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Led throughout by Aníbal Troilo on bandoneón. Each era below is a chapter of the orchestra's lineup. The ones still marked as not documented are waiting to be filled in.
Troilo debuted his orchestra on July 1, 1937 at the Cabaret Marabú, with Orlando Goñi's swinging piano and Francisco Fiorentino's voice. A young Astor Piazzolla joined the bandoneóns in 1940, and Kicho Díaz took the bass chair he would hold for over twenty years.
"Malena" (1942) opened Troilo's great period, with Piazzolla now arranging as well as playing. Amadeo Mandarino sang alongside Fiorentino before Goñi left in 1943 to lead his own orchestra.
José Basso took the piano and Alfredo Citro added a cello. Astor Piazzolla's arrangements shaped the sound until he left in 1944; Argentino Galván then joined as arranger, and Alberto Marino and Floreal Ruiz sang.
Carlos Figari took over the piano and Simón Zlotnik added a viola, rounding the string section into a quartet. Floreal Ruiz and Edmundo Rivero sang. In November 1950 the orchestra began recording for the TK label.
The TK period, widely loved as Troilo's most lyrical. Jorge Casal and Raúl Berón sang. For the 1953 revue "El patio de la morocha" Troilo fielded a full symphonic orchestra with harp and winds.
Away from the orchestra, Troilo kept an intimate quartet. The celebrated Cuarteto Troilo-Grela with guitarist Roberto Grela (1955 to 1963), and the later Cuarteto Troilo, recorded 34 tracks of stripped-back, conversational tango.
Osvaldo Manzi replaced Figari on piano. In 1956 Roberto Goyeneche joined on vocals alongside Ángel Cárdenas, beginning one of the great singer-orchestra partnerships in tango.
Osvaldo Berlingieri took the piano for the Odeón years. Ernesto Baffa joined the bandoneóns in 1959 and Kicho Díaz's long tenure on bass gave way to Alcides Rossi. Cárdenas and Goyeneche sang.
The long Berlingieri period, with Ernesto Baffa and, from 1961, Raúl Garello (also an arranger) on bandoneóns. Roberto Goyeneche was the voice. From 1963 Troilo began summoning players per occasion; José Colángelo replaced Berlingieri in October 1968.
José Colángelo led the piano through Troilo's final orchestral years. Tito Reyes sang, later Roberto Achával, the last of Troilo's singers. The maestro died on May 18, 1975, during the run of the show "Simplemente Pichuco".
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