Manny Bobenrieth

Manny Bobenrieth Ensemble: Tangata

by Joel Roberts
January 1, 2001

When most people think of the accordion, jazz isn't the first style of music that comes to mind - maybe polka, zydeco, conjunto or a bar mitzvah band, but not jazz.

Think again.

In the hands of Manny Bobenrieth, the accordion is definitely a jazz instrument. Bobenrieth, a Chilean now based near Washington, D.C., earned the first-ever degree in music performance on accordion from Catholic University, and his first CD release, Tangata , proves him to be a true virtuoso ...