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Hoy traemos a Frank Marocco, world famous jazz accordion player performs his arrangement of Astor Piazzolla’s tango - Oblivion. Unir acordeon, Oblivion y Astor Piazzolla una conjunción astronómica, una versión que pone los pelos de punta, digo los b(v)ellos de punta.

Frank Marocco was born in Illinois and grew up in the town of Waukegan, a suburb of Chicago. When he was seven years old, his parents enrolled him in a six-week trial program on the accordion.

His first instructor, George Stefani, was a source of inspiration to him. Marocco studied with him for nine years. His training was in the classics but his teacher encouraged him to explore other areas: he played the piano and the clarinet, he studied music theory, harmony, conducting, and he was a member of his high school band.

The next year, he studied with the legendary Andy Rizzo, a master teacher who has influenced many of this country’s accordion artists.

At age 17, Marocco took first place in a national music contest, performing his winning solo with the Chicago Pops Orchestra for a huge crowd at Chicago’s Soldier’s Field.

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