{{Infobox album | name = Tango from Obango | type = Album | artist = Wiener Art Orchestra | cover = Tango from Obango.jpg | alt = | released = 1980 | recorded = November 22 & 23, 1979 | venue = Schmettersound Studio, Bisamberg, Austria | studio = | genre = Contemporary classical music, Jazz | length = 44:21 | label = Art<br><small>Art 1002</small> | producer = Hans Heinrich C. Stoller, Mathias Rüegg | chronology = Wiener Art Orchestra | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Concerto Piccolo | next_year = 1981 }} '''''Tango from Obango''''' is the debut album by European jazz group the Vienna Art Orchestra (credited as Wiener Art Orchester) which was first released in 1980 on the Art label.<ref name="Vienna Art Orchestra discography">[https://www.vao.at/discography Vienna Art Orchestra Website: discography] accessed February 20, 2018</ref><ref>[http://dartin.tripod.com/vao.html?discs/discs-idx Vienna Art Orchestra discography] accessed February 20, 2018</ref> The album was re-released on CD in 1997 with additional material along with a sampler disc.<ref name="Allmusic"/>
==Reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = ''Allmusic'' | rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> }} The Allmusic review by Tom Schulte called it "an important document in the post-modern jazz movement".<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first=Tom |last=Schulte |class=album |id=mw0001123285 |title=''Tango from Obango'' – Review |accessdate=February 20, 2018}}</ref>
==Track listing== All compositions by Mathias Rüegg # "Tango from Obango" – 13:24 # "Polish Contrasts" – 9:36 # "Voilà di Here" – 1:15 # "The World of Beband & Bigbop" – 12:42 # "Panta Rhei" – 5:53 # "Charly's Trauma" – 0:38 # "Aftercare by Wolfgang Puschnig" – 3:53 <small>Additional track on CD reissue</small>
'''''Two Songs for a Lovely War''''' <small>Additional disc on 1997 CD reissue</small> # "Song for Another Lovely War" – 15:59 <small>recorded in 1988</small> # "Another Song for Another Lovely War" – 14:39 <small>recorded in 1988</small> # "Jessas Na!" – 3:42 <small>recorded in 1977 and originally released on 7 inch single</small> # "Kontrapunkte" – 4:49 <small>recorded in 1977 and originally released on 7 inch single</small>
==Personnel== *Mathias Rüegg - arranger, conductor *Lauren Newton - voice *Karl Fian - trumpet *Herbert Joos − flugelhorn, baritone horn *Christian Radovan − trombone *Wolfgang Puschnig − alto saxophone, flute *Harry Sokal - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute *Roman Schwaller − tenor saxophone *Uli Scherer − piano *Harry Pepl – guitar (track 4) *Jürgen Wuchner − bass *Werner Pirchner − marimba, vibraphone *Fritz Ozmec − drums *Wolfgang Reisinger − percussion
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Category:1980 albums Category:Vienna Art Orchestra albums