Swiss musette from Rene Dessibourg

[maugein96]

Heres a clip from one of the best musette accordionists to come out of Switzerland.

Unfortunately not really his best recording, but hopefully youll hear the Swiss influence in the playing.

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[rancoman]

Classy playing - and what a nice tone from a relatively modern accordian!

 

[JIM D.]

Very pretty musette with fine technique, and the bass and drum accompaniment doesn't get in the way and follows perfectly :tup:

 

[Glenn]

Very nicely played in a traditional style.


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[Geoff de Limousin]

Really nice , with subtle yodel-ish touches too.
A fine example of the type of detaché playing someone recently suggested I should study ...!!
Thanks for posting.

 

[maugein96]

Like most players of his day, he made the usual switch from three voice musette to the americain two voice French sound (at least in his recordings). He eventually got into the more jazz/swing influenced style of French musette, and composed one or two tunes that were probably a bit ahead of their time. Sadly, the best of these have been removed from You Tube, as they are currently being sold by Amazon music.

Here is another clip of his later work. The Swiss influence is still pretty obvious, but he is now playing with americain tuning, which has probably been the most popular accordion tuning in France since the 50s. Some would say three voice musette suits the Swiss music better, but I suppose what he plays is really a mixture of Swiss/French, so it seems to work (at least for me).

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[maugein96]

Found one of his moderne compositions from 1977, named Simple Rupture on this link. Not a lot of Swiss in this one at all, but it shows how players specialising in their regional music were influenced by the style which was preferred in Paris at the time. No three voice musette at all, and everything was a bit up tempo.

http://mp3red.me/11054107/rene-dessibourg-simple-rupture.html

 

[yc360]

Real music!