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Vaudeville Accordion Classics: The Complete Works of Guido Deiro
Guido Deiro, Henry Doktorski
Vaudeville Accordion Classics: The Complete Works of Guido Deiro
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Classical
 
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Guido Deiro, the Italian-American accordion virtuoso-- frequently called "The Great Deiro"-- was of paramount importance in the popularization of the accordion in the early 20th century. The first accordionist to perform ...  more »

     
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All Artists: Guido Deiro, Henry Doktorski
Title: Vaudeville Accordion Classics: The Complete Works of Guido Deiro
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Bridge
Original Release Date: 1/1/2000
Re-Release Date: 11/25/2003
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Classical
Styles: Easy Listening, Vocal Pop, Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Instruments, Electronic
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 090404913822

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Guido Deiro, the Italian-American accordion virtuoso-- frequently called "The Great Deiro"-- was of paramount importance in the popularization of the accordion in the early 20th century. The first accordionist to perform on the Vaudeville stage (1910), he was also the first accordionist to make sound recordings (Edison Wax Cylinders, 1911). For many years Deiro was a headline attraction at the great vaudeville houses throughout America and abroad, and made more than 100 recordings for the Columbia record company. On Bridge's 2-CD set, Henry Doktorski's sparkling performances of Deiro's music quickly confirm the reason for Deiro's immense popularity. In 1913, Deiro met the young vaudeville performer, and later-to-be Hollywood starlette, Mae West, while both were performing on a vaudeville show in Detroit. The couple quickly fell in love and secretly married. Henry Doktorski's liner notes detail Deiro and West's torrid love affair, and early photograph's of Deiro, provided by Deiro's son, Count Guido Deiro Jr., add to the significance of this release. Deiro's delightful compositions are a window onto an era long past, much like the re-discovery of Scott Joplin's music, twenty-five years ago.
 

CD Reviews

Excellent Album
Bob Nunes | Medford, OR USA | 01/04/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This two CD set is certainly worth the money. Henry Doktorski's performance is indeed breathtaking. It is as if someone were transported back to the days when Guido Deiro himself was performing these songs. Guido Deiro was a recording pioneer who he became the first star piano-accordionist, the first piano-accordionist to perform on the vaudeville stage, and to make sound recordings(I've got at least two of Mr. Deiro's old Columbia 78 RPM records at home). In fact, Guido became the first person to coin the phrase "Piano-accordion." You'll find plenty of good stuff about Guido in Mr. Doktorski's liner notes on the two-CD set as well as on the GuidoDeiro.com website. Mr. Doktorski's sparkling performance certainly does Mr. Deiro's songs justice."
Accordion as you have never heard it!
Air Museum | Las Vegas, Nevada | 04/03/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Guido Deiro was the first virtuoso of this much maligned and very difficult to play instrument. An accomplished composer and recording star, Deiro was a hughely popular in Vaudeville. The liner notes reveal his marriage to Mae West and I enjoyed the vintage photos. Henry Doktorski plays Deiro's compositions with great technique and every piece is a revelation of what the accordion is really capable of when played by a master musician."