Don McMahon and Leslie Alexandra - The Art of Accompanying a Vocalist. |
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Dallas Vietty
accepts Don's challenge to transpose in real time for a singer who
likes a "difficult key" :-) Left to Right: Dallas Vietty, Dan Mackowiak and Janet Borelli |
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Lou Borelli (trumpet) joins Leslie (vocal) and Don (accordion) |
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James Gerke and Don McMahon: "Take the A Train" |
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Don and Leslie's
workshop smoothly transitioned into a jazz improvisation session... Left to Right: Janet Borelli, Ian Blair Fries, Dave Magliozzi, and Doug Makofka |
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Dan Mackowiak, Dave Magliozzi, and Lou Borelli |
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Late evening: Don, Dallas, Dan, and Ian
sight-reading from Janet's "treasure book" ... |
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... followed by Jazz Time with the soft music by Lou, Janet, and Ian |
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Dave and
James impressed us all with their improvisations on stage (the fabulous
deck at The Oaks) and in the kitchen. The pancakes were delicious. Much
appreciated! |
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Imagine the taste of home-made pancakes under
the morning sun, a cup of coffee,
and
live music with Dallas Vietty ...
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Dr. Ian Blair presents Medical
School for Accordionists What looks like a chain of garlic handing from the umbrella is a real human spinal chord |
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Neapolitan songs followed by Roberto's passionate tango style - Dallas Vietty, Roberto Cassan, Lou Borelli ... |
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... James Gerke,
Dave Magliozzi, and Tony D'Eramo |
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Guenadiy Lazarov
revealing some secrets of the art to maintain and repair accordions |
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Playing music by request, from video games tunes
to The Flight of the Bumblebee, any idea the iPhone can give :-) Leslie, Dallas, Nick, and Don |
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Dallas, Nick,
James, Leslie, and Don |
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Parallel jam sessions - Lou, James, and Dave are deep into "Everything Happens To Me", while Janet and Ian can't have enough of Dallas' swing musette style - I wish we had a tripod with a camcorder in each room ... |
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It feels great to be among new friends and great musicians like Lou and Janet Borelli. |
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Lou kept us entertained not only with his trumpet and flute performances but also with many interesting stories about famous jazz musicians he has worked with. |
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Any place and any time is good for accordion music at
Cape Accordion James and Dallas on Friday morning - if we could stay another day ... |
A week past like a day. The inspiration remains. We are
already looking forward to Cape Accordion 2013. Dave, thanks for the help with the "big chords". I will keep practicing ... |