Frank Vignola's Gypsy Jazz Jam

Rating:
Summary: absolutely amazing
Review: If you are a fan of gypsy jazz you must drop what you are doing and GET THIS DVD!!!!!!! It was done both what looks like back stage at Carnegie Hall before the concert and in a hotel room the night after frank and Jimmy Rosenberg played at Carnegie hall and I hope some one has the good sense to release that concert soon on dvd. I've seen tapes of Jimmy playing at five years of age and he was better then than most mature guitar players. This kid was raised in the gypsy culture;immersed in Gypsy jazz from birth. Frank, as far as I know, was raised in New Jersey or New York but if you didn't know that you could easily believe that they were both raised around a Belgian campfire.
I'm a guitar player myself and have had the privilege of spending countless hours during the nineties watching Jimmy Bruno play live around Philly so my standards and expectations are high when it comes to jazz guitar. This DVD has met and exceeded my expectations. Frank and Jimmy, my fedora is off to you! Make more DVDs.
I should also mention the drummer Joe Ashioni(sp?) and violinist, Frederico whose last name I didn't hear. Joe was playing brushes on a stack of Manhattan telephone directories with a manila envelope on top and a music stand and was equally amazing!