Charles Lloyd & the Marvels at Rio Theatre, November 29, 2016

Kuumbwa Jazz Center presents Charles Lloyd & the Marvels featuring Bill Frisell, Eric Harland, Greg Leisz, and Reuben Rogers
2016-11-29
Rio Theatre
1205 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95062-2107 USA
7:30 PM, Tuesday, November 29, 2016

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[7:34 PM lights down, announcements and band introduction by Tim Jackson, band out]

1. [7:37 PM] Abide With Me
2. [7:42 PM] Forest Flower
3. [7:58 PM] (unidentified tune tune #1, played as a bossa nova; maybe Tagi)
4. [8:08 PM] Within You, Without You »
5. [8:11 PM] (unidentified tune #2; Charles on alto flute, then hand percussion) £#
6. [8:20 PM] In My Room
7. [8:27 PM] Messin' With the Kid
8. [8:42 PM] (unidentified tune #3, the main riff is lot like Donovan’s Sunshine Superman, but different enough for me to decide that ain’t right) £
   [set ends 8:50 PM]
    
   Encore
9. [8:52 PM] I Shall Be Released
10. [9:03 PM] La Llorona
    [show ends 9:08 PM; pause for applause; ~9:12 PM Charles comes back to tell a long joke; over and done 9:16 PM]

• Bill Frisell: guitar;
• Eric Harland: drums, percussion;
• Greg Leisz: pedal steel guitar;
• Charles Lloyd: tenor saxophone, £ alto flute, # percussion;
• Reuben Rogers: bass.

Whoa! This section is incomplete for now, sorry!

Heh! Was talking with a buddy about this show the other day, and he pointed me to a post by michaelmee giving a somewhat different setlist for the same show:

Charles is very fond of taking some of his earlier compositions and reworking them into his present day set lists.
With that in mind here is my take on the music performed here....at least to this point in time......

1. intro
2. title
3. Drum solo/various Lloyd tunes quoted incl."Apex"/ into "Tone Poem"
4. Barche Lamsel (?)
5. Tagore
6. In My Room
7. Island Blues
8. Little Anahid's Day  
**Encore**
9. I Shall Be Released
10. La Llorona

Apex recorded on the early 60's LP "Of Course Of Course".
Tagore and Little Anahid's Day are on the 1968 live album, In Europe.

Of course, I'm inclined to think I'm right and that a bunch of those suggestions are incorrect, but who really knows?

Post-script:
This was the last show I saw with my pal Tom Clark, who died early the following February from an especially aggressive throat cancer. From the early 1990's until 2016, Tom and I probably averaged 50-100 shows together per year, plus innumerable social events: dinners, hikes, vacations, ski trips, et cetera. Hard to believe that part of our run is over. Buddy, I miss you!

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