SFJAZZ presents Music from Bridges featuring Dianne Reeves
Robert M. Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
3:00 PM, Sunday, February 24, 2019

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[3:01 PM; lights down, announcements from Randall Kline, waiting; RV begins on acoustic bass guitar]

1. [3:06 PM] (unidentified instrumental)
   [3:15 PM; DR joins the band onstage]
2. [3:14 PM] Goodbye » (DR improv greeting & wordless vocalizing while band vamps)
   [3:23 PM; DR yack about Bridges; RV swaps to 5-string electric bass]
3. [3:25 PM] In Your Eyes
   [3:33 PM; DR yack; +GM; RV swaps to resonator bass]
4. [3:36 PM] River
   [3:46 PM; all off but RL, DG]
5. [3:45 PM] Bridges
   [3:52 PM; everyone back; RV to contrabass]
6. [3:52 PM] Olokun »
   [3:59 PM; RV swaps to 5-string electric bass]
7. [3:58 PM] Suzanne
   [4:08 PM; Drop GM; RV swaps to Höfner violin bass; RL swaps to Les Paul!]
8. [4:08 PM] Testify
   [4:17 PM; Add GM; RV swaps to resonator bass]
9. [4:17 PM] Mista » (DR improv thanks and band introduction while band vamps) » (Hum-chi melody)
   [4:35 PM; set ends, all off]
   
   Encore
   [4:35 PM; LR back on acoustic guitar; RV on contrabass]
10. [4:36 PM] Make Someone Happy
    [4:45 PM; show ends; group bow, then all off for good]

• Terreon Gully: drums, harmony vox;
• Romero Lubambo: acoustic guitar, Les Paul guitar;
• Grégoire Maret: harmonica;
• Peter Martin: piano, keyboards;
• Dianne Reeves: vox;
• Reginald Veal: acoustic bass guitar, contrabass, 5-string bass guitar, resonator bass guitar, Höfner violin bass.

It's a cryin' shame that the hall wasn't sold out this afternoon, but I suppose some folks that would argue that 80-90% full for a Sunday matinee centered on a non-Grammy-winning album from 1999 is darn good. I dunno. I was psyched to be there!

It was kinda wild seeing how Reginald Veal swapped instruments on nearly every song – guess he was searching for some very particular tonal nuances. It's funny, though I've seen him lots of times, I don't remember him playing anything other than contrabass before. Must not have been the right context.

This was also the first time I remember seeing Romero Lubambo play electric guitar. During his duet with Dianne on Bridges, I could hear him playing string synth – presumably with his foot pedals, or by midi, actuated by his guitar feed – but I couldn't really see well enough to know for sure how he managed the trick: he was darn subtle about it!

It was cool that Dianne got the whole house singing along with her finale … a so-called Hum-chi melody that even got a few folks up and dancing. Sometimes you gotta listen to the call to participate!

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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