Stanford Jazz Workshop presents Yellowjackets
2014-07-19
Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Stanford University, 471 Lagunita Drive, Stanford, CA
8:00 PM, Saturday, July 19, 2014

[8:03 PM lights down, announcements by Jim Nadel]

1. [8:06 PM] Spirit of the West
2. [8:15 PM] Red Sea #
3. [8:28 PM] When the Lady Dances
4. [8:37 PM] Greenhouse
5. [8:49 PM] ?
6. [8:59 PM] ? #
7. [9:08 PM] ?
8. [9:18 PM] ?
9. [9:30 PM] Why Is It?
   [set ends 9:42 PM]
    
   Encore
10. [9:43 PM] ?
    [show ends 9:51 PM]

Yellowjackets

• Russell Ferrante: keyboards;
• William Kennedy: drums;
• Bob Mintzer: tenor saxophone, # EWI;
• Felix Pastorius: 6-string bass.

I suppose my primary criticism of tonight's gig is that on the whole, the band's sound was just too nice – it lacked the blues or grit that I think of as an essential component to most jazz/funk/R&B tunes. Doesn't mean I didn't like it, but like white bread, there's only so much you can take before you want something different.

Bob Mintzer started out doing a good bit introducing the tunes, but I guess he got a little distracted midway through the set, and just gave up. Not having followed the band, I can't say anything about what I might have heard, though the audience greeted a few of the tunes with applause, so presumably some of the choices were selected from their hits!

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