Brussels Jazz Orchestra & Richard Galliano

Richard Galliano began playing the accordion at the age of four. By the age of 12, he was regarded as a child prodigy. He studied harmony, counterpoint and trombone at the Nice Music Academy and in 1973 he decided to move to Paris where he worked for seven years with the chansonnier Claude Nougaro. At the same time he also made recordings with jazz musicians such as Chet Baker, Eddy Louis and Michel Portal. In the 1990s, together with Philip Catherine, he founded the 'New Musette'. He received the Django d'Or for these recordings. Together with the Brussels Jazz Orchestra, Galliano is developing a project which investigates the overlaps between jazz, tango and musette. Bert Joris and Richard Galliano are writing the arrangements themselves. Come along to this musical feast, not just because of the outstanding line-up of musicians, but also to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Brussels Jazz Orchestra!