Jazz and Java with the Cafe Accordion Orchestra
Apr 13 | 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
$30.00 - $40.00
Parisian Swing and Musette
The Cafe Accordion Orchestra, CAO, presents Jazz and Java, an afternoon of Parisian musette and swing. Enjoy accordion-fueled swing waltzes, passionate French ballads and jumpy jazz with fiddle and guitar.
Dan Newton: Accordion, Vocals
Eric Mohring: Fiddle, Mandolin, Vocal
Mike Cramer: Guitar
Erik Lillestol: Bass
Joe Steinger: Percussion
CAO has been delighting audiences and dancers alike since 1994, performing French Musette, Hot Club Swing, Greek, Armenian, American Jazz and Blues standards, Latin music and sounds from film soundtracks as well as original music. CAO’s sound has taken them to Vienna, Austria for performances at the International Akkordeon Festival. They have appeared in New York at the Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing series, Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, The Minnesota State Fair, as well as festivals, theaters and dance halls across the United States.