John Handy Tribute Concert at Miner Auditorium, January 22, 2017

SFJAZZ presents a John Handy Tribute Concert curated by Miguel Zenón, featuring SFJAZZ Collective with a bevy of special guests!
Robert M. Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
7:30 PM, Sunday, January 22, 2017

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[7:35 PM lights down, announcements from Randall Kline, band out: OC, MP, ES, WW, MZ]

1. [7:40 PM] Spanish Lady
2. [7:58 PM] I Believe You %
   [drop WW; add MS]
3. [8:14 PM] I've Got the World on a String
   [drop OC, ES, MS; add TB, EH, SH]
4. [8:21 PM] Scheme No. 1
   [drop TB, EH, SH, MZ; add OC, BF, JR, ES]
5. [8:38 PM] Tears of Ole Miss
   [set ends 8:51 PM]

[9:11 PM lights down, band out with John Handy]

1. [9:14 PM] Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
2. [9:23 PM] Duke Ellington's Sound of Love
3. [9:36 PM] Hard Work %
   [show ends 9:49 PM; all off; JH back for a moment to bow and wave bye-bye]

SFJAZZ Collective

• Obed Calvaire: drums;
• Robin Eubanks: trombone;
• Sean Jones: trumpet;
• Matt Penman: contrabass;
• David Sánchez: tenor saxophone;
• Edward Simon: piano, % keyboard;
• Warren Wolf: vibraphone;
• Miguel Zenón: alto saxophone.

• Terence Blanchard: trumpet;
• Bill Frisell: guitar;
• John Handy: alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet, saxello, oboe, vox;
• Eric Harland: drums, percussion;
• Stefon Harris: vibraphone;
• Joe Lovano: tenor saxophone;
• Joshua Redman: soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, keyboards;
• John Santos: congas, percussion;
• Mary Stallings: vox.

I thought tonight's show was really good, though as with Thursday, the change of players with every song meant that the overall sound was a trifle disjointed. And while the second set was extra short (hardly more than 40 minutes? Awww, come on now!), it was really quite good. Guess I should be happy that the band was on fire!

Rusty Aceves posted John Handy in 5 Songs on the SFJAZZ blog.

Andrew Gilbert posted a promo article for this show with the Mercury News.

Richard Scheinin posted a promo article for the entire gala series.

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