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Topic: Art Van Damme, A Jazz Accordian Player! |
Steve Alonzo Walker
From:
Spartanburg,S.C. USA (deceased)
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Posted 21 Jul 2014 3:50 am |
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| I recently heard an Accordian player named Art Van Damme playing Jazz on my XM radio, so I went to You-Tube and downloaded everything there was on him and he is one swinging cat! And his band is just as swinging as he is! I wish I could play Steel like he plays!!! Check him out...you won't be disappointed. |
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Larry Lenhart
From:
Ponca City, Oklahoma
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Posted 21 Jul 2014 11:20 am
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I totally agree...i have been a huge fan of his since the mid 70s...joe pass at one time was his guitar player as well as fred lindquist...i was lucky enough to see art twice in person, once in dallas and once in milwaukee...just amazing...i collected every recording he ever made on vinyl...he inspired me to try to earn to play accordion...hopeless task to play like him...and i dont normally like um-pa accordion, but you will never hear that from him....his combo with the vibes, drums, accordion and guitar was copied by george shearing on piano...art said the two of them used to joke about who came up with that combo sound first...regardless,,,,great stuff!!!
There is another accordion player who approached art, but his name fails this old mans brain....george something...if i find i will post it,,,you might enjoy him as well
Glad to hear his music is not lost !
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Leslie Ehrlich
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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Posted 21 Jul 2014 2:37 pm
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Unfortunately, the 120 bass piano accordion has carried the stereotype of being a 'polka' instrument for many decades. But in the hands of players such as Van Damme and others who plays in different genres, it can be a wonderful sounding instrument.
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Jan Viljoen
From:
Pretoria, South Africa
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Posted 21 Jul 2014 9:44 pm
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Nice thread.
Please check out our own accordionist, Serge Zampolli.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By-zP8jlXkw
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 22 Jul 2014 5:27 am
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I'm not that into jazz but my favorite accordion player of all time would have to be Myron Floren of the Lawrence Welk band. That guy could play anything he wanted. Remember the Chet Atkins recording of "Dizzy Fingers"?... Myron did that on the show one night and really nailed it. I'd never seen fingers move that fast before...
A couple more who come to mind were Pedro DePaul who played for Spade Cooley's band and later in Tex Williams' Western Caravan... A great current player to hear is Jeff Taylor with the Time Jumpers, he doesn't have to take a back seat to anyone....JH in Va.
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Larry Lenhart
From:
Ponca City, Oklahoma
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Posted 22 Jul 2014 3:27 pm
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Ahhh thanks Andy, Frank Morroco was the name I was trying to think of, not george...great player as well
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Ulrich Sinn
From:
California, USA
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Posted 24 Jul 2014 11:44 am
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If you like that kind of accordion playing, then Richard Galliano comes to mind.
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