Enrique Kicho Díaz

Enrique Kicho Díaz was born on the 21^st January 1918 in Buenos Aires; he died on the 5^th October 1992. He was an argentine double bass tango musician. He played in different groups including the following; AníbalTroilo’sorquestatípica, Astor Piazzolla’sfirst Quinteto and Conjunto 9 and finally Sexteto Major.

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Biography

Díaz is commonly known with his nickname, Kicho. He was born in the city of Avellaneda in the region of Buenos Aires. He had two older brothers, David, who became a player of the violin and Jose, who became a player of the tango double bass.

Kicho Díaz started his musical career in the year 1935, and that was when he joined a tango group as a player of the double bass with the player of piano called Jose Pascual and AnselmoAiete. In the year 1939KichoDíaz joined the orquestratipica of AnibalTroilo that consisted of  OrlandoGoñi, player of the piano, Roberto Gianitelli, Juan Miguel Toto Rodríguez, players of the bandoneonand the singer Francisco Fiorentino. He was with them until the year 1959.

In the year 1960, Kicho Díaz joined Astor Piazolla’s first Quinteto  and Piazolla wrote the tango Kicho as a tribute to him. In the year 1968, Piazolla brought the orchestra together including Díaz to play thee operetta Maria de Buenos Aires and between the year 1971 and the year 1972, Kicho Díaz performed with Piazolla’sConjunto 9.

Kicho Díaz joined the Quinteto Real in the year 1962, with HoracioSalgan as the player of the piano, Ubaldo de Lío andEnrique Mario Francini playing the violin and Pedro Laurenz playing the bandoneon, and he sometimes performed with orqestra of Mariano Mores. Later in the year 1976, Kicho Díaz joined Sexteto Mayor, and with the group, he performed until he died in the year 1992.

Kicho Díaz was pronounced to be the tango Double Bass player of the century by the Legislature of Buenos Aires in the year 2000.