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Matthew Allen and Kirk Anderson are “Buttons & Keys,” playing some jazz standards, mostly French, and a couple of songs in French by Aristide Bruant. Allen(keyboards), born in St Louis and raised on rock & roll in Connecticut, has played in many bands in many places, most recently with a special interest in Francophone music and jazz. He has taught music over the years at Indiana University, Duke University, the University of Oklahoma, UCLA, and University College Cork (Ireland). Anderson is a guitarist moonlighting on the chromatic button accordion. He has been a member of Consuelo’s Revenge since 2012. Both were longtime members of the Wheaton College faculty.
Matthew Allen and Kirk Anderson are “Buttons & Keys,” playing some jazz standards, mostly French, and a couple of songs in French by Aristide Bruant. Allen(keyboards), born in St Louis and raised on rock & roll in Connecticut, has played in many bands in many places, most recently with a special interest in Francophone music and jazz. He has taught music over the years at Indiana University, Duke University, the University of Oklahoma, UCLA, and University College Cork (Ireland). Anderson is a guitarist moonlighting on the chromatic button accordion. He has been a member of Consuelo’s Revenge since 2012. Both were longtime members of the Wheaton College faculty.
Catch them at the 2025 Providence Porchfest:
Saturday 7 June, 3:00
44 University Avenue 02906
with special guest John Partridge on tenor saxophone
You might hear:
“Insensatez” (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
"Esperanza" (Marc Perrone)
“Ménilmontant” (Charles Trenet)
“Sous le ciel de Paris” (Jean Bretonnière)
“Minor Swing” (Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli)
“Nuages” (Django Reinhardt)
“Afternoon in Paris” (John Lewis)
“Nini peau d’chien” (Aristide Bruant)
“Le Chat noir” (Aristide Bruant)
“La Vie en rose” (Edith Piaf, Louiguy)
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