Blue World (Remastered) Art Van Damme Quintet

• 1 Blue Lou 02:31
• 2 It's a Blue World 03:07
• 3 My Kind of Love 02:26
• 4 Laura 03:35
• 5 Too Close for Comfort 02:27
• 6 When Your Lover Has Gone 03:11
• 7 The Song Is You 02:15
• 8 The Things We Did Last Summer 03:34
• 9 Cheek to Cheek 02:39
• 10 On the Alamo 03:39
• 11 Jim 03:08
• 12 Diane 02:57
• Total Runtime 35:29

Info for Blue World (Remastered)

Called “The hippest cat ever to Swing an accordion”, Art Van Damme was born in the small town of Norway, Michigan in 1920. The 40’s and 50’s saw the classically trained Van Damme revolutionize the way the accordion was played, removing it from its stereotyped role as a polka playmate; in 1947 Van Damme made the cover of the prestigious jazz magazine Downbeat and was voted “Top Accordionist” 10 years in a row. He starred on such popular American TV programs as “Today”, “The Dinah Shore Show”, and “The Tonight Show”, and toured Europe some 40 times. With his decision to combine guitar and vibes with accordion, Van Dam’s groups developed a unique sound early-on. His recordings with MPS were some of his best, given the company’s predilection of allowing the musicians a free hand. As one reviewer put it, Van Damme played “…right-hand runs with a velocity and lightness of touch that defied the presumed limitations of the instrument, consistently emphasizing the lyric contours of a melodic phrase rather than the lightning technical flourishes that led up to it.”

Art Van Damme, accordion
Joe Pass, guitar
Herbert Thusek, vibraphone
Eberhard Weber, bass
Kenny Clare, drums

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