my father said you're going to study at juilliard school of music you juilliard like glenn gould andthe other great artists. are things turned sour in new york but they didn't let on so d.n.r. and i wouldn't worry. things went badly really badly i even stole hands from the market i didn't have a dime. one day i took one of my records to a studio cbs. never forget what they said it's very beautiful but in this country it's not what you know but who you know that counts. driven by financial difficulties us to resolve to do what he had always rejected to go on tour and play traditional tango accompaniment to dance shows. in 1959 during a tour in puerto rico just as he was about to go on stage he received a call from mar del plata his father no nino had just passed away. he decided to play anyway. back in new york astor asked his family to give him a few moments. alone in half an hour he composed adios noni you know. i still remember no nino who always teased sad people. get up you little mope you have to play he always wanted me to play so that's what i did with a. little bit. of a for