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Will Holshouser Trio
9+ albums
jazzfree jazzasciiechoaccordioncabaret
about
Will Holshouser started out playing piano as a kid and discovered the accordion by surprise after a friend gave him an old one for a present. Since then he has been searching for his own sound as an accordionist, composer, and improviser, drawing on jazz, folk and experimental music. He lives in Brooklyn, New York and plays accordion in many different situations, most recently with Han Bennink and Michael Moore, New York City Ballet, and collaborating with the Portuguese pianist Bernardo Sassetti. He has also played with Antony and the Johnsons, David Krakauer & Klezmer Madness, Matt Munisteri & Brock Mumford, Regina Carter, Phillip Johnston, Dave Douglas, Maria Schneider, Roberto Rodriguez, the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Scott Orchestrette, and others. Will has two CDs out on the Portuguese label Clean Feed featuring his trio: Reed Song and Singing to a Bee. Will has also composed music for solo accordion and for short films, and has arranged music for various groups. He studied with Anthony Braxton and Bill Barron at Wesleyan University, where he received a grant to research Cajun and Creole music in Louisiana. After moving to New York in the early 1990s, he studied accordion with Dr. William Schimmel. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
