SFJAZZ presents Chick Corea Vigilette Trio featuring Carlitos del Puerto and Marcus Gilmore
Robert M. Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
7:30 PM, Thursday, October 4, 2018

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

1. [7:42 PM] How Deep Is the Ocean?
2. [7:54 PM] Alice in Wonderland
3. [8:05 PM] Zyryab
4. [8:20 PM] In a Sentimental Mood
5. [8:29 PM] Rhumba Flamenco
6. [8:45 PM] Letter to Scarlatti (solo improv from Chick) »
7. [8:47 PM] (undentified Scarlatti sonata, probably K.146, L.34 in G major) »
8. [8:53 PM] Tempus Fugit
   [set ends 9:07 PM all off for a minute or two]
   
   Encore
   [Chick invites Alfredo Rodriguez to join him at the piano]
9. [9:10 PM] Spain
   [show ends 9:23 PM; tons of applause, then all off]

• Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea: piano, keyboards;
• Carlitos Del Puerto: bass, contrabass;
• Marcus Gilmore: drums.

• Alfredo Rodriguez: piano.

Hot damn, what a show! Lordy! Chick is still killing it at 77.

I was especially impressed with Zyrab: it's incredibly hard to play flamenco on the piano, but Chick made it look easy.

I was also really psyched to hear his interpretation of Scarlatti: having studied a few of his five hundred-odd sonatas, I'm always interested in hearing how others interpret his works. In this case, Chick started out solo in a fairly jazzy, impressionistic mode, then shifted into a pretty straightforward interpretation – only the latter section was augmented by the accompaniment of Marcus & Carlitos. Way cool! I'm guessing the Scarlatti work matches that given for one of Chick's sets last week in Boston, as posted in a thorough review by Steve Elman for ArtFuse.

Having Alfredo Rodriguez join Chick during the Encore for a four hands at the same piano version of Spain was a super-exciting treat.

Tonight's fuzzy photo gallery comes from the big cheese!

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