[78-L] fwd: Art van Damme

[Jeff Sultanof]

What is interesting about the accordion, the instrument that many children
studied when I was a boy, was that it was (and may still be) available as a
synthesizer/electronic keyboard back in the eighties. I once went to a
wedding where the musician hired played one of these things, and I was most
impressed. The instrument samples were rather good (he could sound like a
string or woodwind section), and he also had a drum sampler as I recall.
Talk about one-man band.

Jeff Sultanof

On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 11:53 PM, Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net>wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Geoffrey Wheeler" <dialjazz at verizon.net>
> >I have the Discovery Shearing  78 album and 10-inch LP. I forget what’s
> > on them. Decades ago, many musicians got a start playing the accordion,
> > especially in certain ethnic neighborhoods here in the States.
> > Brooklyn-born Barry Manilow started out on accordion. Gene Joslin
> > mentions Buster Moten soloing with Benny Moten’s orchestra. Buster as
> > “Bus Moten” also recorded for Capitol. I have the record, Captol 70017:
> > Bus Moten and His Men:  It’s Hard to Laugh or Smile/I Ain’t Gonna Give
> > Nobody None of My Jelly Roll. Also Capitol 70033: On the Gravy
> > Train/Gone. The LoC has neither record.
> >
> When I was a child (a LONG time ago!) there was an operartion  which
> sold accordions to young musician-wannabes and provided lessons
> thereon. The idea was (the purchaers must have been living in a tree...?!)
> that once you successfully learned how to play your accordion, the
> riches of musicianship (???) were available...!
>
> Note that this message missed Charles Magnante...?!
>
> Steven C. Barr
>
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