SFJAZZ presents Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino
Robert M. Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
7:30 PM, Thursday, June 20, 2019

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[7:34 PM; lights down; announcements from Randall Kline; SP starts in a red dress]

1. [7:35 PM] (unidentified tune #1)
2. [7:36 PM] (unidentified tune #2)
   [7:40 PM; banter about CGS & their repertoire; SP off]
3. [7:46 PM] Ientu
4. [7:50 PM] Rirollalla
5. [7:55 PM] ? (SP white dress dance)
   [7:59 PM; all off but EL, who swaps from guitar to bouzouki]
6. [8:00 PM] (unidentified tune #3)
   [8:02 PM; most back except GB; EL swaps back to guitar; everyone else on hand percussion]
7. [8:02 PM] ? (GP)
   [8:08 PM; Taranta story; GB back: harmonica]
8. [8:10 PM] Taranta
   [8:21 PM; GB swaps to bass]
9. [8:22 PM] ? (AT) » (drum solo from MD)
10. [8:24 PM] (unidentified tune #4)
    [8:28 PM; banter about love song; GB swaps to clarinet; MD swaps back to violin; GP off]
11. [8:29 PM] Tienime Tata (AT/EL)
    [8:32 PM; banter in Italian from GP; GB swaps to harmonica; EL swaps to bouzouki; SP back in a blue/green dress]
12. [8:33 PM] ? (EL)
13. [8:36 PM] ? “Don't Give Up” (improv song due to tech issues with drums)
    [8:40 PM; band introduction; sales pitch; GB swaps back to bass; EL back to guitar]
14. [8:43 PM] ? “Tatiya” (AT)
    [8:47 PM; GB swaps to pipes; MD swaps to percussion]
15. [8:48 PM] ? “Nati-na” (GP)
    [8:51 PM; Thanks! GB swaps back to bass; MD swaps back to violin; SP back out in red]
16. [8:52 PM] Beddhu Stanotte
    [set ends 8:59 PM; repeated band intro, thanks and bows]
    [9:02 PM; everyone off for a quick break]
    
    Encore
    [9:05 PM; GB: clarinet; EL: guitar]
17. [9:05 PM] Respiri
    [9:08 PM; Everyone except GB, MM swap to hand drums, then the band proceeds to parade about through the hall, singing, dancing and twirling up and down the aisles for the last tune, playing unamplified]
18. [9:09 PM] (unidentified tune #5)
    [show ends 9:15 PM; whew! what a party!]

• Giulio Bianco: recorder, zampogna (Italian bagpipes), Irish whistles, harmonica, bass;
• Mauro Durante: violin, percussion, vox;
• Emanuele Licci: bouzouki, acoustic guitar, vox;
• Massimiliano Morabito: accordions;
• Giancarlo Paglialunga: percussion, vox;
• Silvia Perrone: dance;
• Alessia Tondo: percussion, vox.

This was a fun gig, although it was really challenging to keep track of all the coming and going and instrument and singer changes. I'm certain that I missed a few cues, but I did the best I could while trying to shoot pictures (as Ting was absent tonight)!

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Ol' squinty shot the photos in today's gallery!

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