In the hands of these three, the combination of trumpet, accordion and piano produces a quite magical sound – gentle, beguilingly tuneful and slightly melancholy.

Paolo Fresu - trumpet, fluegelhorn, Richard Galliano - accordion, bandoneon, accordina, Jan Lundgren - piano

A marvellous musical collage of European folk music which embodies elements of symphonic music, swing, free jazz, blues and flamenco

Radio Philharmonie Hannover NDR,  Michael Gibbs - conductor, Joachim Kühn – piano, Jean-François Jenny Clark – bass, Jon Christensen – drums , Django Bates – horn , Douglas Boyd – oboe , Klaus Doldinger – soprano saxophone, Richard Galliano – accordion, Christof Lauer – soprano saxophone, Albert Mangelsdorff – trombone , Markus Stockhausen – trumpet

Goods' warm-sounding, fast picking guitar, his flexible phrasing and smooth vocals; Haffner's uniquely bouncy drums; Di Gioia’s wonderful timing and inspirational, effervescent piano and Fender Rhodes; Lefebvre’s concise bass; all of these merge to form distinctively new, convincing interpretations of spirituals and soul classics.

 Rigmor Gustafsson: vocals, Radio.String.Quartet.Vienna