Sasha Berliner Quartet at Joe Henderson Lab, April 26, 2019

SFJAZZ presents Artists on the Rise featuring Sasha Berliner Quartet
Joe Henderson Lab
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
Early Show, 7:00 PM, Friday, April 26, 2019

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[7:00 PM; lights down, greetings and announcements from Jeff Cressman; welcome from Rebeca Mauleón]

1. [7:02 PM] (unidentified tune #1) »
2. [7:08 PM] A Heroine's Manifesto
3. [7:17 PM] (unidentified tune #3)
   [7:36 PM; Quick thanks from Sasha]
4. [7:36 PM] (unidentified tune #4)
5. [7:46 PM] (unidentified tune #5)
6. [7:55 PM] (unidentified tune #6)
   [set ends 8:03 PM; thanks, that's it!]

• Sasha Berliner: vibraphone, electronics;
• Jongkuk Kim: drums;
• Chris McCarthy: piano, keyboards;
• Kanoa Mendenhall: contrabass.

Presumably, all of the tunes performed tonight were Sasha's originals … none of them seemed to be covers to me.

The second (or third?) tune included a fair amount of sampled vocals … bits and pieces of MANY different things, some grabbed from TV news or similar sources, others from old films and shows. Almost a musique concrète piece, where the samples provided a foreground for grabbing audience attention while the band burbled and comped behind.

I suppose I should have taken time to see whether Sasha or the other performers had any discs for sale, but I turned and exited onto Franklin St instead of walking past the merch table on my way to the Fell St exit like normal. Oh well!

Whoa! This section is incomplete for now, sorry!

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2019 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2019 event list! ☸ On to the next event!