Mogens Ellegaard - Escape of the Meatball Over the Fence - Video
PUBLISHED: Mar 23, 2012
DESCRIPTION: Mogens Ellegaard (1935-1995) of Denmark is widely regarded as the "father of the avant-garde accordion". He was one of the first in Denmark to get a free-bass accordion (with chromatic bass notes rather than chords), and have classical composers compose for the instrument (before that they were only doing adaptions of Bach, etc., and folk music). An appearance on Danish Television in 1989.