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Born near Liniers, on the west side of the city of Buenos Aires, he trained in early music and graduated as a violin teacher.
In 1931 he took a big step by joining Firpo’s orchestra as a violinist, but with Fresedo Sassone would find his way to feel the tango. That would mark him forever.
Little by little he formed his own style, a mix of Fresedo and Di Sarli, and achieved something that was completely Florindo Sassone.
He cultivated a kind of tango with a strong preference for the purity and clarity of the melodic line, framed within a clear play of sound sources, always pleasant and with a carefully polished design. Often we can discover some additions of embellished overtones, modern alternated, somewhat alien to the orthodox traditional structure of tango orchestras.
The soloists never took center stage, but he did emphasize a diverse range of effects and nuances of the different instrumental parts.
Florindo put together his first orchestra in 1935 with Alberto Amor as singer. He made his debut on Radio Belgrano in 1936, later playing on Radio el Mundo, where he had an afternoon show with a large orchestra including percussion, harp and other exotic instruments.
In 1940 he withdrew from his activities to devote himself to personal matters. But in 1947 he reassembled his orchestra and successfully returned to radio and began competing with the big names.
He returned to the main ballrooms of Buenos Aires. Important here was singer Jorge Casal, who surprised those around him with the brilliance of his voice and his well-controlled dynamics. At that time, an orchestra had to have a second singer, and again with a good choice, he hired Roberto Chanel.
The years passed, television had already been consolidated and Florindo was one of the first conductors to appear before the TV cameras. In 1960 he even had a program in which he played the leading role.
In 1962 the orchestra was reassembled, and in 1966 he traveled to Japan for a months-long tour. In the 1970s he returned to Japan and also performed in Colombia and Venezuela.
Florindo Sassone did not leave an excellent oeuvre as a composer, but a successful song is the milonga Baldosa floja (loose paving stone).