Frank Marocco's wide-ranging career embraced every genre of music,
but his passion was jazz – and to show that the accordion was a
legitimate jazz instrument.
Marocco's wide-ranging career embraced every genre of music. His
accordion can be heard on hundreds of movie soundtracks, recordings,
musical theater, television series and specials, commercials, video
games and theme park music. The film, television and recording composers
he's worked with include Henry Mancini, John Williams, Quincy Jones,
Elmer Bernstein, Michel Legrand and dozens of others.By Don Heckman, Special to the Los Angeles Times
