Alright ? Who brought the bandeon to the jazz gig?


Is it just me or does it seem like 2010 is the year of the high-profile bandeon on jazz recordings? I understand Wynton is using one on an album, and XM-70 has the Danish Jazz Orchestra in heavy rotation featuring this little sawed-off accordion. I submit, IMHO, that this monstrosity should be banished from anything respectfully calling itself jazz (with the possible exception of weird ECM recordings). Every time I hear one I expect Maurice Chevalier to pop out from behind a tree to start singing... Blech!!!

Or does the rest of the world love this thing?
grimace

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You mention ECM, and I'll second that--in particular, Dino Saluzzi. Is it jazz? Who knows. I do know that his album with the cellist Anja Lechner--"Ojos Negros"--is one of the most heartbreakingly beautiful recordings I own.