SFJAZZ presents Still Dreaming featuring Brian Blade, Scott Colley, Ron Miles, and Joshua Redman
Robert M. Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
7:30 PM, Friday, March 24, 2017

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[7:37 PM lights down, announcements from Randall Kline; 7:41 PM band out]

1. [7:42 PM] Still Dreaming (Joshua Redman)
2. [7:49 PM] New Year (Scott Colley)
   [8:01 PM, Joshua introduces the band and yacks a bit]
3. [8:06 PM] Mopti (Don Cherry)
4. [8:14 PM] Rush Hour (Dewey Redman)
   [8:23 PM, Joshua back announce]
5. [8:25 PM] Broken Shadows (Ornette Coleman)
6. [8:35 PM] It's Not the Same (Joshua Redman)
7. [8:40 PM] (unidentified tune)
8. [8:51 PM] When Will the Blues Leave? (Ornette Coleman)
   [set ends 9:00 PM; bows, then all off; back in a minute or so]
    
   Encore
9. [9:03 PM] Facts (Joshua Redman)
   [show ends 9:07 PM]

• Brian Blade: drums;
• Scott Colley: contrabass;
• Ron Miles: trumpet, cornet;
• Joshua Redman: soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, keyboards.

The band certainly seemed to be firing on all four cylinders from the get go tonight. I'd say my favorites were the Still Dreaming, Mopti and Broken Shadows. The opener, which sounded to me as if it borrows heavily from Ornette's classic, Lonely Woman, is actually a new tune by Joshua Redman. Well blow me down! I had both of the first two tunes pegged as Ornette originals until Joshua corrected me with his back announcement. Mopti lopes along with a steady african-influenced pulse in the bass while the other three players take turns going nuts. Lotsa fun! And as promised by Joshua, Broken Shadows was lusciously beautiful – a great reminder that Ornette tunes don't always feature jagged, jangly melodies!

Given that only two tunes overlapped against last night's setlist (thanks for sharing Mark!), I'm really curious to hear what gets played over the next two nights too. Hopefully other jazz cats will be on the prowl and taking notes!

And it's good to know that Joshua likes to mix things up! Maybe next time he comes around I'll try and catch two consecutive nights.

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