John Pezzolo

Italian American accordionist and accordion teacher (b. November 16, 1885 Acereto, Favale di Malvero, Genoa, Italy – d. January 3, 1973 Sunnyvale, California) In 1905, Pezzolo emigrated via Genoa and New York to the United States, where he settled in San Francisco. There he worked as a musician and music teacher. Around 1918, he briefly also ran his own shoe making shop. By the 1930s, he owned an established accordion studio with more than 90 pupils. In the late 1920s, Pezzolo recorded several accordion solos and duets for Columbia and Victor. Pezzolo was the brother of five other professional accordionists, Theodore, Silvio, Gene, Caesar Pezzolo, and Ralph Pezzolo.