Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 08:10:57 -0400 From: "Richard Kraus" Subject: Rob P
Had a chance to see Rob Paparozzi and the Hudson River Rats (my wife calls them the "rugrat" group - not a dis, she liked them a lot) at Trumpets last night. Good group and Rob does a great job (second time I've seen him there). Good appreciative crowd too.
I was impressed again at the many techniques he effortlessly weaves into his playing in a very musical way, ie. technique as a way to play better music, not gimmicks for their own sake.
There's been some talk here lately about Sonny Terry's whooping and how to do it - Rob knows - he did some last night - very cool.
