Jazz Articles about Richard Galliano

Richard Galliano Quartet featuring Gary Burton: If You Love Me (L’Hymne a L’Amour)

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 11, 2008

Per qualche misteriosa ragione (la fisarmonica? i tanghi? la cantabilità?), Richard Galliano è uno di quei musicisti che divide il pubblico: o lo si ama, o lo si odia, senza mezze misure. Personalmente, e a differenza di molti miei colleghi di penna, ho sempre amato molto Richard Galliano. Il suo virtuosismo che non perde mai di vista la melodia, il senso della musica. Quella sua capacità di farci immaginare una Francia un po' retró, fatta di fumosi café parigini e ...

Richard Galliano & Tangaria Quartet: Live In Marciac 2006

by Chris May
September 25, 2007

Accordionist Richard Galliano's Tangaria Quartet made its studio debut earlier this year with the thrilling Luz Negra (Milan Records, 2007), recorded in Brazil. The group's warm-up gig for those sessions happened a month earlier, in August 2006, at France's Marciac Festival, and, happily, the performance was recorded.

Like the studio set, Live In Marciac 2006 is a fiery, foot-on-the-accelerator mix of valse musettes, straight-ahead jazz, tunes derived from European and South American folk songs, a handful of tangos ...

Richard Galliano featuring Gary Burton: If You Love Me (L'Hymne a L'Amour)

by John Kelman
August 30, 2007

Fifteen years after his death, tango legend Astor Piazolla's influence continues to be felt. Both accordionist Richard Galliano and vibraphonist Gary Burton have released tributes to the late composer/performer, and so it's no surprise that the two have joined up to mine Piazolla's music and more on If You Love Me (L'Hymne à L'Amour). They explore the paradoxical romanticism and melancholy of tango, but also delve into music as far-reaching as singer Edith Piaf, composer J.S. Bach and pianist Bill ...

Richard Galliano: Luz Negra

by Chris May
February 20, 2007

A little accordion can go a long way. The instrument's blowsy, wheezing sound, perfectly fashioned to express sadness and tears, can quickly become a downer, and it takes a player with unusual gifts to transcend all that. It is no accident that two styles intimately associated with the accordion, Argentinian tango and French musette, frequently deal with loss and bad luck. Je ne regrette rien? I don't think so.

Richard Galliano has recorded several tristesse fests in his time, but ...

Richard Galliano: Ruby, My Dear

by Michael McCaw
August 16, 2005

As with a lot of good music, there are numerous times during Richard Galliano's Ruby, My Dear where you find yourself not hearing the instrumentation or even the song really--instead, you find yourself joyously lost in the sound being created. Ruby, My Dear isn't the album that will mark the accordion as an instrument that has arrived, however it does make a strong case for its inclusion as a legitimate jazz vehicle.Richard Galliano has been working to promote ...

Richard Galliano: Piazzolla Forever

by Dan McClenaghan
October 13, 2003

Astor Piazzolla (1923-92) took the originally blue collar Argentinean tango to new and unforeseen levels, and onto a classical plane. A virtuoso on the bandoneon – a squeeze box similar in sound to the accordion – he abandoned his plans for a European classical music career to embrace the earthier tango sounds of his homeland.Accordionist and bandoneon player Richard Galliano pays homage to the tango master on Piazzolla Forever. Like his idol, Galliano initially studied classical music, but ...

Boxed Set (Concerts In: Richard Galliano

by Jim Santella
February 1, 2001

With his distinctive, continental European flavor, Richard Galliano brings the accordion into jazz’s broad path. In his solo performances can be heard echoes of Django, Stéphane, and hundreds of other like-minded, globetrotting artists. The accordionist’s own compositions swing with an enduring jazz sensibility, while his creative improvisations pull from eclectic global resources. When he’s immersed in his own roots, such as on “French Touch,” it’s easy for the listener to drown himself in the scenery.

Galliano’s three-disc collection begins with ...