Art VanDamme plays Lonesome Road on his 75th Birthday, 1995

Art on his 75th birthday performing as a trio in Detroit USA in 1995. At the end of this video, Art announces his retirement. He hung up his straps for several months, got lonesome, and now is back hot as ever. Today, at 90 years of age he is still playing hot jazz in Russia & Italy &... Art VanDamme is credited with single-handedly diversifying the repertoire of the accordion at a time when its popularity was restricted to polkas and folk music. His career includes a 15 year stint at NBC Chicago, numerous LP recordings, and extensive nightclub work and concert appearances throughout the USA and Europe.

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[delloso100]

hi agola445 Johnny Meijer was equally as good both are creative geniuses.

[Agola445]

Art was a great jazz player - no one better!

Stephen Kaye - President of the MI Accordion Society (MAS)

[LibertangoVieenrose]

@jdmfonte

I am very impressed that you got lessons from him !

I'd really love to be at your place.

Well, I agree to your words that some accordionist do overwight that bellows-thing, even do fakery.

On the other side: bellows are the inner soal of accordion. You can't play accordion well without understanding, feeling bellows. As a matter of fact different playing, interpretation, behavior concerning bellows will follow. Each accordionist will develop it's own way, more or less.

[jdmfonte]

COOKIN!!!! Man haz lightning in a bottle, lubes on his exercize board and more talent in his farts than most of us gin up in a lifetime.

[jdmfonte]

@LibertangoVieenrose AND Mr Van Damme doesn't make it into some overhyped/ overacted bellows- weigth- a- ton Drama thing you'd see some others with zero real talent do. This guy's a solid American ACCORDION jAZZCAT. My cousin Angelo taught me who he is way back when I took lessons from him in the early sixties and was finally starting to see the potenttial in improv on the accordion. Angelo talked and made faces when he was into it, but he didbn't do some MJyron Floren/Dick Contino "fakery

[jdmfonte]

COOKIN!!!! Man haz lightning in a bottle, lubes on his exercize board and more talent in his farts than most of usgin up in a lifetime.

[jdmfonte]

cookin!!Lookin' Smokin' Goin for the firewall anhd straight thru the doghaus.!!

[jdmfonte]

cookin! ENOUGH TO RAISE MY COUSIN ANGELO FROMJ BONE ORCHARD NAPTIME.

[LibertangoVieenrose]

I don't like this style of jazz - I prefer smooth and some others - but there is extraordinary excellence and superb skills, decades of experience within this artists playing. He is model for me.

He played himself into accordionists hall of fame for ever !

Thumbs up, there is no other choice.

[mattis09]

it´s a finger-acrobatic-playing