Friends Itay and Rotem joined us tonight at the Musical Instrument Museum for a performance by Israeli mandolinist Avi Avital. Another great performance where sadly our favorite 299-seat intimate venue was not sold out. Something is wrong with the population of the Phoenix area as with 3.5 million people in Maricopa County events like this should sell out, but only the most well-known groups fill this place and the jazz ensembles seem to pull the north Scottsdale white wine crowd in. I can consider myself lucky that this guy who has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Berlin Philharmonie, and the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing has now played Arizona and we were there for it.