Episode 296: Everyone Makes Fun of Accordions

Discovering Jazz

People make fun of them. But when I researched jazz accordionists I found so many great ones that it was a challenge to 'squeeze-box' them into one episode.

Names like Ben Rosenblum, Art Van Damme, Tommy Gumina, Richard Galliano, Mat Mathews, and David Lange are heralded musicians who play great jazz. And on this episode I also play a few who are 'far-out there'---like Joelle Leandre, and Bube Sapravie.

Then there are some fine Canadian acordionist s like Tom Sczesniac, Adrian Dolan, Gordie Fleming,

This is an episode that accordion fans---and those willing to 'explore' the instrument's many possibilities---shouldn't miss.

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