I’ve always enjoyed Mark O’Connor’s 1992 album Heroes – a series of fiddle duets that O’Connor plays with his musical idols and mentors.  There’s great music on the album – from jazz to bluegrass, western swing to world music – and listeners can easily see the range of O’Connor’s interest and his amazing ability to play comfortably in any idiom.

The players are – to put it simply – amazing.  Ponty, Grappelli, Clements, Zukerman, Gimble and more.

So I was thrilled to stumble across this clip on YouTube of behind the scenes footage of the recording of this album.

Take ten minutes, sit back, and soak up the amazing musicianship of a dozen top fiddlers of their day.  Then if you don’t know the album, find it on iTunes and download it.  You won’t be disappointed.

More to come…

DJB