"On the Trail" from Grand Canyon Suite - accordion virtuoso Charles Magnante

Some of my Charles Magnante CDs that have pretty poor audio fidelity, but this amazing performance has excellent audio. This piece is part of Ferde Grofe's famous jazz composition "The Grand Canyon Suite." I've always love the relaxed & comical sound of this piece which is very descriptive of a mule train casually strolling along the cliff-side trails of Arizona's scenic Grand Canyon.
This is one of my favorite arrangements by Charles Magnante & he does not disappoint the listener with one of his best performances here.

[@Gilbert208]

Epoustouflant!Bravoooo.

[@gvnsbt]

Bellissimo!

[@RobertKarlBerta]

Indeed that is one of his best recordings (sound quality wise and also performance wise). I have the music for this and have attempted to learn it but usually get interrupted by life. I might give it a go again. While some might have both an acoustic accordion and a modern digital accordion as I do.... it might be a fun exercise to use the capabilities of a digital accordion to perform it. The Grand Canyon Suite always intrigued me and I love the "tone poem" and special effects when an orchestra plays it.