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Sep 17, 2009
Matt Wilson Quartet @ Blues Alley
At one point during last night’s early set at Blues Alley, drummer Matt Wilson turned over his snare drum and started playing the bottom head with one stick, while his right hand stick alternated between playing his cymbals and rubbing against the snares themselves. The result was an effect that sounded like a DJ’s scratching to augment the groove Wilson was playing with his other three limbs. Just one of the many ear and…