Guest article by Piyush M Pandya (Gujarati) and Ashok M Vaishnav (English translation) as a tribute to Enoch Daniels on his 90th birth anniversary (b. 16 April 1933) in the continuing series on Arrangers and Musicians
(After their articles on Sebastian D’ Souza and Anthony Gonsalves, the guest authors Piyush M Pandya and Ashok M Vaishnav now write this article as a tribute to another legend Enoch Daniels on his 90th birth anniversary. We are lucky that he is still around, in Pune.
Enoch Daniels is synonymous with piano-accordion. He is among the few Arrangers and Musicians who established their independent identity, through his records and concerts. I am grateful to Piyushji and Ashokji for another excellent article on the legendary Enoch Daniels. – AK)
How to begin the article on Enoch Daniels is the dilemma of choosing between presenting the musician first or his instrument. Accordion has its presence registered in almost all genre of music, such as Rock n Roll, Jazz, Pop etc. The great accordionists like Goody Seervai, Sumit Mitra, Kersi Lord, Dheeraj Dhanak, K. Bharat, Enoch Daniels, Sammy Reuben and Suraj Sathe greatly contributed to the wide-spread use of (piano) accordion in songs, title music, background scores, or anywhere where music had a role in Hindi films in the 50s and 60s. Because of its universal appeal, it seems better to talk about the accordion first.READ THE FULL ARTICLE