Piazzolla Forever

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A vibrant tribute to the Argentinian master bandoneonist, Astor Piazzolla. The concert was recorded at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord on June 8, 2005. Compositions by Astor Piazzolla and Richard Galliano. "The jazz approach to New Tango, just like to New Musette, has always been obvious to me. Jazz, Musette, Tango feed on the same ingredients: a connection to dance, strong melodies, precise and sophisticated harmonies. And the most important thing remains style (as Astor Piazzolla said). Alongside Adrien Moignard (guitar) and Diego Imbert (double bass), we will explore this New Tango and New Musette repertoire with a jazzy approach, playing at each concert in a completely free manner, sometimes deviating from the score but never from the composer's soul." --- Richard Galliano, February 28, 2022. ---Astor Piazzolla New York (USA) 1924-1937: Born in Mar del Plata, Argentina, in 1921, Astor Piazzolla spent the first period of his life in New York. It was there that he discovered tango, listening to records brought by his father, but also Bach, Gershwin, and jazz. At the age of ten, his father gave him a bandoneon, and he studied harmony with his teacher Terig Tucci. Later, he had a decisive encounter with the Hungarian pianist Bela Wilda, a student of Rachmaninov, and discovered a passion for Bach's music. It was love at first sight! Bela was his first Master, and he learned from him not to view music as a mere exercise, but rather to approach it with passion. His musical personality, then in full gestation, emotionally distanced him from Tango; he dreamed of being a classical pianist or a jazz saxophonist. But it was by listening to Elvino Vardaro's sextet on the radio, and with it, another way of playing tango, that his trajectory began to take shape. This second encounter would be decisive!Richard Galliano arrived in Paris in 1975 and met Claude Nougaro, with whom he would become a friend, accordionist, and also orchestra leader, until 1983. The second decisive encounter occurred in 1980 with the Argentinian composer and bandoneonist Astor Piazzolla, who strongly encouraged him to create the French "New Musette," just as he himself had invented the Argentinian "New Tango." Richard collaborates with an impressive number of prestigious artists and musicians, including Joss Baselli, Chet Baker, Eddy Louiss, Ron Carter, Wynton Marsalis, Charlie Haden, Gary Burton, Michel Portal, Michel Legrand, Toots Thielemans, Kurt Elling, for jazz; and for French chanson, Serge Reggiani, Claude Nougaro, Barbara, Juliette Greco, Dick Annegarn, Georges Moustaki, Allain Leprest, Charles Aznavour, and Serge Gainsbourg.Astor and Richard, two extraordinary destinies and a shared approach to music and creation that led to an unbreakable friendship.