Album Notes

Roger Davidson is a prolific composer whose recent recordings have focused increasingly on the music of South America. Collaborating frequently with Brazilian, Cuban, and Argentine musicians, Roger has been steadily contributing exciting new music in these Latin genres.

Pasión por la Vida is a CD of passionate tangos by pianist Roger Davidson performed with Latin-Grammy award-winning bandoeonist Raúl Jaurena. These are intimate tangos in a deceptively simple setting.

This is Roger Davidson's third album of tangos and the first to rely solely on his own creative spirit using neither standards nor a formal arrangement. Each tune is a unique expression of his passion for life, perfectly suited to the tango and distilled to its essence with piano and bandoneon.

“The album is casual as a cardigan, willfully optimistic, ultra-tuneful and perfectly danceable. Pasión por la Vida is built to last.”

—John Shelton Ivany,