Miguel Zenón Golden City Band at Miner Auditorium, May 5, 2022

SFJAZZ presents Miguel Zenón's Golden City Suite
Robert M. Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
7:30 PM, Thursday, May 5, 2022

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[7:34 PM] {lights down; greetings and announcements by Randall Kline}

1. [7:37 PM] (MZ solo entrance) »
2. [7:39 PM] Sacred Land
3. [7:47 PM] Rush
4. [7:51 PM] Acts of Exclusion
5. [7:59 PM] 9066
6. [8:07 PM] Displacement and Erasure
7. [8:16 PM] SRO
8. [8:24 PM] Wave of Change
9. [8:29 PM] Sanctuary City
10. [8:36 PM] Cultural Corridor
11. [8:48 PM] the Power of Community »
12. [8:53 PM] (MZ solo outro)
    [8:54 PM] {set ends; applause; all off; back to bow again, then all done, no encore!}
    [8:56 PM] {show ends}

Miguel Zenón Golden City Band

• Matt Brewer: contrabass;
• Daniel Diaz: percussion;
• Alan Ferber: trombone;
• Jacob Garchik: trombone, euphonium;
• Matt Mitchell: piano;
• Miles Okazaki: guitar;
• Diego Urcola: trumpet, valve trombone;
• Dan Weiss: drums;
• Miguel Zenón: alto saxophone, percussion.
• David Murakami: projection design;
• Brian Staufenbiel: theatrical director.

Arrived relatively early (West Oakland BART making a big help there!), then spent a few minutes straightening things out with box office problems: easy to do when there's no rush!

I'm looking forward to tonight's set, but it seems like another woefully undersold show. Shame!

I thought it was interesting that Miguel didn't address the crowd at all tonight – maybe he was wrapped up tight with the “get it done” mission?

I really enjoyed the suite. At least one of the tunes reminded me of Ives – hopefully I'll catch it during tomorrow's webcast so I can name it here.

Program notes from MZ

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2022 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2022 event list! ☸ On to the next event!