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Cafe Accordion Orchestra: Afternoon In Paris with Diane Jarvi
Oct 14, 2023 | 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Parisian Jazz
Enjoy an afternoon of Parisian chanson, musette and hot club swing with CAO and guest singer Diane Jarvi.
Dan Newton accordion, vocals
Brian Barnes guitar, vocals
Eric Mohring mandolin, fiddle, vocals
Erik Lillestol bass, vocals
Joe Steinger percussion
Diane Jarvi special guest vocalist
Dan Newton’s Cafe Accordion Orchestra (CAO) performs an eclectic mix full of French flare, Latin heat and Bohemian attitude. The heart of the CAO repertoire is the passionate sound of the French valse musette. The group complements the musettes with swing, ballads, tangos, cha chas, rumbas, and cumbias to create a wonderfully varied show. They inject their music with good humor and expressive abandon. Their high level of musicianship and passion for performance makes them an entertaining concert act as well as a great dance band. CAO has been delighting audiences and dancers alike since 1995. They have appeared in New York at the Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing series, the International Akkordeon Festival in Vienna, Austria, the Minnesota State Fair, as well as festivals, theaters and dance halls across the United States.