Guy Klucevsek
Encyclopedia
Guy Klucevsek is an America
n-born accordion
ist 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.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
n-born accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
ist and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
.
Klucevsek is one of relatively few accordion players active in jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
and free improvisation
Free improvisation
Free improvisation or free music is improvised music without any rules beyond the logic or inclination of the musician involved. The term can refer to both a technique and as a recognizable genre in its own right....
.
Klucevsek was born and raised outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
. He has released 21 albums as a leader or co-leader, and has recorded or performed with Dave Douglas
Dave Douglas (trumpeter)
Dave Douglas is an American jazz trumpeter and composer whose music derives from many non-jazz musical styles, including classical music, folk music from European countries and Klezmer. He has been a member of the experimental big band Orange Then Blue...
, John Zorn
John Zorn
John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...
. Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell
William Richard "Bill" Frisell is an American guitarist and composer.One of the leading guitarists in jazz since the late 1980s, Frisell's eclectic music touches on progressive folk, classical music, country music, noise and more...
, Laurie Anderson and others. He is also a founding member of the international group Accordion Tribe
Accordion Tribe
Accordion Tribe were an international accordion group featuring Bratko Bibič , Lars Hollmer , Maria Kalaniemi , Guy Klucevsek and Otto Lechner...
.
In 2010 Klucevsek won a United States Artists
United States Artists
United States Artists is an independent nonprofit and nongovernmental philanthropic organization based in Los Angeles, California and dedicated to supporting the work of living American artists by the granting of cash awards, called USA Fellowships...
Fellow award.
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