Goodwill is a good place to look for well recorded accordion. One can find many older records there in good quality on the cheap to buy just because. Instrumentation in many older records from teh 50s and 60s was purely acoustic and analog and many talented acts of all sizes playing many different instruments that are fun to listen to in hifi were recorded. Accordions, harmonicas, organs and all the rest. Hifi was new and marketable back then so record companies paid a lot of attention to sound quality. None all that popular though so most people just give them away eventually if they have them but most recordings from this era are acoustic treats for a modern day audiophile armed with a decent turntable and hifi.
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. |
Accordion
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iviDqbCL8aM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8d8i271VgU |
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