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What a pleasure to watch. They make it look so natural and effortless, even though it took a lot of rehearsals to get it just right. I’ll bet they enjoyed each-other’s company during the entire process.
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Well, that made my day.
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The litany of composers reminded me of another Danny Kaye song:
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That was great. Thanks for posting!
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And totally unplanned:
Leo Kottke, Chet Atkins, and Doc Watson found themselves in the same hotel. So after all what do you think they did?
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A true master at work. One of the best artists who has ever lived.
And Danny Kaye wasn’t slouching, either! 
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Armstrong always seems so joyful. [edit] I now doubt if this is a real word, oh well[/edit]
Also very nice. I like how they are all blankly staring into space because they are communicating via ears&fingers. You can see their minds are floating in the musical landscape and they don’t really use their eyes at the moment.
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Great performers having fun together, you say?
I love 0:42 - 0:50 where Mel picks up Ella’s riff and takes it home.
And then there’s this: positively… therapeutic!
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Joyful is very much a word. As for staring blankly, Doc Watson was blind from very young. Kottke, whenever I saw him play live, was watching his guitar for whatever reason. Atkins played live gigs for geological times and I guess along the line learned that audiences like eye contact.
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God damn, that was fun as all hell
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