Wynton Marsalis / Richard Galliano: From Billie Holiday to Edith Piaf | CD Review

Although they both led troubled lives, Holiday and Piaf had very little in common musically. But when Galliano, the French accordion virtuoso, and Marsalis got together at the 2008 Marciac Festival, alternating songs associated with the two singers, they succeeded in finding a great deal of common ground. They are both phenomenal players, and Marsalis's band is one of the best anywhere. Indeed, his saxophonist, Walter Blanding, steals the show at one point. his package contains a DVD, an audio C...

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