Item Number: H0.1019155-SC000027723

Richard Galliano is a French accordionist of Italian heritage. After a long and intense period of study, at 14, in a search to expand his ideas on the accordion, he began listening to jazz and heard records by the trumpet player Clifford Brown. The second decisive meeting took place in 1980, with the Argentinean composer and bandoneonist Astor Piazzolla.
Astor strongly encouraged Richard to create the French ?New Musette?, as he himself had previously invented the Argentinean ?New Tango?.
Some later collaboration include Chet Baker, Eddy Louiss, Ron Carter, Wynton Marsalis, Charlie Haden,
Gary Burton, Michel Portal, Toots Thielemans and Kurt Elling.

This arrangement for Cello with piano of one of his most famous and performed pieces (with clear rhythmic references to the Piazzolla's "Libertango") is suitable for classroom, repertoire and recital.

If you are looking for one of those beautiful moments in a Christmas/Holiday concert, THIS is the arrangement for you. This arrangement is a nod to both Clifford Brown With Strings and one of the great living legendary flugelhorn players, Bobby Shew. Be it a church, a symphony, a school orchestra or even civic orchestra, you will LOVE playing this beautiful arrangement! The solo is written out for flugel(trumpet) Bb Treble but is also written out in in C Treble, Eb Treble and C Bass Clefs. This version contains the sheet music for the soloist (Bb, C, Eb and C Bass) plus written out piano with chords so the soloist can be accompanied by either a piano or full rhythm section. We also have the sheet music available for full chamber orchestra/ensemble. 2018 Holiday Contest Entry