SFJAZZ presents the Wayne Shorter Quartet, featuring Terri Lyne Carrington, John Patitucci, and Danilo Pérez
Robert M. Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
7:30 PM, Thursday, April 27, 2017

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[7:33 PM lights down, announcements from Randall Kline, band out]

1. [7:39 PM] (unidentified tune #1)
2. [7:51 PM] ? Sorceror »
3. [8:06 PM] (unidentified tune #2) »
4. [8:12 PM] (unidentified tune; maybe same tune as previous, but different mode?) $
5. [8:17 PM] (unidentified tune; starts off sounding Japanese, then resolves into more western tonality » 8:22 WS swaps to $
6. [8:36 PM] (unidentified tune; starts off with narration from Wayne, “the lightning was his mother, and Frankenstein the father”) $
   [during the pause after the conclusion of the previous tune, Wayne says, “Now comes Mary Shelley”]
7. [8:42 PM] (unidentified tune #6) $
   [set ends 8:59 PM]
    
   Encore
8. [9:01 PM] (unidentified tune; seemed familiar from mid-90's Shorter sets) $
   [show ends 9:05 PM]

• Terri Lyne Carrington: drums;
• John Patitucci: contrabass;
• Danilo Pérez: piano;
• Wayne Shorter: $ soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone.

Tonight's show was pretty damn good! Sometimes I have a hard time getting my head into the right space to listen properly to Wayne's music – it takes more attention than most other performances – but that wasn't a problem tonight. Maybe because I was trying so hard to block out the wheezing and grunting of the dude sitting on my right by focusing more than usual on the music and the performers? I dunno. In any case, I'm really glad I went!

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