The accordion and Turntable For One. Some called that a perfect marriage, some called it synergy at its most organic, some just called it a night. There have been many swinging jazz accordionists in the past; and in the present, the instrument is finding its way into the background and the foreground with some great singers and musicians. Below is a partial list and all I had time to play this week.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- UNDER PARIS SKIES / Toots Thielemans / “Chez Toots”
- THE MORE I SEE YOU / Jenna Mammina / “Meant To Be”
- CHIM CHIM CHER-EE / Esperanza Spaulding / “Everybody Wants To Be A Cat”
- SWING GITAN / Django Festival Allstars / “Django Festival Allstars 2012”
- LET THERE BE LOVE / Art Van Damme & The Voices Unlimited / “Invitation”
- A POTTER’S SONG / Maria Schneider / “The Thompson Field”
- THE FOLKS WHO LIVE ON THE HILL / (Mystery Vocalist) / Eric Clapton / “Old Sock”
- APRIL IN PARIS / Connie Evingson / “Gypsy In My Soul” /
- APRIL IN PARIS / The Mighty Accordion Band / “They Said It Couldn’t Be Done”
- SO SORRY / Sophie Milman / “In The Moonlight”
- THE NIGHT THE PUGILIST LEARNED HOW TO DANCE / Sting / “The Last Ship”
- SMILE / Halie Loren / “Heart First”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
There’s more where this came from – more songs, more jazz singers, more ways to kill an hour. Check out the Turntable For One podcasts on PRX, The Public Radio Exchange. Click the link below!
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