John J. Kimmel (13 December 1866 – 18 September 1942
) was a German-American musician known for playing
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
,
Scottish, and American music on the 1-row
diatonic accordion
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(or ''melodeon'').
Though not
Irish-American
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, caption = Notable Irish Americans
, population =
36,115,472 (10.9%) alone ...
, but rather
German-American
German Americans (german: Deutschamerikaner, ) are Americans who have full or partial German ancestry. With an estimated size of approximately 43 million in 2019, German Americans are the largest of the self-reported ancestry groups by the Unite ...
(born in
Brooklyn
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
to German immigrants Margaretha Schmidt and John Kimmel), Kimmel's playing had an enduring effect on the playing of the Irish accordion.
Kimmel's career stretched roughly from 1904–1920,
largely in
New York City
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. His earliest recordings, done on
Edison Wax Cylinder, were around 1906.
Kimmel's works often appeared under the name ''Kimmble'',
and he was known to bill himself as the ''Irish Dutchman'' (cf.
Deutsch).
Discography
*''Irish Boy March'' (
Victor Records
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1907)
*''Medley of Irish Jigs'' (
Emerson Records
Emerson Records was an American record company and label created by Victor Emerson in 1915.
Victor Hugo Emerson was the chief recording engineer at Columbia Records. In 1914 he left the company, created the Emerson Phonograph Company, and then ...
1919)
*''Medley of Irish Reels'' (Emerson Records 1919)
*''John Kimmel - Virtuoso of the Irish Accordion'' (
Smithsonian Institution
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Folkways Records, 1980)
*''Accordion Solo - Medley of Reels No2'' (
Indestructible phonograph Cylinder record
Indestructible may refer to:
Music
* Indestructible Record Company, an American record label 1906–1925
Albums
* ''Indestructible'' (Art Blakey album), 1966
* ''Indestructible'' (Disturbed album) or the title song (see below), 2008
* ''Indest ...
1908)
Tributes
*''John J. Kimmel, un héritage fabuleux'' (2010)
See also
*
Irish accordion in the United States
The Irish button accordion has been popular in the Irish music scene in the United States, evolving in parallel with the instrument's progress in Ireland. The players included Irish emigres, locally born Irish-Americans, and also Americans of no ...
References
External links
John J. Kimmel recordingsat the
Discography of American Historical Recordings.
Discographyat HonkingDuck.com
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American accordionists
Celtic folk musicians
American people of German descent
1866 births
1942 deaths
Musicians from Brooklyn