SFJAZZ presents Eric Harland's Voyager with members of Antibalas, celebrating the music of Fela Kuti
2016-01-08
Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA
7:30 PM, Friday, January 8, 2016

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[7:30 PM lights down, musicians onstage; Introduction by EH]

1. [7:32 PM] Shuffering and Shmiling
2. [7:55 PM] Upside Down
3. [8:11 PM] Water No Get Enemy
4. [8:30 PM] (untitled jam in 6/8)
   [set ends 8:58 PM]
    
   Encore
   [8:59 PM EH talks a bit, back announces the tunes, introduces the band]
5. [9:01 PM] Opposite People
   [show ends 9:16 PM]

Eric Harland's Voyager

• Taylor Eigsti: piano;
• Eric Harland: drums, percussion;
• Julian Lage: guitar;
• Keita Ogawa: drums, percussion;
• Harish Raghavan: contrabass;
• Walter Smith III: saxophones, clarinets;
• Chris Turner: vox.

Antibalas

• Duke Amayo: congas, percussion, vox;
• Ray Mason: trombone;
• Jordan McLean: trumpet, flugelhorn;
• Martin Perna: baritone saxophone, percussion;
• Jas Walton: tenor saxophone.

Happy happy happy! I LOVE Fela music! Tonight's gig was exactly the sort of thing I wanted to hear, and my only complaint is that the band didn't play us another twenty or thirty-minute tune. It was really surprising to me that Taylor and Julian fit in so well – I suppose that's the work of some serious rehearsal time, but DANG! They were killin' it, just like the Antibalas guys (who've been playing this repertoire for years). I can only hope that Eric likes playing these tunes so much that he'll bring the band back for another visit in the future!

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