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Very enjoyable set.
Looks like Pasquale Grasso is playing a 175 CC.
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10-16-2025 05:38 AM
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He sounded great. Their tones were more distinct in person.
Originally Posted by GuyBoden
Very enjoyable set.
Looks like Pasquale Grasso is playing a 175 CC.
It was my first time there unbelievably. Anyway, I really enjoyed everything and even got to meet Jimmy Bruno and shake his hand after the set. ?
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Watched this one start to finish on the Birdland Youtube live. Fantastic stuff. Originally Posted by David B
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Does anyone know what the light blue guitar pedal on Franks amp is?
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A 1959 L4 with factory-installed CC pickup and black finish. One of only two made with that spec apparently. On long-time loan from a fan. Originally Posted by GuyBoden
Very enjoyable set.
Looks like Pasquale Grasso is playing a 175 CC.
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Many thanks, he sounds great, so it's a Gibson L4C CC Originally Posted by David B
I once had a 1949 Gibson L4C, all solid carved wood, an extremely nice guitar indeed. (I don't have the ability to play it properly, so I sold it.)
Thanks for posting the video links, I'm enjoying them immensely, I'm sure everyone else is too.
(Not that it really matters, but to be a bit over pedantic, the C is for cutaway, L4 is non-cutaway L4C is cutaway, I'm very sure everyone knows this already. Sorry.)
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The really great thing about this series is hours and hours of real time guitar playing in a gig context.
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22 October 2025
Champian Fulton and Ken Peplowski guest.
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There's been a few times lately when I have seen Frank use an amp different than the usual Princeton Reverb. Anyone know what he was using last night? Some kind of (2) channel amp with an all black front with a very open or non existent grill.
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It's a Polytone Mega Brute with what looks like a 15" speaker. You can see the control panel at 10:14. I suspect the little blue pedal on top is for reverb. Originally Posted by DanielleOM
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29 October 2025
Ken Peplowski and Pasquale Grasso guest with Frank Vignola and Gary Mazzaroppi.
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Ken is the best!
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I heard Frank say last night that next week's guests were going to be Jimmy Bruno and Mark Whitfield.
Can't wait!
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Upcoming guests, listed on the Birdland website.
Nov 5: Mark Whitfield, Jimmy Bruno & Ted Rosenthal
Nov 12: Gray Sargent & Pasquale Grasso
Nov 19: Tatiana Eva Marie & Vinny Raniolo
Nov 26: Rodney Jones & Pasquale Grasso
Dec 3: Karrin Allison & Ken Peplowski
Dec 10: Ken Peplowski & Gray Sargent
Dec 17: Ken Peplowski
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5 November 2025
Mark Whitfield and Ted Rosenthal guest.
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It’s going to be clarinet night soon with all this Ken Peplowski. I’m here for it.
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12 November 2025
Gray Sargent and Pasquale Grasso guest.
Last edited by David B; 11-13-2025 at 05:14 AM.
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I like Sargent's playing. He was using what looked like an Epiphone Howard Roberts. The headstock logo has been covered, but the headstock shape is distinctive. My only nit was that he seemed to have the tone controls well up on the Fender amp, and the treble was slightly thin but the bass was overwhelming from the bass strings. That aside, I enjoyed the stream.
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Probably my favorite clarinet/guitar duo ever is Frank Vignola & Ken Peplowski doing Tiger Rag. Originally Posted by AllanAllen
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This one? He's cutting it up on rhythm!
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Yes! So good.
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A couple of other guitar/clarinet duos I like are Howard Alden/Ken Peplowski, and Howard Alden/Anat Cohen. Multiple videos of both on YT.
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And Lenny Breau + Brad Terry! Originally Posted by sgosnell
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I saw Alden and Peplowski a few times live here in Southern California. One song I really enjoyed was written by Tal Farlow: Originally Posted by sgosnell
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I showed this to the wife and said see what a red guitar will do for a guy. Originally Posted by David B
Last edited by pan60; 11-14-2025 at 12:47 AM.
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