This version of 'All Of Me', is played in a style known as 'Gypsy swing', 'Gypsy Jazz', or 'Jazz manouche'. Typically in Gypsy swing, there is no percussion, just one or more guitars playing chords very percussively.
Despite poor audio quality this is a great rendition of All of Me. The tempo starts at around near where we play in class, but after playing the head, two solos over the chorus, they play in cut time, which means twice as fast. Probably the least impressive part is the high five at the end of tune.
If you thought the above version was rocking, watch the twelve year old Jimmy Rosenberg fly through a solo with the greatest of ease. He is a child prodigy that is related to one of the soloists in the above video. He is older now and still gigs today.
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