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Happy 102nd Birthday Django!

Musette is where Django got his start, playing banjo to accompany the French Waltz Accordionists. And so Django has taken so much from Musette to create his oeuvre. Players like Baro Ferret and Jo Privat continued this expansion of the Gypsification of the swing waltz. And Musette Project is moving ahead influenced by all ofRead more..

Pop Musette Tracks – LIVE

Here are two tracks from my recent project to turn Musette Project into a Pop-Musette project. We took a bunch of pop tunes including Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, David Bowie, The Beatles, and gave them the Musette Project treatment. I really enjoy this project, and I hope to do more performing with this set up.Read more..

Bryant Park – Solo Accordion

I had my week playing solo accordion in Bryant Park last week from Aug. 1st through the 5th. I met alot of accordion fans and saw some friends. I played from 12:30-2:30 every day. It was a wonderful experience and it got plugged on WNYC. You can hear the radio spot here: WNYC Musette RadioRead more..

Me on Radio Interview – Decemberists Accordionist Falls Ill

WDVR Radio Interview by Dallas Vietty I was on the radio show “Swing Time with Art & Deb” Monday the 24th. The show is out of a small town in east central New Jersey. I played some and talked alot about musette check out some of the interview and my playing above. WDVR Radio fromRead more..

Free Bass Competition Winner!

I went to the American Accordion Musicological Society Festival over the weekend. I competed on accordion and I won the Free Bass competition with my performance of Bach’s Invention 13 from the Two Part Inventions. There were some very fantastic players young and old at the Festival. I met all kinds of great folks, andRead more..

Bringing Back the Golden Age

The Golden Age for the musician is the age of radio, night clubs, and the days when people came out to hear live music in places with ambiance. The people, the music, the place. The jazz age. There are still spots and music like this around. Deanna’s in Lambertville, New Jersey is one of thoseRead more..

New Galliano Videos

I hadn’t looked around Youtube for Galliano in a few months, wow what I found! Galliano with Strings: World Accordion Trio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx3UF8Kw7Bo Galliano with Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Galliano with Gypsies:

Swinging Accordion: Joe Mooney

Of american swing/jazz accordionists I must say that I am most taken today by Joe Mooney. A native of Patterson, NJ, blind at age 10. I will let the FANTASTIC blog JazzWax handle the biographical details of Joe Mooney. To me he is the top of American swing accordion. Joe Mooney plays right from theRead more..

Favorite Things Recap of 2010

I started this out thinking it was going to be a top 10 posts list. But the more I look back, most of them are about me, and thats cool it is called dallasvietty.com. But as I look back I see alot of things I did or experiences I had as a performer or listenerRead more..

Accordion News Before the New Year

I’ll be playing my New Year’s Eve gig at the historic Black Bass in Bucks County, PA. This year with “The Sound of the Delaware River”, The New Impressionists. And I’ll be playing New Year’s Day for a free show with The Hot Club of Philly down at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. Swedish-American accordion technicianRead more..