Bryce & Aaron Dessner (of The National) play an impromptu jam session with Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire, Belle Orchestre) before the opening set of the 2009 MusicNOW festival on March 12 at Memorial Hall in Cincinnati, OH. Bryce Dessner is the curator of the now-annual MusicNOW event. This opening jam in the lounge area preceded main sets by The Books and Kronos Quartet.

It's a long, slow instrumental jam that picks up about halfway through. Note this was the second such jam; the first was the previous evening - I caught that one on my iPhone - see it on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=riPhClhYmHk

Shot on a Canon HV30 (PF30, Cinemode) with a Sony ECM-MS908c mic attached to the input jack. Handheld (sorry) for the duration.