I have this video in my favorite’s roster. The execution is just perfect and that lies directly with the quality of the performers. And as retired audio engineer, I can tell you that whoever was working the sound, was smart in recognizing it: He or she only used 2 microphones for the whole section.

The performers have to be really good for an engineer to take the chance of only using 2 mikes. That is our unicorn, just two transducers to simulate ears and capture the music as it come out of the instruments. And a live performance? Brass balls the size of church bells since they either perform perfectly or there is no way for you to maybe pull one of your tricks and “fix it in the mix.”