Will Bernard at Joe Henderson Lab, March 17, 2023

SFJAZZ presents Will Bernard
Joe Henderson Lab
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
7:00 PM Early Show, Friday, March 17, 2023

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[6:59 PM] {lights down, performers out; WB introduces himself and the band}

1. [7:02 PM] Crab Apple Red
   [7:10 PM] {WB introduces the next tune}
2. [7:11 PM] Dry Land Tourist
   [7:18 PM] {WB talks about recording with Damn Skippy; sidebar about recipes for the Poor Man's Speedball}
3. [7:21 PM] Poor Man's Speedball
   [7:26 PM] {WB swap to knotty pine guitar; banter about NY subway announcements}
4. [7:28 PM] (unidentified tune, “swampy”)
   [7:35 PM] {WB swap back to Gibson guitar; talk about growing up in Danville}
5. [7:36 PM] Stone Valley
   [7:40 PM] {WB back credit to Sam Yahel; introduces next tune}
6. [7:41 PM] That Day
   [7:48 PM] {WB yack about which day that tune is about}
7. [7:49 PM] Motooz
   [7:57 PM] {WB banter; band introduction again; band member themes}
8. [7:59 PM] Happy Belated
   [8:06 PM] {final applause; don't go out the fire escape door!}
   [8:07 PM] {show ends}

• Scott Amendola: drums;
• Will Bernard: guitar, slide guitar;
• Lisa Mezzacappa: contrabass.

Will seemed to be in a chatty mood tonight, offering commentary on a wide range of topics in between his song introductions.

I thought the groovy jamming was great – particularly as Lisa only began playing with Will in rehearsals earlier this week.

Every now and then I thought I heard hints of Monk tunes from Will or Lisa… Monk's angular melody lines are pretty distinctive! … but nothing was repeated enough that I could identify it or pass it off as an intentional insertion. Could just be the lasting impression of Will's early time in T.J. Kirk.

I suppose we should have stayed around to try and get into the late show – there wasn't much of a line when we got out – but the impetus to get home set in hard as soon as I checked the BART app (“9 minutes 'til the next eastbound train: gotta hustle!”), so we left.

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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