Maz AKA Mike Maher at Joe Henderson Lab, October 22, 2016

SFJAZZ presents Snarky Puppy trumpeter Maz AKA Mike Maher
2016-10-22
Joe Henderson Lab
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
7:00 PM, Saturday, October 22, 2016

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[7:02 PM lights down, announcements from Randall Kline]

1. [7:04 PM] Dream Away
2. [7:11 PM] Picture
3. [7:17 PM] Bombs Into Wine
4. [7:23 PM] My Funny Valentine
5. [7:29 PM] These Words
6. [7:40 PM] Arizona
7. [7:47 PM] Dying Star
8. [7:53 PM] You're Messing My Mind
   [show ends ~8:00 PM]

• Bob Lanzetti: guitar;
• Maz AKA Mike Maher: guitar, vox;
• Justin Stanton: keyboards;
• Shayna Steele: harmony vox;
• Jason 'JT' Thomas: drums;
• Jay White: bass, Moog Sub 37 synthesizer, vox.

I was surprised that tonight's early show didn't seem to be sold out, though it could just be that my perception of the standing capacity of the Henderson Lab is somewhat off (given that I'd previously only been in there for seated shows); in any case, I appreciated that there was plenty of room to dance, and no one tried to elbow in at any point during our hour.

Not having done much musical research, I was expecting to hear something similar to a Snarky Puppy set, but instead, we got a set of mellow soul, spiced here and there with a little bit of funk and rock. Not especially jazzy, unless you want to concede the cover of My Funny Valentine as satisfying some sort of setlist requirement.

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2016 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2016 event list! ☸ On to the next event!