Richard Galliano

The son of an Italian-born accordion teacher, Galliano showed prowess at a very early age when growing up in Cannes. At 14, he fell in love with jazz, and by his mid-20s he was working in Paris as an arranger, composer and studio musician. From the early 1980s, he performed and recorded with legends like Chet Baker, Ron Carter and Toots Thielemans.