Richard Galliano accordion, trombone, arrangements
John Surman soprano sax & alto clarinet
Dave Douglas trumpet
Boris Kozlov bass
Clarence Penn drums
recorded live at Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Main Stage, November 4, 2011
1. The Godfather Waltz (Nino Rota)
2. La Strada (Nino Rota)
3. I Vitelloni (Nino Rota)
4. I Tre Suonatori/ La Processione (Nino Rota)
5. Huit et demi / La Passerella D'Addio (Nino Rota)
6. Solitudine Di Gelsomina / Il Circo Giraffa (Nino Rota)
7. Il Matto Sul Filo (Nino Rota)
8. The Godfather: Love Theme (Nino Rota)
9. Gelsomina (Nino Rota)
10. I Notti Di Cabiria (Nino Rota)
11. Zampano e la vedova (Nino Rota)
12. Nino (Nino Rota)
The French accordion-virtuoso Richard Galliano is an exceptionally versatile musician, able to make his mark in all kinds of musical contexts, from solo appearances to playing with a full big band.
Quite early in his career, his friend and ‘Tango Nuevo’ creator Astor Piazzolla had advised him to stay true to his roots and establish a kind of ‘New Musette’. Galliano’s exceptional abilities as a soloist are now well-recognized, and he continues to explore a vast range of music, without ever losing that lyrical quality that infuses the ballads on Love Day that he recorded with Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Charlie Haden and Mino Cinelu, or the French Touch which allowed him to make the link between Billie Holiday and Edith Piaf, with the trumpeter Wynton Marsalis.
For La Strada Galliano has gathered a squad of leading-edge transatlantic jazz musicians. His latest project is an homage to the great film composer Nino Rota (1911–1979) who, a.o., composed the music for all of Fellini’s movies and whose score for Coppolas’s Godfather remains unforgotten.
Quite early in his career, his friend and ‘Tango Nuevo’ creator Astor Piazzolla had advised him to stay true to his roots and establish a kind of ‘New Musette’. Galliano’s exceptional abilities as a soloist are now well-recognized, and he continues to explore a vast range of music, without ever losing that lyrical quality that infuses the ballads on Love Day that he recorded with Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Charlie Haden and Mino Cinelu, or the French Touch which allowed him to make the link between Billie Holiday and Edith Piaf, with the trumpeter Wynton Marsalis.
For La Strada Galliano has gathered a squad of leading-edge transatlantic jazz musicians. His latest project is an homage to the great film composer Nino Rota (1911–1979) who, a.o., composed the music for all of Fellini’s movies and whose score for Coppolas’s Godfather remains unforgotten.
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