Do you dig jazz accordion? Yesterday’s Boston Globe has a glowing review of a recent performance by Cory Pesaturo, a 21-year-old jazz accordionist from Boston. Pesaturo is the only accordion player at the New England Conservatory of Music and, according to the Globe, “makes the instrument sound as natural and native to jazz as the saxophone or trumpet.”
Pesaturo switches between acoustic and digital accordions, using the latter to play solos as different “instruments” simultaneously. In an interview with the Providence Journal, he mentions how people are often surprised by the accordion’s versatility:
“It catches people’s eyes, and you can do anything with it. Most people think it’s only the polka box, but you can do totally everything.”
He’s just released a new album, Change in the Weather, with saxophonist George Garzone, who’s a teacher at the Conservatory where Pesaturo is a student. Here’s their rendition of a Cole Porter classic from that album:
Cory Pesaturo: What Is This Thing Called Love? (MP3 download)
5 Comments:
Cory does a great job on accordion jazz,recommend him highly,,,,please send a CD of his latest recording
to play for the Reno Accordion Club, which I am the President of…..Thank you, Ed Suterko
by Ed Suterko on October 19th, 2007
Well done, Cory!
We met at Charles Nunzio’s AAA luncheon a few years ago.
It was sure worth studying with Mr. Nunzio. Give him a buzz sometime, and visit him if you can. I was just there last week.
Zevy
by Zevy Zions on October 19th, 2007
Ed, if you’re looking for a copy of Cory’s album, you should get in touch with him directly via his site.
by Chris on October 20th, 2007
Well, he sure is modest. I hear of none of his feats. :] simply wonderful, Cory.
by Kassie on June 21st, 2009
I just met the guy on Thursday at an accordion fest in Leavenworth, WA. Great kid.
by Kassie on June 21st, 2009