Results for "Richard Galliano"

Argentina-France: A Jazz Rematch, First Half

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 31, 2022

In jazz, unlike in sports, there are no winners or losers, and the best things come out when there's collaboration rather than competition. So this week we host a Franco-Argentinean jazz pas-de-deux celebrating the jazz traditions of the two countries whose national teams made it to the FIFA World Cup finals. Happy listening!

Francesco Bearzatti, Carmine Ioanna: Favolando

by Neri Pollastri
March 3, 2021

Da sempre frequentatore delle musiche più diverse, Francesco Bearzatti si presenta in questo disco in una veste piuttosto lontana da quella del suo quartetto Tinissima (clicca qui per leggere l'intervista in cui parla del recente disco della formazione, Zorro): lo troviamo infatti a duettare con un fisarmonicista irpino, Carmine Ioanna, in nove brani, un terzo dei ...

A Night at the Jazz Circus! - Part 1

by Ludovico Granvassu
November 10, 2020

Circus is like Jazz. They both require a great deal of originality and a capacity to improvise and be in the moment. They come out of a sense of urgency and self-expression since artists do not embrace them to get rich. And they both demand incredible dedication and discipline. This week we explore the ...

Out of the Roma Villages of Turkey, Clarinet Reigns Beyond Its Traditions

by Arthur R George
November 7, 2020

The clarinet, foundational for jazz from Sidney Bechet unto Eric Dolphy, remains in strong use in the indigenous Roma music of the eastern Mediterranean. Elsewhere in the world clarinet generally has been moved aside by saxophone's bigger sound. But in the Balkans, Greece, and Turkey, clarinet provides jazz shadings to traditional music, speaks a range of ...

Virtual Jazz: A Hallmark Achievement from Jazz at Lincoln Center

by Nick Catalano
May 26, 2020

Virtual reality and the concomitant world of digitalization has received remarkable new attention because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Every conceivable art or music entity usually presented in a live format has adapted the technology and audience responses everywhere are so favorable that this new approach will certainly continue to develop long after the present crisis ebbs. ...

Richard Galliano

Born: December 12, 1950

Richard Galliano started studying piano and accordion at the age of 4 with his father Lucien Galliano, accordionist and teacher. Particularly gifted and invested, he quickly entered the Nice Conservatory, directed at that time by organist Pierre Cochereau, and followed courses in harmony, counterpoint and trombone. He won first prize in 1969 with trombone.

He arrived in Paris in 1975 and met Claude Nougaro, becoming his friend, his accordionist and conductor until 1983. The author and composer had found each other. They got along beautifully. From this close collaboration many songs that are part of the heritage of French music, such as Allée des brouillards, Des voiliers,Vie Violence were born.

Mare Nostrum III

By Paolo Fresu

Label: ACT Music
Released: 2019
Track listing: Blues Sur Seine; Pavese; Love Land; The Windmills Of Your Mind; I'te Vurria Vasà; Le Jardin Des Fées; Del Soldato In Trincea; Ronneby; Love Theme From "The Getaway"; Human Requiem; Letter To My Mother; Love In Return; Perfetta; The Magic Stroll; Prayey.

Tribute To Michel Legrand

By Richard Galliano

Label: Sony Classical
Released: 2019
Track listing: I Will Wait For You; The Windmills Of Your Mind; The Summer Knows; Once Upon A Summertime; La Chanson; I Will Say Goodbye; The Go-Between; Aurore; Les Enfants Qui Pleurent; Barbara; Apollo Valse; Watch What Happens; What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?; Chanson De Maxence (You Must Believe In Spring);

The Tokyo Concert

By Richard Galliano

Label: Éditions Jade
Released: 2019
Track listing: Parisian Divertimento; Clair de Lune (Suite Bergamasque No. 3); La Valse À Margaux; Soleil - Smile; Hommage à Michel Legrand (The Windmills of Your Mind / Once Upon a Summertime / You Must Believe in Spring); Sertão; Odeon; Folies Musette; Introducción; Andaluza (Danse espagnole No. 5); Tango pour Claude; Aria; Valse en Do# Mineur (Op. 64 No. 2);

Enrico Rava: Five Decades of Jazz - The Co-leader and Sideman Part 2

by Ludovico Granvassu
November 26, 2019

Final installment of the Enrico Rava special focusing on his projects as co-leader and sideman (click here to access the first part) with a special focus on his 'electric projects,' duo collaborations, in particular with pianists, and artistic relationship with heavy-weight of the American avant-garde like Cecil Taylor, Archie Shepp and Jimmy Lyons. Ben ...