Wayne Shorter Quartet at Miner Auditorium, April 27, 2017

SFJAZZ presents the Wayne Shorter Quartet, featuring Terri Lyne Carrington, John Patitucci, and Danilo Pérez
Robert M. Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
7:30 PM, Thursday, April 27, 2017

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[7:33 PM lights down, announcements from Randall Kline, band out]

1. [7:39 PM] (unidentified tune #1)
2. [7:51 PM] ? Sorceror »
3. [8:06 PM] (unidentified tune #2) »
4. [8:12 PM] (unidentified tune; maybe same tune as previous, but different mode?) $
5. [8:17 PM] (unidentified tune; starts off sounding Japanese, then resolves into more western tonality » 8:22 WS swaps to $
6. [8:36 PM] (unidentified tune; starts off with narration from Wayne, “the lightning was his mother, and Frankenstein the father”) $
   [during the pause after the conclusion of the previous tune, Wayne says, “Now comes Mary Shelley”]
7. [8:42 PM] (unidentified tune #6) $
   [set ends 8:59 PM]
    
   Encore
8. [9:01 PM] (unidentified tune; seemed familiar from mid-90's Shorter sets) $
   [show ends 9:05 PM]

• Terri Lyne Carrington: drums;
• John Patitucci: contrabass;
• Danilo Pérez: piano;
• Wayne Shorter: $ soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone.

Tonight's show was pretty damn good! Sometimes I have a hard time getting my head into the right space to listen properly to Wayne's music – it takes more attention than most other performances – but that wasn't a problem tonight. Maybe because I was trying so hard to block out the wheezing and grunting of the dude sitting on my right by focusing more than usual on the music and the performers? I dunno. In any case, I'm really glad I went!

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