The pianist Carlos Di Sarli bahiense Ciera talent, personality, rhythm, harmony and gentlemanly.
He went to the 57 years, a 12 of January of 1960 in Olivos (Buenos Aires province). 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.
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 lived in a house in the street Buenos Aires 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 became 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 their first composition "Meditation" (he wrote 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" premiered at the Folies Bergere Tania and guest gala was Di Sarli in honor and appreciation for the advice given to his friend. Between 1927 Y 1928 He formed 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, which they included 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 joined 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 began to develop his great orchestra that 1 of January of 1939 He debuted 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, He presented to the orchestra of Carlos Di Sarli in LR1 Radio El Mundo from the studio "A" of the building of 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- llamóa him and gave him an envelope with 200 weights had left the teacher DiSarli (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.
Source: Jose Valle(*) – https://www.lanueva.com/ – 12 of January of 2020
* The author is a historian of tango, writer and cultural producer
