Concerts Inedits [Box set, Limited Edition, Live]

Richard Galliano | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 12, 2000)
• Original Release Date: September 12, 2000
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Box set, Limited Edition, Live
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Dreyfus
• ASIN: B00004X0AR
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #529,742 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Dum Dum Dum - Richard Galliano, Louiss, Eddy

2. Ballade Pour Marion

3. French Touch

4. Billie

5. Bebe - Richard Galliano, Pascoal, Hermeto

6. II Cammino - Richard Galliano, Romano, Aldo

See all 9 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Taraf

2. Tango Pour Claude

3. Little Tango - Richard Galliano, Portal, Michel

4. Giselle

5. Libertango - Richard Galliano, Piazzolla, Astor

6. J.F.

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Fou Rire

2. Viaggio

3. Spleen

4. Tango Pour Claude

5. Waltz for Nicky

6. Medley: Sertao/Leo, Estante Num Instante

See all 9 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

No matter how you feel about the accordion--and there are those who would not grant it a place in jazz, though it was there almost from the beginning--Richard Galliano deserves attention. Classically trained, he turned next to becoming an accompanist for several important French singers, and then to jazz, finally settling on a very individual style based on all these elements. With monster chops and a gift for rhythm, Galliano has become the Art Tatum of his instrument--but a Tatum with bebop phrasing. This box set of three concerts captures Galliano's range. Disc No. 1 is a solo performance at Museo Emilia Greco a Orvieto in Italy in 1999; the second CD is a 1998 duo with reedman Michel Portal on NDR radio in Hamburg; and the third is a 1996 performance at Montreux with a trio including drummer Daniel Humair and the late Jean-Francois Jenny Clark on bass.

Most of the pieces on these recordings are Galliano originals, and they stick close to the French taste in accordion repertoire--some waltzes, some very free tango, and lots of doubletime and flash fingering. But there are also several fascinating versions of Astor Piazzolla's "Libertango," and there's some Hermeto Pascoal. The solo disc shows something of his ability, but when he adds Portal, the music moves out a bit, and toys with sonority. When he adds the premier European rhythm section on disc No. 3, it's his feeling for swing that's on display. This music is not for everybody, of course. But if everybody could hear this box, they would probably agree that this is truly exceptional music. --John F. Szwed

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Atrocious mastering/recording quality on this set; bleak and dull, April 30, 2007

By	D.M. (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Concerts Inedits (Audio CD)

I am the first one to ignore the less-than-perfect mastering or recording when the beautiful music calls for it; this set, however, is an entirely opposite case when even the gorgeous performances simply can't outcry the butchery brought onto them in the production process. Buy some other three titles from Galliano for the same money and skip this particular set!!!