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Guy Klucevsek
Person · male · United States · New York City · born 1947 · died 2025 · recording since 1987
American musician
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Also known as Guy Allen Klucevsek · ガイ・クルセヴェク
Timeline
27 events▣ Album 24◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1
1940s
1980s
· Debut release
Debut release: Scenes From a Mirage
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Biography
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Biography
Guy Klucevsek (February 26, 1947 – May 22, 2025) was an American accordionist and composer known for his fusion of polka, minimalism and experimental music. He began playing accordion at age five and later studied at the California Institute of the Arts. Klucevsek taught at Glassboro State College before emerging as a figure in the Downtown New York experimental scene. Over his career, he composed over 100 works, released more than 20 albums, and collaborated with artists such as John Zorn, Tom Waits, Laurie Anderson, and Bill Frisell. He was also active in cross-cultural collaborations and contributed to several John Williams film scores. In 2010, he received a United States Artists Fellowship. He stopped touring in 2018 due to illness and died in 2025.
Life and career
Klucevsek, who was of Slovenian heritage, was born in New York City on February 26, 1947, and raised in New Jersey and outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. At the age of five he began playing the accordion after seeing a performance by Dick Contino on television. He studied accordion with Walter Grabowski who eventually introduced him to the more difficult free-bass accordion. This allowed Klucevsek to play straight from piano music without transcription. In high school he formed a Slovenian polka band and played tuba in the school band. After graduating from high school, he matriculated to Indiana University of Pennsylvania where he earned a BA in 1969. He pursued further studies at the University of Pittsburgh and graduated with an MA in 1971. He then attended the California Institute of the Arts where he was a pupil of Robert Bernat, Harold Budd, Gerald Shapiro, Morton Subotnick, and James Tenney.
In 1972, Klucevsek joined the faculty of Glassboro State College now (Rowan University) where he taught until 1976. He was a member of Relâche, a chamber ensemble based in Philadelphia, from 1980 through 1990. He moved to Manhattan in the 1980s where he was involved in the Downtown experimental music scene and first met his long time collaborator John Zorn. His first album, Blue Window, was released in 1986. Over his career Klucevsek composed more than 100 pieces, released more than 20 albums and collaborated with Dave Douglas, Bill Frisell, Laurie Anderson, Maureen Fleming, Tom Waits and others. He was also a founding member of the international group Accordion Tribe. Klucevsek also participated in cross-cultural collaborations including with Basque accordionist Kepa Junkera, oud player Rahim AlHaj and Japanese composer Teiji Ito.
Klucevsek worked on John Williams's scores for several Steven Spielberg films, including The Terminal, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and The Adventures of Tintin. In 2010, Klucevsek won a United States Artists Fellow award. With a string quartet and Renée Fleming, he performed “Danny Boy” at John McCain's funeral at the Washington National Cathedral.
He stopped touring in 2018 due to illness and last publicly performed in 2022. Klucevsek died at home in Staten Island on May 22, 2025, at the age of 78, after battling neuroendocrine cancer for nearly ten years.
Musical style
While Klucevsek's music sometimes fits within traditional polka styles it moves far beyond this into experimentalism and minimalism. Klucevsek was influenced by Flaco Jimenez and Nathan Abshire which led him to look to integrate his Slovenian-American heritage into his avant-garde music. His polkas would often be in minor keys and played at great speed rather than the genial pace and major key of traditional polkas. Klucevsek was reluctant to label himself and his style but thought of himself as a composer rather than an accordionist. His music was unique in employing the accordion in jazz and improvisational music.
As leader
Blue Window (Zoar Records, 1986)
Scenes from a Mirage (Review, 1987)
Who Stole the Polka? (Eva, 1991)
Flying Vegetables of the Apocalypse (Experimental Intermedia, 1991)
Polka Dots & Laser Beams (Eva, 1992)
Manhattan Cascade (CRI, 1992)
Transylvanian Softwear (John Marks, 1994)
Citrus, My Love (RecRec Music, 1995)
Stolen Memories (Tzadik, 1996)
Altered Landscapes (EVVA, 1998)
Accordance with Alan Bern (Winter & Winter, 2000)
Free Range Accordion (Starkland, 2000)
The Heart of the Andes (Winter & Winter, 2002)
Tales from the Cryptic with Phillip Johnston (Winter & Winter, 2003)
Notefalls with Alan Bern (Winter & Winter, 2007)
Song of Remembrance (Tzadik, 2007)
Dancing On the Volcano (Tzadik, 2009)
The Multiple Personality Reunion Tour (Innova, 2012)
Teetering On the Verge of Normalcy (Starkland, 2016)
With Accordion Tribe
Accordion Tribe (Intuition, 1998)
Sea of Reeds (Intuition, 2002)
Lunghorn Twist (Intuition, 2006)
As sideman
With Dave Douglas
Charms of the Night Sky (Winter & Winter, 1998)
A Thousand Evenings (BMG/RCA Victor, 2000)
El Trilogy (BMG/RCA Victor, 2001)
With others
Rahim AlHaj, Little Earth (UR Music, 2010)
Laurie Anderson, Bright Red (Warner Bros., 1994)
Laurie Anderson, Life On a String (Nonesuch, 2001)
Boston Pops Orchestra & Keith Lockhart, Lights, Camera, Music! (BSO Classics, 2017)
Anthony Braxton, 4 (Ensemble) Compositions 1992 (Black Saint, 1993)
Mary Ellen Childs, Kilter (Experimental Intermedia, 1999)
Anthony Coleman, Disco by Night (Avant, 1992)
Nicolas Collins, It Was a Dark and Stormy Night (Trace Elements, 1992)
Lukas Foss, Music by Lukas Foss (CRI, 1980)
Bill Frisell, Have a Little Faith (Elektra Nonesuch, 1993)
Fred Frith, Stone, Brick, Glass, Wood, Wire (I Dischi di Angelica, 1999)
David Garland, Control Songs (Review, 1986)
David Garland, Togetherness: Control Songs Vol. 2 (Ergodic, 1999)
Robin Holcomb, Rockabye (Elektra Musician 1992)
Phillip Johnston, Music for Films (Tzadik, 1998)
Jerome Kitzke, The Character of American Sunlight (Innova, 2013)
Mary Jane Leach, 4BC/Green Mountain Madrigal/Lake Eden/Trio for Duo (1987)
Natalie Merchant, Motherland (Elektra, 2001)
Michael Moore, Holocene (Ramboy, 2008)
Phill Niblock, The Movement of PeopleWorking (Extreme/Microcinema, 2008)
Pauline Oliveros, Tara's Room + Sounding Way (Important, 2019)
Bobby Previte, Claude's Late Morning (Gramavision, 1988)
Relache, Here and Now (Callisto, 1983)
John Zorn, The Big Gundown (Nonesuch, 1986)
John Zorn, Cobra (Hat Hut, 1987)
Peter Zummo, Zummo with an X (New World, 2006)
Peter Zummo, Lateral Pass (Foom, 2014)
Tom Waits, Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards (Anti-, 2006)
Tom Waits, Orphans: Bastards (Anti-, 2018)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 30 | 90.4th |
| Studio albums | 26 | 97.7th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 27 | 96.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 37 | 76.5th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (30 release groups · 26 studio albums)
Albums · 26
1987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 38:24
A1Dining in the Rough in the Buff4:26A2Mounted on the Fairground's Magic Horses1:56A3Awakening4:30A4And Then There Were None3:57A5Old Woman Who Dances With the Sea4:21B1The Flying Pipe Organ12:39B2Scenes From a Mirage6:35Flying Vegetables of the Apocalypse
1991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 59:36
1Union Hall17:342Fez Up4:013Loosening Up the Queen5:084Waltzing above Ground9:165Reprieve4:106Perusal9:137Flying Vegetables of the Apocalypse4:038Blue Window3:599The Grass, It Is Blue2:121992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:10:52
1Road Runner5:282Below 14th Street | Above 125th Street7:153Samba D Hiccup5:264Air of Gathering Pipers7:065All Together Now11:496Manhattan Cascade20:067Ping Pong Polka2:568Oa Poa Polka4:039Polka I3:5210Phantom Polka2:511994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 53:14
1Transylvanian Softwear5:232"Viavy Rose" Variations6:103Road Runner5:524Perusal8:175Bandoneons, Basil, And Bay Leaves6:056Three "Microids" / i. My Right Foot, on the Other Hand2:207Three "Microids" / ii. Eleven Large Lobsters Loose in the Lobby0:588Three "Microids" / iii. Bustin' Broncos in the Balkans1:509Slow Dancing in Yugoslavia12:1010The Disinformation Polka4:091995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 47:46
1Guy, Won't You Play Your Accordion?3:322The VCR Polka2:543Solidarity-Polka Song3:434The Disinformation Polka4:055(The) Who Stole the Polka2:106(Do the) Lurk--Part 2--Polka2:137Some of That "Old Time Soul" Polka2:118Attack Cat Polka1:219Pontius Pilate Polka - The Devil's Polka8:2710Fuddle the Shux3:2811Guy de Polka3:0812The Twenty-Second Street Accordion Band3:0613Happy Chappie Polka1:3814Wild Goose5:501996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 42:37
1Rumbling2:542The Gunks2:453Urban Rite2:564Wave Hill6:185Tesknota14:126Stolen Memories5:367Donut Ask, Donut Tell3:058Regunkitation2:009Skating on Thin Air2:511998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:03:56
1Iridescent Rondo in Old Modes5:052Ohio Rhyming Sequel3:573Altered Landscapes17:354Dream6:115Music for Accordion With Slow Sweep Pure Wave Oscillators10:096Suite for Accordion4:187Accordion Misdemeanors7:458Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head4:209Silence4:362000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:12:05
1Aeolian Furies8:182Breath and Bone5:273Recitative8:504Blue Jets Red Sprites12:175Three of a Kind: Coral Desert3:326Three of a Kind: Organum3:117Three of a Kind: AOK Chorale3:038The Blob3:119One Less Bell to Answer3:0010Hymn18:4111Boeves Psalm2:352002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:08:54
1Festina Tarde [Make Haste Slowly]9:422Portables: Where's The Tan Go?3:333Portables: Claire, Buoyant2:454Portables: Walt's Waltz2:375Bits And Pieces Of Hard Coal: Air Apparent2:016Bits And Pieces Of Hard Coal: Old Miner's Refrain4:117Variety3:168Birds2:509Return Of The Microids: Ala Béla1:3510Return Of The Microids: The Tortoise Knows How To Make Love To His Wife4:2711Return Of The Microids: The Aerialist Somnambulates2:2712Return Of The Microids: Many Happy Returns2:081324 Preludes And Fugues For Piano, Op. 87: Prelude #8 (F-Sharp Minor)1:111424 Preludes And Fugues For Piano, Op. 87: Prelude #3 (G Major)1:381524 Preludes And Fugues For Piano, Op. 87: Prelude #1 (C Major)2:411624 Preludes And Fugues For Piano, Op. 87: Prelude #17 (A-Flat Major)1:501724 Preludes And Fugues For Piano, Op. 87: Prelude #15 (D-Flat Major)2:4918The Gift3:4219The Heart Of The Andes: Three Chase Scenes1:2620The Heart Of The Andes: The Heart Of The Andes3:0621The Heart Of The Andes: Mini Bar Talk / Misterioso / Reprises6:2522The Heart Of The Andes: Song For The Other Guy / Waltz Of The Landscape Paintings2:342003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:04:04
1Spin Cycle4:202Tulips Are Better Than One3:443Am-Scray4:384The Gift5:265Trial by Error3:326Petite Ouverture a Danser2:137A Pear for Satie4:288Slippin' on a Star4:569No More Mr. Nice Guy5:2110Der Leiermann3:0711Diggin' Bones4:3612A Goyish Kind of Blue4:5113The Road to Woy Woy4:2214The Needless Kiss4:4015Blue Window3:502004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 27 tracks · 55:42
1Clarissa (Mrs. Dalloway)3:142Blues for Richard2:403Laura (Mrs. Brown)3:144Virginia (Mrs. Woolf)2:095Sicilians in New Orleans1:186Acadians in Maine0:397Germans in the Midwest0:588Acadians in Louisiana0:399Mexicans in Texas0:5810Lament for the Accordion Maker0:5111Basques in Montana0:4412Poles in Chicago0:3513Epilogue (Road Music)1:0814One Less Bell to Answer3:2815Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My (Wives and Lovers) Head3:5916No. 1: Shape-Shifter1:5317No. 2: Ebony Mandolin1:1518No. 3: Rocking the Boat2:5819No. 4: Collapsible Hornpipe1:1920No. 5: Time Passing2:1721No. 6: Hungarian Hummingbird2:2522No. 7: Sunday Morning - Eight Legs (After Lucien Freud)2:0723No. 8: AOK Chorale2:4324No. 9: Pink Elephant2:2025No. 10: Song of the Little Prince (for Teiji Ito)2:4926No. 11: Dance!1:1727No. 12: Epilogue/Fantasy (in memoriam Brian Rehr)5:452007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 57:21
1Fallen Shadows: Overture5:132Fallen Shadows: Song of Remembrance5:353Fallen Shadows: Procession of the Gypsy Divas5:044Fallen Shadows: More Gypsy Divas2:125Fallen Shadows: Bandoneons, Basil and Bay Leaves5:526Fallen Shadows: Incidentally, the Coroner Called4:287Fallen Shadows: Intro/Dance of the Blue Flamingos6:028Fallen Shadows: Eulogy for the Divas5:239Tea Song3:5910My Walk With Ligeti5:5011Cameos: Choir Practice Chiropractic1:1412Cameos: Java Good Time1:0013Cameos: Tangoed in Gospel1:2314Cameos: Balkan Merengue ("Everybody's Doin' It!")1:0315Cameos: Accordion Foaled1:1516Cameos: Chiropractic Choir Practice1:482009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 49:32
1March of the Lazy Prognosticators3:102Dancing on the Volcano4:493Amazing Graves, Part 1: Intro1:264Amazing Graves, Part 2: Waltz3:085Grooved Shoulders5:446Bone Dance2:497Night Traveler (After Mary Oliver)5:448The Man With the Rubber Head (A Waltz)3:309Meet Me on the Midway2:1310Soft Landing2:4511The Return of Lasse2:3712Any Day Now3:5813Closer by Far7:39The Multiple Personality Reunion Tour
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 45:24
1Breathless and Bewildered1:512Waltz for Sandy2:483Gimme a Minute, Please (My Sequins Are Showing)1:274Larsong5:085Ratatatatouille4:416Hymnopedie No. 11:337Hymnopedie No. 23:248Hymnopedie No. 33:239Pink Elephant5:5910O'O2:5411Lädereld3:4412The C&M Waltz3:4713Moja Baba Je Pijana4:452015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:07:03
1Life, Liberty and the Prosciutto Happiness3:412Charms of the Night Sky7:383Variatio 18. Canone Alla Sexta. A I Clav.1:344Variatio 20. A 2 Clav.1:525The Gift5:316Keyboard Sonata in B-flat major: Prestissimo, K 5452:567On an Overgrown Path Our Evenings4:048Tango for November3:4793 Gymnopédies: 1. Lent et Douloureux3:4010Petite Ouverture à Danser1:4911Kuyavyak2:2712New Smeseno5:5113Accordion Concerto: Last Choral10:5314Tannhäuser Overture10:2715Lament for the Accordion Maker0:53Teetering on the Verge of Normalcy
2016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:01:54
1Moose Mouth Mirror3:422Hungarian Hummingbird2:333Hymnopedie No. 23:544Roundabout Now2:335Haywire Rag (for Joseph Franklin, on his birthday)1:536The Day the Snow Fell Upwards1:507Song of Remembrance5:418Shimmer (in memory of William Duckworth)1:449Bob Flath Waltzes with the Angels5:4310Little Big Top (in memory of Nino Rota)2:2711Three Quarter Moon (in memory of Kurt Weill)2:3112The Swan and the Vulture6:1613Ice Flowers3:4714Riding the Wild Tangaroo2:1215The Asphalt Orchid (in memory of Astor Piazzolla)5:0916Waltzing at the Edge of Dawn2:0917Teetering on the Verge of Normalcy6:2018For Lars, Again (in memory of Lars Hollmer)1:302018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 43:09
1Three Tributes: 1. Evan-Essence (For Evan Harlan)2:372Three Tributes: 2. Ballad of Faithe (For Faithe Deffner)3:163Three Tributes: 3. Sir Walter's Main Squeeze Rag (For Walter Kuehr)2:584Dvorak Largo: Variations and Theme6:315Pauline, Pauline (For Pauline Oliveros): 1. Buddha from Another Planet3:146Pauline, Pauline (For Pauline Oliveros): 2. Quietly, So as Not to Wake the Butterfly (After Haruki Murakami)2:307Pauline, Pauline (For Pauline Oliveros): 3. Sho-Zilla!3:128Pauline, Pauline (For Pauline Oliveros): 4. Dronespeak; Piper's Lament; the Queen of Kingston5:499Pauline, Pauline (For Pauline Oliveros): 5. Pauline Oliveros2:0310Verret's Valse (For Errol Verret)2:5711Carousel of Dreams (For Cody McSherry)2:0712Listen to the Fragrance4:1013As They Waltz off into the Sunset (For Jan)1:452019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 2 tracks · 35:30
1The Tuning Meditation17:112Tremolo no. 6 (Nucleic Chains)18:19Vignettes: Short Pieces for Accordion
2020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 24 tracks · 48:56
1Puppet Song (Song for the other Guy)1:162Bagpipe1:173Barcarolle2:424Birthday Waltz Elegy1:545Hornpipe1:426Verret's Valse2:407Gringo Star2:338Spin Cycle2:239For the First Time1:4710Eleven Large Lobsters Loose in the Lobby1:0411Feel the Bern2:3612Seesaw Song4:0113Prelude No. 11:2014Prelude No. 22:4315Music of Chants1:4416Shimmer1:4917The Landscape Listens2:2318Gimme a Minute, Please (My Sequins Are Showing)1:2919The Silence1:2120Some of that Old Time Soul Polka1:2821For Lars, Again1:3422The C&M Waltz2:0223Dear Werner2:4624As They Waltz off into the Sunset2:222021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 50:56
1Claire, Bouyant2:482Satango3:363No more Mr. Nice Guy5:21424 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, Op. 87: Prelude No. 81:12524 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, Op. 87: Prelude No. 12:40624 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, Op. 87: Prelude No. 152:477Starting Over9:188The Heart of the Andes3:139Don't Let the Boogie-Man Get You2:3810Accordion Misdemeanors: Acadians in Louisiana0:4211Accordion Misdemeanors: Mexicans in Texas0:5912Accordion Misdemeanors: Lament for the Accordion Maker0:5513Spin Cycle4:2114Life, Liberty and the Prociutto Happiness3:3715Clarissa (Mrs. Dalloway)3:1916One Less Bell to Answer3:302021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 33 tracks · 1:03:14
133 Miniatures: No. 1, Theme from “King Lear” (Arr. for Piano & Accordion)1:49233 Miniatures: No. 2, Valse from “The Eccentrics”1:29333 Miniatures: No. 3, Theme from “When Almonds Blossomed”2:47433 Miniatures: No. 4, Theme from “Extraordinary Exhibition”0:48533 Miniatures: No. 5, Theme from “As You Like It” (Arr. for Accordion)2:12633 Miniatures: No. 6, Themes from “Don Quixote” & “Sior Todero” (Arr. for Piano & Accordion)1:46733 Miniatures: No. 7, Theme from “Kin‐dza‐dza!” (Arr. for Piano & Accordion)2:37833 Miniatures: No. 8, Theme from “Mimino”3:09933 Miniatures: No. 9, Theme from “Mother Courage and Her Children” (Arr. for Piano & Accordion)1:281033 Miniatures: No. 10, Main Theme from “Twelfth Night” (Arr. for Piano & Accordion)1:591133 Miniatures: No. 11, Theme from “The Blue Mountains”1:141233 Miniatures: No. 12, Theme from “Waiting for Godot”1:221333 Miniatures: No. 13, Rag‐Time from “Richard III”1:031433 Miniatures: No. 14, Theme from “Khanuma”1:141533 Miniatures: No. 15, Theme from “The Caucasian Chalk Circle”1:441633 Miniatures: No. 16, Theme from “The Role for a Beginner” (Arr. for Accordion)2:141733 Miniatures: No. 17, Valse from “Richard III” (Arr. for Piano & Accordion)1:571833 Miniatures: No. 18, Themes from “The Caucasian Chalk Circle”, “Extraordinary Exhibition” & “Khanuma” (Arr. for Piano & Accordion)3:041933 Miniatures: No. 19, Theme from “The Crucibles”2:252033 Miniatures: No. 20, Theme from “Hamlet” (Arr. for Accordion)2:002133 Miniatures: No. 21, Theme from “Twelfth Night” (Arr. for Piano & Accordion)2:022233 Miniatures: No. 22, Valse from “Don’t Grieve”1:192333 Miniatures: No. 23, Theme from “Bear’s Kiss”1:402433 Miniatures: No. 24, Main Theme from “Kin‐dza‐dza!” (Arr. for Piano & Accordion)1:522533 Miniatures: No. 25, Main Theme from “Hamlet”2:292633 Miniatures: No. 26, Song from “Earth, This Is Your Son” (Arr. for Accordion)1:382733 Miniatures: No. 27, Theme from “Tears Were Falling” (Arr. for Piano & Accordion)1:532833 Miniatures: No. 28, Main Theme from “Cinema” (Arr. for Accordion)2:232933 Miniatures: No. 29, Theme from “The Caucasian Chalk Circle”1:193033 Miniatures: No. 30, Valse from “The Role for a Beginner”1:323133 Miniatures: No. 31, Main Theme from “Sunny Night”2:163233 Miniatures: No. 32, Theme from “Mother Courage and Her Children” (Arr. for Accordion)2:073333 Miniatures: No. 33, Theme from “Romeo and Juliet”2:232021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 50:31
1Passage North: Prologue and Processional3:532Passage North: Sylvan Steps7:123Passage North: Ceremonial7:384Patience and Thyme6:175Citrus, My Love: Scene 12:016Citrus, My Love: Scene 23:037Citrus, My Love: Scene 35:508Citrus, My Love: Scene 41:409Citrus, My Love: Scene 54:0410Citrus, My Love: Scene 61:4011Citrus, My Love: Scene 73:2212Citrus, My Love: Scene 83:512023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 51:19
1Slango1:452Feel the Bern2:313Prelude No. 22:394Seesaw Song3:505Dear Werner2:436Flying Vegetables of the Apocalypse3:177Winter is an Etching3:368A Certain Slant of Light1:539Hornpipe1:5510String of Garlands4:1711Just Plain Folk2:4012Music of Chants2:2713Hope Dies Last2:4214A Chant for Industrious Angels3:0815The Landscape Listens2:2016A Little Madness in the Spring2:1717How Slow the Whistle Sang1:3918An Ear Can Break a Human Heart2:1919Industrious Angels Finale3:212024 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 55:35
1Little Big Top3:122Fez Up4:323The Sun, the Moon, and the Truth5:004Dancing in the Aisles of the Icicle Repair Shop3:475Euroslavian Wedding Dance3:146Comin' on Home4:037For the First Time4:398O'O3:529The Gift4:4210Pink Elephant4:3511Three-Quarter Moon3:4812Meet Me on the Midway2:2713Tangocide2:5814Hymn For Her4:46— · studio album
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Tracklist · 23 tracks · 1:11:07
1Deep Blue C Part 16:262Deep Blue C Part 26:063Don't Let the Boogie-Man Get You2:394Plain 'n' Fancy3:345March of the Wild Turkey Hens3:076Desiccated Desert Desserts6:117Swaying1:248Duet4:019Quartet2:2110Slow quartet2:3911Turning/pendulum1:4812Fast duet1:2313Crossing0:5614Waltz3:0415Final quartet4:4816Finale1:5417Swaying reprise1:3018Gathering2:2419Valentine for B.B.2:5020Satango3:3421Pitch-black (for M.M.)3:0822Lily-White3:3623The Silence1:44— · studio album
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Tracklist · 29 tracks · 1:36:31
Disc 11The Grass, It Is Blue2:132The VCR Polka2:533Polka Dots And Laser Beams2:444Diet Polka3:345The Club Nada Polka3:016The Twenty-Second Street Accordion Band3:097The Nova Scotia Polka8:228Happy Chappie Polka1:379The Winnemucca Polka2:3910(Do The) Lurk – Part 2 – Polka2:1211Oa Poa Polka4:0212Peek-A-Boo Polka3:1113Solidarity-Polka Song3:4114Phantom Polka2:5215Prairie Dogs2:50Disc 21Guy, Won't You Play Your Accordion?3:322Polking Around3:433The Imperial Buzzard2:254The Disinformation Polka4:075Medjunarodni Nacin Polka4:276From Here To Paternity Polka2:527(The) Who Stole the Polka2:108Some of that "Old Time Soul" Polka2:129Polka I3:5110Attack Cat Polka1:2211Fuddle The Shux3:2712Guy De Polka3:1113Pontius Pilate Polka4:2214Wild Goose5:50
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| 1993 | Live at Berliner Universität der Künste, KonzertsaalSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 55:581Spin Cycle (GK)5:16 2Diggin' Bones (PJ)4:35 3Bar Talk (GK)3:46 4A Pear for Satie (GK)5:00 5Slippin' on a Star (PJ)5:28 6Tesknota (GK)8:56 7The Needless Kiss (PJ)5:20 8No More Mr. Nice Guy (GK)7:16 9Bandoneons, Basil & Bayleaves (GK)6:15 10Disinformation Polka (Fred Frith)4:06 | Mixtape/Street | 8 August 1993 | |
| 2000 | AccordanceSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 17 tracks · 1:05:241Life, Liberty and the Prosciutto Happiness3:35 2Angel Blue5:16 3Social Securities1:35 4Birthday1:17 5Telephones2:19 6The Gunks3:44 7Bar Talk3:11 8Starting Over9:14 9Mr Glime-Glide3:40 10Psychotria Nervosa (Wild Coffee)1:10 11The Girl With the Rose Hips4:08 12Decaffinata1:56 13Astor Place5:31 14Scarlatti Fever2:45 15Hegel's Fantasy5:43 16Duelling Dovidls5:55 17Happy4:25 | 2000 |
Album · 2
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1991-10-24: Live at the Sonic Disturbance Festival, Cleveland OhioSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks1Transylvanian Softwear 2Three Microids: I - My Right Foot, on the Other Hand / II - Eleven Large Lobsters Loose in the Lobby / III - Bustin' Broncos in the Balkans 3Citrus, My Love 4Road Runner 5Ping Pong Polka 6The Grass, It Is Blue (Ain't Nothin' but a Polka) 7The Winnamucca Polka 8Oa Poa Polka 9The Nova Scotia Polka 10The Twenty-Second Street Accordion Band 11The Disinformation Polka 12The Happy Chappie Polka 13Klop | Live | 31 October 2007 | |
| 2015 | Metamorphosis (Classical Meets Jazz and Modern)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 1:09:011Othello's Victory5:42 2Wehmut2:28 3The Big Sleep9:05 4Songs My Mother Taught Me7:15 5An die Sternen1:33 6Lost in the Stars4:05 7Lohengrin, Overture8:55 8Ave Maria piena di grazia3:51 9Der Bilbao-Song5:48 10Die, You Sucka!3:43 11Rhinelegend3:23 12Der Leiermann3:09 13Uri's Organ Prelude5:16 14The Blessing Variation4:48 | Compilation | 12 June 2015 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Guy Klucevsek head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 30 | 90.4th |
| Studio albums | 26 | 97.7th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 27 | 96.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 37 | 76.5th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accordion Tribe(band) | — | present | |
| Ain’t Nothin’ but a Polka Band(band) | — | present |
Where this record comes from
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fe8e8efc-f72b-4c2e-bbd3-58c25785d00fdiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fe8e8efc-f72b-4c2e-bbd3-58c25785d00fcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q449742seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Klucevsekbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Klucevsek
Why this artist is in the database
- List of jazz musicians
Tier rule: genre canon: jazz
Image: no portrait (not displayed: the licence credit is missing)
Wikidata: Q449742 · MusicBrainz: fe8e8efc-f72b-4c2e-bbd3-58c25785d00f
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