roberto Rufino, Antonio Rodriguez Lesende, Agustín Volpe, Carlos Acuña, Alberto Podesta, Osvaldo Cabrera, Jorge Durán, Raúl Rosales, Osvaldo cord, Oscar Serpa, Mario Pomar, Argentine Ledesma, Rodolfo Gale, Roberto Florio and Horacio Casares.

His work certainly stand, “Milonguero viejo” (dedicated to Fresedo), "White Bay", "Nido gaucho", "Porteño and Dancer", “Verdemar”, "What we can talk" and "Carnival Again", real gems of the genre.

Di Sarli was a friend of the great Juan Carlos Cobian, who he shared mutual admiration. I was able to try and work with many people who knew and worked with the teacher, Roberto Rufino, Alberto Podesta, Argentine Ledesma, Horacio Casares, Leopoldo Federico, Federico Scorticati, José Libertella, Julián Plaza, Roberto Chocho Florio, Carlos Acuña, Tania, Enrique Cadícamo and all, while highlighting its qualities as a musician, They emphasized the human quality, of well-wishers teacher; a true man of honor.

On one occasion, Antonio Carrizo told me at the restaurant "The Chair" which was owned by his son -Cerviño 4699, Palermo- that when he was just 22 years, Orchestra presents Carlos Di Sarli in LR1 Radio El Mundo from the "A" study building Maipú 555 (National Radio today) with capacity for five hundred people. At the end of the show, when Reed retired, the goalkeeper nicknamed the "Galician" Giménez- calls and gives you an envelope with 200 weights had left the teacher Di Sarli (It was good money at that time) and a note saying "you buy something for your baby".

Anibal Troilo felt great admiration and affection for Carlos Di Sarli, it's more, He described the sound of the orchestra Di Sarli and "those different things he did with his magic hands on the piano" as: "A kind of melodious chimes that illuminate you. It makes you want to dance ", Zita and went with the Marabou walking track.

Alberto Podesta teacher told me many times: "For something to Di Sarli they called him Mr. Tango, he was a gentleman, a great teacher in every way. He taught me much. It was very severe, I insisted that no such scream, to be careful with treating my voice. I said: Sing along with interest. The teacher gave me my stage name, Alberto Podesta, replacing that used until then, Juan Carlos Morel. People loved him. Filled carnivals giving Cramp ".

The last performance was Carlos Di Sarli Sunday 9 March 1959 Podesta Club Lanus. He went to the 57 years, a 12 of January of 1960 in Olivos (pcia. de Bs. As.). If tango is conjugated with talent, personality, rhythm, Chivalry harmony and there is a name that can be glimpsed very clearly, and if these features add "Bahia Blanca" certainly is Carlos Di Sarli alone can correspond with such successful and flattering features.

Source: Jose Valle (*) – magazine New – 29 September 2019

*The author is a historian of tango, Writer, cultural producer.