George Cables Trio and Fly at Dinkelspiel Auditorium, August 6, 2014

Stanford Jazz Workshop presents George Cables Trio and Fly
2014-08-06
Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Stanford University, 471 Lagunita Drive, Stanford, CA
8:00 PM, Wednesday, August 6, 2014

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[8:m PM; lights down, announcements from Jim Nadel]

1. [8:13 PM] I Should Care
2. [8:23 PM] You Taught My Heart to Sing
3. [8:31 PM] Helen's Song
4. [8:41 PM] Farewell Mulgrew
5. [8:49 PM] Cedar Walton
   [set ends 8:56 PM; off, back on to bow, then out for good]

[outside at break in order to cool off – kinda hot and sticky tonight!]

[9:12 PM; lights down, announcements from Jim Nadel]

1. [9:14 PM] Pettiford
2. [9:21 PM] Brother Sister
3. [9:29 PM] Kingston
4. [9:42 PM] Round Midnight
5. [9:53 PM] Happy Weather
   [set ends 10:02 PM; no encore tonight]

• George Cables: piano;
• Peter Erskine: drums;
• Larry Grenadier: contrabass.

Fly

• Jeff Ballard: drums;
• Larry Grenadier: contrabass;
• Mark Turner: tenor saxophone.

Both sets tonight were very good. Cables was certainly the more traditional of the two, but there wasn't anything particularly old fashioned about his playing. Very solid, and quite fun to listen to. Makes me think that I should have been more careful to see him more often on some of his occasional visits to the west coast – I'm pretty sure it had been over 10 years since the last time I caught one of his gigs. I was extra pleased to be able to thank him and shake hands after the show ended.

Fly was also really fun, and the nonverbal communication between the trio members was interesting to watch. Good stuff!

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