For a real treat listen to the Ry Cooder medly of "Viva Seguin" and "Do-Re-Mi" on his live album. Flaco Jimenez is perfect and the whole band cooks.
Why not accordion ?
To my point of view it's one of the most universal solo instruments, but not widely accepted in any classical or jazz orchestras or bands. It's also sophisticated. I'd say extremely sophisticated. In order to deliver smooth and artistic sound it may require long and extensive practice to handle bellows and position your hands properly. In addition there are two button boards that can deliver sophisticated polyphonic parts that can create an impression of small band inside one instrument. You can also count on fingers great accordionists while you can have an endless list of great guitarists or saxophonists.
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Flaco is mexican harmonica folk player. I like more sophisticated and skilled performances of jazz improvisation or classical music played by accordionist. My picks for jazz players: Ludovic Beier -- France (Gypsy Manuche jazz) Richard Galliano -- France (Jazz) Pietro Adragna -- Italy(Young jazz musician super fast and artistic and classically trained) Art Van Damme -- USA (Space Jazz) Classical: Yuri Shishkin -- Russia (One of the greatest professors and instructor of classical accordion) Alexander Hrustevich -- Ukraine (Young and talented with combined jazz and classical repertoire) Rock: Kimmo Pohjonen -- KTU band leader -- progressive experimental rock. I value clean and artistic performance on this instrument. Classically trained accordionists do get my preference. The ones I listed are classically trained. |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iviDqbCL8aM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8d8i271VgU |
Rcprince, I happen to be playing in a musical production in which the accordion is used very effectively in lieu of various other instruments (mainly strings) due to reduced orchestrations/adaptations of the standard large scale orchestrations of these works. The subject of this thread came up in conversation with the accordionist in this production and it turns out that he attended the concert with the Colonial Symphony that you mention. The soloist was the well known bandoneonist from Uruguay (living in NY) Raul Jaurena; the work was Astor Piazzola's "Concerto For Bandoneon". v=Vdrqg7tZYNw>https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdrqg7tZYNw |
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