Laura & Astor

Richard Galliano · 1991 · Same Sceaux concert (New Musette).

Context

Track listed as "Laura et Astor" on Richard Galliano's album New Musette, recorded for the Label Bleu label in 1991. The title refers to Astor Piazzolla, whom Galliano met in 1983 and regards as his mentor. The album received the Django Reinhardt Prize in 1993.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban. Among the origins and influences of Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban: Afro-diasporic roots, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Beritwaltz (1991)
• To Django (1996)

Sources

• bibliotheques.paris.fr
• deutschegrammophon.com

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