submitted on Sat, 03/01/2008 - 07:06 in Jazz Group by Mike_Longo 
Italy's Paolo Fresu (trumpet), Frenchman Richard Galliano (accordion) and Swedish pianist Jan Lundgren get together to form what may well be the first Eurojazz supergroup. All have established their credentials playing with big names: Fresu with Carla Bley, Gerry Mulligan, David Liebman, Dave Holland, John Abercrombie, Jim Hall and Toots Thielemans; Galliano with George Mraz, Al Foster, Ron Carter, Chet Baker, Miroslav Vitou and Jan Garbarek, in addition to being a member of Claude Nougaro's band for several years; and Lundgren with Johnny Griffin, Benny Golson, Herb Geller, James Moody and singer Stacey Kent. It's a curious line-up, instrumentally, but one that works amazingly well most of the time...
Source: allaboutjazz
Author: Chris Mosey
