Leon Sash

Leon Sash: 'I Remember Newport'

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
April 25, 2014

Arguments over which jazz accordionists are best is pointless. For one, there were too many great ones in the post-war period, so ranking them is like splitting hairs. For another, any accordionist who swings sounds great, making further discussion moot. With that said, one of the greats was Leon Sash, despite the fact that he recorded only a handful of albums.  Born in 1922, Sash lost his sight at age 11. He took up the accordion in his early teens ...
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