@ JAZZT MUSIC : Aquí vamos con otro gran pianista, en esta ocasión se trata de Enrique Villegas, Enrique “Mono” Villegas, que se describía a sí mismo como “un tipo inteligente, de raza y nacionalidad pianista”. Aquí nos encontramos al trío del Mono (Alfredo Remus al contrabajo y Eduardo Casalla a la batería) acompañado por los músicos de la orquesta de su admirado Duke Ellington, el trompetista de Louisiana Willie Cooke y el gran saxofonista Paul Gonsalves.
@ kill ugly radio :Largely unknown outside Argentina, Enrique “Mono” Villegas (born 1913) is one of those jazz originals whose talent easily levels the likes of Bill Evans. He said “We never repeat the music — even if we play the same songs. We’re convinced that jazz, as a conversation, should be spontaneous.”
@ Jazz Journalists Association : A long time passed since the Old Guard days: beneath the wise shadow of the incommensurable pianist Enrique “Mono” Villegas, the far precedent of guitarist Oscar Aleman and the North Americanized sounds of the Gato Barbieri, jazz in Argentina had always been a secret of experts…
@ CASA SAN TELMO 1887 : La Paz Cafe in Buenos Aires (Avenida Corrientes and Montevideo street) was an emblematic bar in the ‘60s. This café was the place to meet writers and musicians like David Viñas, Ricardo Piglia; Enrique “Mono” Villegas and Rodolfo Walsh.

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