Erik Jekabson New Orleans Sexet at Joe Henderson Lab, December 19, 2021

SFJAZZ presents Erik Jekabson New Orleans Sextet featuring Kenny Washington
Joe Henderson Lab
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
6:00 PM, Sunday, December 19, 2021

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[6:01 PM] {lights down; announcements from SBD: no heat today!; band entrance; greetings from EJ}

1. [6:03 PM] Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
2. [6:08 PM] Bourbon Street Parade
3. [6:15 PM] Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
   [6:21 PM] {banter from EJ}
4. [6:23 PM] Christmas Time Is Here
   [6:26 PM] {banter from EJ}
5. [6:28 PM] Winter Wonderland
6. [6:35 PM] the Christmas Song
   [6:40 PM] {banter from EJ}
7. [6:41 PM] Sleighride
8. [6:47 PM] Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
   [6:52 PM] {banter from EJ}
9. [6:54 PM] Go to the Mardi Gras
   [7:01 PM] {show ends, brrrr! lights up quick: no encore}

• Deszon X. Claiborne: drums, sleighbells, percussion;
• Guido Fazio: clarinet, tenor saxophone;
• Erik Jekabson: trumpet;
• Danny Lubin-Laden: trombone;
• Rob Reich: accordion, keyboards, glockenspiel, sleighbells, percussion;
• Joshua Thurston-Milgram: contrabass.

• Kenny Washington: vox.

I was psyched for this show – New Orleans Brass Music, yeah! – but then let down this evening to find that they'd caved in to seasonal notions, with 2/3 of the set filled up by not-especially-jazzy Christmas music. Grrr! The bait-and-switch got me again!

Did I mention that I was grumpy because it was all of 50-something inside the reasonably well ventilated room? Good thing I was wearing winter outdoor-wear – even with that, I was cold and stiff by the time the set ended at 7 PM. Hard to imagine how the players felt!

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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