[78-L] fwd: Art van Damme

[simmonssomer]

If you absolutely, positively must, go to YouTube and type in "Broadway Open 
House" or "Jerry Lester" and you will
be educated on why Dagmar's probably favored the piccolo or kazoo. I believe 
Dumont was doing their best to save it for
educators like ourselves.

Al
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] fwd: Art van Damme


> Just in case this showed up elsewhere (as here) minus the first line, what 
> I
> said was
> Did he ever try to teach Dagmar to play the accordion? Or was television 
> not
> ready for that kind of thing yet?
>
> David Lennick wrote:
>> ready for that kind of thing yet?
>>
>> dl
>>
>> simmonssomer wrote:
>>> Let us not forget...Milton De Lugg of the "Broadway Open House" show.
>>>
>>> Al Simmons
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Banjo Bud" <banjobud at cfl.rr.com>
>>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 2:34 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] fwd: Art van Damme
>>>
>>>
>>>> He was a helluva good jazz accordianist, but I always preferred Charlie
>>>> Magnante.
>>>>
>>>> Bud
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>>>> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 10:25 AM
>>>> To: "78L" <78-L at 78online.com>
>>>> Subject: [78-L] fwd: Art van Damme
>>>>
>>>>> Art Van Damme, R.I.P.
>>>>>
>>>>> Art Van Damme, a former Northridge resident known as the father of 
>>>>> jazz
>>>>> accordion, has died. He was 89.
>>>>>
>>>>> The quintet leader known internationally for his swinging jazz 
>>>>> accordion
>>>>> died
>>>>> Monday at a skilled nursing facility near his home in Roseville, a 
>>>>> suburb
>>>>> of
>>>>> Sacramento.
>>>>>
>>>>> Van Damme, who cut nearly 50 jazz records, made as many world concert
>>>>> tours and
>>>>> appeared on numerous NBC radio and TV shows, died before his 90th
>>>>> birthday
>>>>> concert bash.
>>>>>
>>>>> Arthur Raymond Van Damme was born April 9, 1920, in Norway, Mich. 
>>>>> During
>>>>> the
>>>>> 1930s, he studied classical accordion in Chicago before styling 
>>>>> himself
>>>>> after
>>>>> "King of Swing" Benny Goodman.
>>>>>
>>>>> Known for his melodic jazz improvisation, Van Damme taught himself to
>>>>> swing his
>>>>> 26-pound Excelsior as lightly as Goodman's clarinet, with nuanced 
>>>>> bellows
>>>>> accents and a sliding five-finger chord style.
>>>>>
>>>>> His Art Van Damme Quintet recorded 130 episodes of the "Art Van Damme
>>>>> Show" for
>>>>> NBC radio before performing on "Tonight" and other TV variety shows.
>>>>>
>>>>> More at:
>>>>> http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_14422445?source=rss
>>>>>
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