Chick Corea at Miner Auditorium, October 4, 2018

SFJAZZ presents Chick Corea Vigilette Trio featuring Carlitos del Puerto and Marcus Gilmore
Robert M. Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
7:30 PM, Thursday, October 4, 2018

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[7:37 PM lights down, announcements from Randall Kline]
[7:41 PM band out, greetings from Chick]

1. [7:42 PM] How Deep Is the Ocean?
2. [7:54 PM] Alice in Wonderland
3. [8:05 PM] Zyryab
4. [8:20 PM] In a Sentimental Mood
5. [8:29 PM] Rhumba Flamenco
6. [8:45 PM] Letter to Scarlatti (solo improv from Chick) »
7. [8:47 PM] (undentified Scarlatti sonata, probably K.146, L.34 in G major) »
8. [8:53 PM] Tempus Fugit
   [set ends 9:07 PM all off for a minute or two]
   
   Encore
   [Chick invites Alfredo Rodriguez to join him at the piano]
9. [9:10 PM] Spain
   [show ends 9:23 PM; tons of applause, then all off]

• Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea: piano, keyboards;
• Carlitos Del Puerto: bass, contrabass;
• Marcus Gilmore: drums.

• Alfredo Rodriguez: piano.

Hot damn, what a show! Lordy! Chick is still killing it at 77.

I was especially impressed with Zyrab: it's incredibly hard to play flamenco on the piano, but Chick made it look easy.

I was also really psyched to hear his interpretation of Scarlatti: having studied a few of his five hundred-odd sonatas, I'm always interested in hearing how others interpret his works. In this case, Chick started out solo in a fairly jazzy, impressionistic mode, then shifted into a pretty straightforward interpretation – only the latter section was augmented by the accompaniment of Marcus & Carlitos. Way cool! I'm guessing the Scarlatti work matches that given for one of Chick's sets last week in Boston, as posted in a thorough review by Steve Elman for ArtFuse.

Having Alfredo Rodriguez join Chick during the Encore for a four hands at the same piano version of Spain was a super-exciting treat.

Tonight's fuzzy photo gallery comes from the big cheese!

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