- Richard Galliano
Richard Galliano (born
December 12 ,1950 ) is a French-Italianaccordion ist.He was drawn to music at an early age, starting with the accordion at 4, influenced by his father Lucien, an accordionist originally from Italy, living in Nice.
After a long and intense period of study (he took up lessons on the trombone, harmony, and counterpoint at the Academy of Music in Nice), at 14, in a search to expand his ideas on the accordion, he began listening to jazz and heard on records the great trumpet player Clifford Brown. "I copied all the choruses of Clifford Brown, impressed by his tone and his drive, his way of phrasing over the thunderous playing of Max Roach." Fascinated by this new world, Richard was amazed that the accordion had never been part of this musical adventure.Some later collaborations include
George Mraz ,Al Foster ,Juliette Greco ,Charles Aznavour ,Ron Carter ,Chet Baker ,Enrico Rava ,Martial Solal ,Miroslav Vitouš ,Trilok Gurtu ,Jan Garbarek ,Michel Petrucciani ,Michel Portal andToots Thielemans . He was a key member ofClaude Nougaro 's band for several years as a pianist and accordionist.Discography
Discography with
Francis Dreyfus :*"Viaggio" (1993), with
Charles Bellonzi ,Pierre Michelot andBireli Lagrene
*"Laurita" (1995), withPalle Danielsson andJoey Baron , and guestsMichel Portal ,Toots Thielemans andDidier Lockwood
*"New York Tango" (1996), withBireli Lagrene ,George Mraz andAl Foster
*"Panmanhattan" (re-release) (1996), withRon Carter
*"Blow Up" (1997), withclarinet , sopranosaxophone andbandoneon playerMichel Portal
*"French Touch" (1998), withMichel Portal ,J. F. Jenny-Clark andDaniel Humair (first session; May 1998), andAndré Ceccarelli ,Remi Vignolo andJ. M. Ecay (second session; June 1998)
*"Spleen" (1999)
*"Passatori" (1999)
*"Gallianissimo! — The best of Richard Galliano" (2001)
*"Face to Face" (2001), withorganist Eddy Louiss
*"Piazzolla Forever" (2003), withstring quartet ,piano anddouble bass
*"Concerts" (2004), withMichel Portal
*"Ruby, My Dear" (2005), withLarry Grenadier andClarence Penn , as the New York Trio
*"Luz Negra" (2006)
*"Mare Nostrum" (2007), withJan Lundgren andPaolo Fresu
*"L'Hymne a l'amour" (2007), withGary Burton ,George Mraz ,Clarence Penn
*"Love Day" (2008)External links
* [http://www.richardgalliano.com Galliano's home page]
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