NPR’s article on last month’s passing of the great Van Cliburn retells the story of how the pianist gained his initial fame at 23 by winning the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958.
This was huge.
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Updated Accordion Repertoire List
If you think accordions are just good for polkas, check out the bookings page. I’ve added a list of just some of the songs I typically play on accordion gigs.
It’s a good illustration of the many styles possible on accordion–French waltzes, Italian tarantellas, Broadway hits, Beatles classics, Argentinian tangos… you name it!
Piano Tunes
The Listen page has now been upgraded to feature a snappy “jukebox” style player for some of my piano recordings. (This is another reason why I love SoundCloud. It makes that sort of thing very easy to do.)
And yes, accordion clips are in the works…
Welcome!
The new year brings a complete redesign of my website — the biggest overhaul since I launched www.jeffjetton.com way back in 1996.
And while I still play plenty of piano, the focus of the site now is on accordion, an instrument I’ve found myself drawn to playing more and more over the years. (But more on that later!)