A Quote by Jeet Gannguli

My father, Kali Gannguli, is an arranger, composer and accordion player who has worked with Salilda whose songs I had grown up hearing.

Jeet Gannguli

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Accordion Composer Father Grown Had Hearing Kali Player Songs Up Whose Worked

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Jeet Gannguli
Indian - Musician
Born: May 24, 1977

My parents had a sidewalk cafe: every Sunday there was an accordion player and apparently I went through the motions, squeezing a shoebox. One of the regulars in 'the cafe said to my father: "I think you should get your son an accordion-that's what he's trying to do, with that shoebox." So they got me a little cardboard diatonic accordion-I still have it. I started to play the National Anthem, and things like that. It seems I was musically gifted-but my parents just never pushed in that direction.

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