Guy Klucevsek
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Guy Klucevsek (born February 26, 1947) is an American-born accordionist and composer.
Klucevsek is one of relatively few accordion players active in jazz and free improvisation.
Klucevsek was born and raised outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has released 21 albums as a leader or co-leader, and has recorded or performed with Dave Douglas, John Zorn. Bill Frisell, Laurie Anderson and others. He is also a founding member of the international group Accordion Tribe.
In 2010 Klucevsek won a United States Artists Fellow award. [1]
[edit] Sources
- Franklin, Joseph, Settling scores: a life in the margins of American music, Sunstone Press, 2006. ISBN 0865344779
- Jenkins, Todd S. "Klucevsek, Guy", Free jazz and free improvisation: An encyclopedia, Volume 2, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004, p. 200. ISBN 0313333149.
- Ross, Alex, Classical Music in Review: Guy Klucevsek Accordionist, Dance Theater Workshop, New York Times, 2 October 1993
- Wolk, Douglas, "A world of squeezeboxes", CMJ New Music Monthly, May 1997, p. 10
