As far as I know, there was an Argentine tango orchestra (one of five great tango orchestras) led by Osvaldo Pugliese that used a similar approach. Pugliese was

As far as I know, there was an Argentine tango orchestra (one of five great tango orchestras) led by Osvaldo Pugliese that used a similar approach. Pugliese was indeed a communist, a member of Communist Party of Argentina, I believe, and in his orchestra they divided all the earnings equally among members. Was one of the most stable tango collectives.