11 year olds Nick Chikhradze & Luka Dgebuadze from Tbilisi Georgia playing a song called "Keeping The Past Alive" written by Andrew Gordon & Frank Villafranca. December 2008
Concert in Tbilisi Georgia Eastern Europe sponsored by the YMCA Georgia 10/19/2008
Young musicians from Tbilisi Georgia Eastern Europe performing the song Super Groover from the debut album "Supergroovin" by the band The Super Groovers. consisting of Andrew D. Gordon, keyboards & guitar,
Frank Villafranca saxophones.
The musicians are:
Nick Chikhradze piano - He is 11 years old and loves jazz, blues and funk.
Luka Dgebuadze piano - he is 11 years old. Nick's classmate. He was the one who motivated Nick to start to play piano and loves blues, ragtime, & jazz.
Giorgi Tetsoshvili (drums) - the youngest musician in the band he is 10 years old. He played hard rock with older kids but now develops his skills in Jazz, blues and funk.
Nata Khatiashvili (bass guitar) - only girl in the band. She is 16 and has already decided to be a professional musician in the future.
Zurab Astamadze Guitar
Giorgi Berishvili Sax
Guram Tetsoshvili Percussions Band Director
The Groovers from Tbilisi Georgia playing the song "Spiritual Seeker" by The Super Groovers at a concert in Tbilisi 10/19/2008
This concert was part of the "Join & Jam" project developed by YMCA Georgia enabling young musicians to gather and play music.
The musicians are:
Zurab Astamadze - Guitar
Sandro Kvachadze - Bass
Vaja Mania - Trombone
Archil Davitashvili - Trumpet
Giorgi Berishvili - Sax
John Titirashvili - El. Piano
Lasha Skhiladze - Drums (band leader)
Guram Tetsoshvili - Percussion (band leader)
The J.T. band playing a song (Rock Groove) from the book 14 Contemporary Styles written by Andrew D. Gordon http;//www.adgproductions.com, Andrew's music publishing co.
The musicians are:
Nick Chikhradze (piano) - He is 11 years old and loves jazz, blues and funk.
Luka Dgebuadze (piano) - he is 11 years old. Nick's classmate. He was the one who motivated Nick to start to play piano and loves blues, ragtime, & jazz.
Giorgi Tetsoshvili (drums) - the youngest musician in the band he is 10 years old. He played hard rock with older kids but now develops his skills in Jazz, blues and funk.
Nata Khatiashvili (bass guitar) - only girl in the band. She is 16 and has already decided to be a professional musician in the future.
Luka playing a slow blues. What took me many many years of practice has taken these young musicians a relatively short period of time. I hope these videos are inspiring to other young musicians to improve their musicianship. Andrew D. Gordon
The J.T. band playing Cantaloupe Island by Herbie Hancock
Review of the Concert
