Before occupying the vacant place left by his father, the young Alcides had integrated the orchestras of Alfredo Gobbi and Aníbal Troilo, nothing more and nothing less. Years later, having completed his cycle in the Pugliese orchestra, Alcides will become one of the key pieces of a renewing line-up: the Sexteto Tango.

The unmistakable sound of his double bass seems to indicate to the orchestra when to move forward and when to stop. In the words of his colleague Ignacio Varchausky: "Alcides, I was in charge ..."

Aniceto and Alcides Rossi occupy a place of privilege in the history of tango as two of the most important rhythmic conductors of the genre.