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Bondini/Godard/Niggli Fables of Time Intakt Records CD 449 Part of the rehabilitation of the accordion’s reputation from identification with Lawrence Welk and ethnic wedding bands has been its slide into improvised music. Two established European ensembles demonstrate this challenge. KontraSax & Friends attaches New music impulses that embed squeeze box timbres within extemporaneous motifs, while members of the Bondini/Godard/Niggli trio reshape traditional-sounding airs with particular free music turns. Intact for more than 30 years, the… Read More