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分享26-Jul-2019
by Rob Howard
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| Scottish accordionist David Vernon’s latest CD, ‘On the Level’, is an entertaining recording, which demonstrates not only his outstanding ability as an accordionist, but also his talent for composition and his renowned sense of humour. The CD begins in lively style with a country flavoured polka “Terminal 3”, written during a ten hour wait at Heathrow, hence the title! Track 2, ‘Waltz for Irene’, also composed by David, is a melodic waltz dedicated to a lady in New Zealand. Other David Vernon compositions include the plaintive Celtic tune “The Braid View”, the quirky and catchy “Frolickin’ Phil”, and the lively “Samba Samsara”. “The Roulette Wheel” is perhaps my favourite track, involving lots of triplet runs up and down the keyboard, conjuring up an image of a roulette wheel in motion – a very quirky tune indeed. There are some typically Scottish dance numbers, including the popular two step “The Ornithologist” (composed by Freeland Barbour), sets of “Gay Gordons” and “6/8 Pipe Marches” tunes, “The High Level Hornpipe”, the melodic waltz “Jimmy and Mickie” (composed by Andrew Fitchet, and dedicated to Jimmy Blue and Mickie Ainsworth), and an Iain MacPhail composition, “The Grace Renwick Polka”. Of special interest to me as I used to be an accompanist to the Polish dance team in Manchester, is the “Polish Medley”, containing four lively dance tunes in different tempos. Other tracks are the Irish tune “O’Kanes March” and a lively musette waltz “La Valse Vernon”, dedicated to David Vernon and composed by Scottish accordionist George Burns. There’s plenty of great accordion playing and variety on this recording, plus there is sympathetic backing that never overpowers the lead accordion by Alex Ross (2nd accordion), Duncan Black (keyboard), Brian Nicholson (guitar), Kenneth Ross (drums) and Bob Miller (bass), plus Bruce Davies on guitar & keyboards on track 3. For further information email: dvernon100@aol.com |