His delicate keyboard coloration and the elfin playfulness with which he bounces off his wonderfully free-wheeling bass, drums and percussion ensemble deservedly elicited thunderous applause.

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Licht incorporates more percussion (tribal-sounding drums), for the faster, most action-based pieces.

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In the piece, Boyar plays at three different percussion stations, dashing between them to play as many as 30 instruments drums cymbals, wood chimes, gongs and maracas, to name just a few.

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We went from the original instrumentation of strings and a handful of winds to a rocking jazz rhythm section consisting of Hammond B3 organ, gospel piano, drums, electric guitar, Fender bass and acoustic bass, five saxophones, full brass, strings, timpani and percussion.

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