The Wide World of Accordion Music

[Musicophile]

A recent Jazz accordeon player worth noting is Vincent Peirani. He has several albums on ACT. 

 

I'm not always fully convinced by his music, but he has done some nice stuff with Michael Wollny:

 

 

[christopher3393]

Wing Span: Contemporary Danish Accordion Music & Classical Works

Adam Ørvad

 

 

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2013/May13/wingspan_DANACORD_DACOCD718.htm

 

 

[christopher3393]

Back from the Dead Accordion Thread!!

 

 

 

"The son of button accordionist Santiago Jiménez Sr., Leonardo “Flaco” Jiménez is probably the best-known conjunto accordion player in the United States. The winner of a Grammy, Flaco has inspired an expansion of interest in conjunto Tejano music beyond its traditional Tex-Mex roots...."

 

"What B.B. King is to the blues, or George Jones is to traditional country, Grammy-winning accordionist Flaco Jimenez is to the world of Tex-Mex conjunto.”

 

Flaco Jimenez: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

 

 

 

Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens - "Streets of Bakersfield", featuring Flaco Jimenez

 

 

 

[christopher3393]

 

"Rockin' Chair" · The Band

 

Accordion: Garth Hudson

 

 

[MarkusBarkus]

One of my favorite threads! I visited an accordion museum in Chonchi, Chile, which celebrated cultural treasure Sergio Ruben Colivoro Barria. Full of guys fixing accordions, playing accordions, and display models old and new. A real gem.

[ted_b]

I really love the accordion, too.  A funny little tidbit: I had a salesman that worked for me at Oracle years ago, and he and his father were world class accordion players.  He used to laugh about it, how polarizing the instrument is,  and say "if you put an accordion in your trunk and go park and leave the trunk open, when you come back there with be three accordions in there".  🙂

[christopher3393]

 

 

When I Paint My Masterpiece (Remastered 2000) · The Band

 

Accordion: Garth Hudson

 

 

[DuckToller]

Vincent Peirani was already mentioned here, I adore his Kashmir to Heaven hommage

 

[christopher3393]

"Across the Borderline" was written by Ry Cooder, Jim Dickinson, John Hiatt

 

Performed by Flaco Jimenez, accordion and vocal, with John Hiatt on lead vocal and guitar

 

 

[christopher3393]

J.S. Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565

 

(begins at 3:40)

 

 

[christopher3393]

"The accordion through its bad connotations has developed itself into a strange hybrid of an instrument. It is both pure and vulgar; it is both beautiful and ugly; it is both lowbrow and highbrow; it is both classy and classless; it is both serious and pop; it is both hip and square. As a matter of fact, it may be one of the only instruments living today that has its own sense of ironic twist already built into the instrument, from its appearance to its tone. What do we do with all this, Mr. Welk?"   ---  William Schimmel

 

"William Schimmel (born 1946) is one of the principal architects in the resurgence of the accordion, and the philosophy of "Musical Reality" (composition with pre-existing music).[1] He holds Bachelor of Music, Master of Science and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in composition from the Juilliard School, along with a diploma from the Neupauer Conservatory of Music in performance/composition. He performs music in many genres, has commissioned and premiered hundreds of new works, has composed over 4000 works in every medium, has written a number of books and articles and has made numerous recordings and videos. He has composed over 4000 works in every medium including opera which have been performed by leading performers, ensembles and conductors including the Late Leopold Stokowski. His music has been featured in a number of films, most notably Scent of a Woman starring Al Pacino, where he appears in the famous Tango Scene with The Tango Project which he is a founding member and television shows."

 

Accordionist On a Mission In the Age Of Guitars

 

"Overture to Egmont: Beethoven" - Dr William Schimmel

 

 

"More Than Rain" by Tom Waits from the album 'Franks Wild Years' , 1987

 

accordion: William Schimmel

 

 

 

 

[MarkusBarkus]

...both pure and vulgar. The story of my life.

[christopher3393]

..might be a good way to characterize Tom Waits' music as well?

 

A few more from Tom Waits with William Schimmel on accordion, from the Rain Dogs album, 1985

 

Rain Dogs

 

Time

 

Cemetery Polka

 

Cemetery Polka live , with Tom Waits substituting what appears to be a pump organ (reed organ) for accordion. Sound is similar to my ears and very effective on this song which is actually about some of his dead relatives. This performance , with its intense percussion, verges on the edge of chaos:

 

[christopher3393]

"In the piano scores of hit songs, there are strange diagrams. They relate to guitar, ukelele and banjo, as well as the accordion – infantile instruments in comparison with the piano – and are intended for players who cannot read the notes."

 

--- Theoror Adorno, "On the Fetish Character in Music and the Regression of Listening" (1938)

 

"SKAZY - is the oldest punk-folk project in Russia..."

 

 

[christopher3393]

"Asshole Rules The Navy" from Son Of Rogues Gallery 'Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys,' featuring Iggy Pop with A Hawk and a Hacksaw on accordion

 

 

[christopher3393]

Churupaca from Buenos Aires: kind of a Latin/Balkan fusion, weaving tasteful accordion into most tracks:

 

 

[christopher3393]

"La vie en rose" - Madeleine Peyroux, Dreamland, 1996

 

Accordion: Charlie Giordano, best know for replacing Danny Federici  as organist of the E Street Band after his death.

 

 

[christopher3393]

"Libertango" -  Astor Piazzolla

 

 

 

 

 

[christopher3393]

A little Halloween music featuring Radie Peat of Irish folk ban Lankum on accordion (harmonium is her usual bellows instrument of choice). The song itself, "Love Henry", a traditional folk song, is macabre in itself.

 

 

"Witch's Theme" · A Hawk and a Hacksaw, You Have Already Gone to the Other World

 

 

[christopher3393]

A couple from Tom Waits to fit the mood:

 

"Cold, Cold Ground", with David Hidalgo (Los Lobos) on accordion:

 

 

The chilling "November" from The Black Rider, 1993:

 

Accordion: Greg Cohen

 

 

[christopher3393]

On 10/28/2021 at 2:20 PM, christopher3393 said:

A couple from Tom Waits to fit the mood:

 

"Cold, Cold Ground", with David Hidalgo (Los Lobos) on accordion:

 

More accordion from David Hidalgo, Los Lobos:

 

"How Much Can I Do?", 1983

 

 

3 from How Will the Wolf Survive?, 1984

 

 

 

 

[christopher3393]

"Je cherche après Titine" · Dominique Cravic et Les Primitifs Du Futur, Tribal Musette

 

 

 

[DuckToller]

Angel Corpus Christi made this:
 

 

 

[AudioDoctor]

I would be remiss if I let this thread go without adding in this absolute gem of a cover of Leonard Cohen, Dance Me To The End Of Love.

 

 

[sphinxsix]

In some regards no-one can beat Russians..

 

 

In some no-one can beat Bavarians..