When this came out 50 years ago in 1974, I'm guessing it wasn't covered a lot on accordion. Some possible reasons:
A) Accordions had tanked in popularity over the prior decade due to the electric guitar
B) Nobody got around to it
C) It's a bad idea.
Regardless, it came up as a request the other night at the pub and we managed to improvise a respectable version of it on the spot. Then I couldn't get it out of my head, so I came came home afterwards and did this cleaner solo take of an improvised arrangement. It is a fun one to play rhythmically and harmonically (especially the iconic bit they "borrowed" from Horace Silver).
A) Accordions had tanked in popularity over the prior decade due to the electric guitar
B) Nobody got around to it
C) It's a bad idea.
Regardless, it came up as a request the other night at the pub and we managed to improvise a respectable version of it on the spot. Then I couldn't get it out of my head, so I came came home afterwards and did this cleaner solo take of an improvised arrangement. It is a fun one to play rhythmically and harmonically (especially the iconic bit they "borrowed" from Horace Silver).
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