• By Brian Ashcraft
    Jul 17, 2006 7:22 AM 744
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    Bluegrass Mario And Jazzy Zelda

    Obligatory info about this clip: the "Mario & Zelda Big Band Live" concert took place back in 2003 at Tokyo's Nihon Seinenkan Hall. The DVD recording was included in Japanese game mag Nintendo Dream. Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo composer extraordinaire Koji Kondo put in appearences.

    I'll make a confession. I didn't watch this clip. It's an hour long, and time, like good liquor, is precious. This morning, I did listen to it from start to finish. Ashura Benimaru Itoh's guitar reworking of the Super Mario Bros. is sheer brilliance. Brian Ashcraft


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