Jesse VanRuller -- A jazz Michael Angelo Batio?

I’ve long been a fan of this guy, so expressive, tasty with chops to spare. It wasn’t until Troy’s videos that I noticed how much his right hand looks like Michael Angelo’s, the pinky (sometimes ring and pinky) planting, picking from the elbow. I see some subtle wrist extensions/flexion, and a little Martin Miller circle picking, i.e. MP extension/flexion in the thumb/index of the picking hand. Anyway, any other observations I’m missing, or other players like this I can check out, please post here! Dig:

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Great playing! But if I did that, I would dislocate my pinky in no time :fearful:

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