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Richard Galliano | Essential albums and listening guide
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Richard Galliano
Meet the artist
An accordionist and bandoneon player whose music connects jazz, musette and tango. His New Musette approach opens French dance-music traditions to contemporary improvisation. The bellows let chords and melody breathe together through changing dynamics.
French dance-song sensibilities meet jazz harmony and improvisation, while tango brings sharper accents and darker shades. Sustained notes create a different kind of ensemble conversation from piano or guitar. A familiar, nostalgic timbre becomes a route into flexible rhythm and contemporary improvised melody.
Where to start listening
On New Musette, listen to the accordion's breathing and rhythmic flexibility as a familiar timbre becomes part of a free-flowing jazz conversation.
1991New Musette
Richard Galliano
Richard Galliano's quartet with Philip Catherine, Pierre Michelot and Aldo Romano opens musette to jazz improvisation. Singing accordion lines and flexible ensemble responses meet naturally.
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