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28-Jan-2011
Frank Marocco's 80th Birthday Celebration!, Arizona – USAby Rob Howard |
 Leading US jazz accordionist Frank Marocco's 80th birthday was celebrated in style on Saturday January 15th at the annual Frank Marocco Accordion Event in Mesa, Arizona. Special guest artist Eddie Monteiro put on a dazzling display, and Eddie and Frank playing together were amazing! Stas Venglevski, Vladimir Mollov, Gabe Hall-Rodriguez, Amy Jo Sawyer, and John Simkus also contributed thrilling performances. No less than 60 accordionists, under the direction of Frank Marocco, performed a special programme on Sunday evening, January 16th. Present were Elke Ehrenholz, of Victoria Accordions, and her family, from Castelfidaro, Italy, amongst many other accordion friends. This memorable event was organised by Joan and Dan Grauman. Frank Marocco (born January 2nd 1931), also a composer and arranger, is one of the most recorded accordionists in the world, having contributed to over 500 movie soundtracks in addition to numerous audio recordings made under his own name. |