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“Richard Galliano changed the history of the accordion: today we can speak of 'before' and ‘after' Galliano." After years of study and apprenticeship, in 1973, he went to Paris and quickly contact with the famous singer Claude Nougaro, and worked three years as conductor, arranger and composer with that orchestra. In an important meeting with the great Astor Piazzolla took place in 1983, and with his guidance, Galliano went back to is his root and starts creating his own style of music. Richard Galliano, direct heir to Astor Piazzolla, interprets, composes and orchestrates music which seems to casually mix reminiscences of swing, marked echoes of tango, French bistro waltzes, Bill Evans ballads, Keith Jarrett improvisations and the Afro-American lessons of Charlie Parker and John Coltrane, all this performed with a pleasing chromatic taste which goes back to best French tradition from Couperin to Debussy and above all to Ravel. Over the years Galliano had played with Chet Baker, Ron Carter, Joe Zawinul, Al Foster, Pierre Michelot, Biréli Lagrène, Jean-François Jenny-Clark, Eddy Louiss, Philip Catherine, Charlie Haden, Michel Portal, Michel Petrucciani, Enrico Rava, Toots Thielemans, Gilberto Gil, Sivuca, Jan Garbarek, Richard Bona, Ivan Paduart, Paolo Fresu, Stefano Bollani, Paquito d'Rivera, and many others.
里察‧格里安諾 於 1950 年在法國康城出生,自四歲始習手風琴,其後在尼斯音樂學院修讀樂理及吹奏伸縮小號。14歲時首次聽到小號手 Clifford Brown 的吹奏及初嘗爵士樂的滋味,從此他的音樂世界便廣濶無彊。1973 年往巴黎發展時有幸被名歌手 Claude Nougaro 聘任為他的管 弦 樂團的音樂總監,為其職業生涯掀開精采的一頁。但改變他一生的時刻,卻是在 80 年和偉大音樂家皮亞佐拉之會面,自此兩人成為莫逆之交外, 格里安諾更得其啓發,拼棄盲目摸索,一直往根源追溯而得以自創一格。 自從格里安諾得到皮亞佐拉的真傳後,無論是作曲、 编 曲、 改编或演 譯手法,他均可輕描淡寫地把搖擺、探戈 、法式華爾滋、 Bill Evans 的浪漫、 Keith Jarrett 式的即興,及 Charlie Parker 和 John Coltrane 相傳下來的非洲文化融匯貫通並 演奏出來。而其中更不難找到如 Couperin 、 Debussy 及 Ravel 這些具優秀法國傳統的情調。 自出道至今,格里安諾曾經和無數 樂手合作過, 其中包括 : Chet Baker, Ron Carter, Joe Zawinul, Al Foster, Pierre Michelot, Biréli Lagrène, Jean-François Jenny-Clark, Eddy Louiss, Philip Catherine, Charlie Haden, Michel Portal, Michel Petrucciani, Enrico Rava, Toots Thielemans, Gilberto Gil, Jan Garbarek, Richard Bona, Ivan Paduart, Paolo Fresu, Stefano Bollani, Paquito d'Rivera 等。 Jim Todd / All Music Guide
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