Jazz and Java with the Cafe Accordion Orchestra

The Cafe Accordion Orchestra, CAO, presents Jazz and Java, an afternoon of Parisian musette and swing. Enjoy accordion-fueled swing waltzes, passionate French ballads and jumpy jazz with fiddle and guitar.

Dan Newton: Accordion, Vocals

Eric Mohring: Fiddle, Mandolin, Vocal

Mike Cramer: Guitar

Erik Lillestol: Bass

Joe Steinger: Percussion

CAO has been delighting audiences and dancers alike since 1994, performing French Musette, Hot Club Swing, Greek, Armenian, American Jazz and Blues standards, Latin music and sounds from film soundtracks as well as original music. CAO's sound has taken them to Vienna, Austria for performances at the International Akkordeon Festival. They have appeared in New York at the Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night Swing series, Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion, The Minnesota State Fair, as well as festivals, theaters and dance halls across the United States.

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