SFJAZZ presents Chris Potter's Underground Orchestra
2015-03-26
Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA
7:30 PM, Thursday, March 26, 2015

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[7:34 PM lights down, announcements from RK]

1. [7:39 PM] Firefly
   [7:50 PM; CP introduces the band, then talks a bit]

1. [7:52 PM] Compassion
2. [8:03 PM] Dualities
3. [8:15 PM] Disintegration $
4. [8:26 PM] Rebuilding
    
   [pause to rest a moment after completion of the suite]
   [CP introduces the next three tunes together]
5. [8:43 PM] Lament
6. [8:52 PM] Shadow Self #
7. [8:58 PM] Sky
   [set ends 9:15 PM; all off, then core quintet is back in a flash]
    
   Encore
8. [9:16 PM] ? Firefly reprise? (unidentified bouncy west-african-ish tune) $
   [show ends 9:27 PM]

• Scott Colley: contrabass;
• Joseph Doubleday: marimba, vibraphone;
• Fima Ephron: bass;
• Mark Feldman: violin;
• Isaiah Gage: cello;
• Joyce Hammann: violin;
• Lois Martin: viola;
• Chris Potter: $ soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, # bass clarinet, sampler;
• Adam Rogers: guitar;
• Ira Nathaniel "Nate" Smith: drums;
• Craig Taborn: piano.

Looks like they played the entire album, how about that!

Stephen Smoliar posted a sort of grumpy review; personally, I felt like I had no problem hearing the various performers, so maybe the issue is just his deafness.

Overall, I liked the show, particularly Firefly, which was upbeat and funky. I'm not at all certain about the ID of Firefly as the encore piece – I nicked that from Smoliar's review – maybe someday we'll get things straightened out right!

As an aside, the numbering above is whack because the implementation of Markdown I'm using doesn't recognize the interruption and continuation of ordered lists, and I'm too lazy to find a work-around to fix it up.

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2015 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2015 event list! ☸ On to the next event!