SFJAZZ presents Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Robert M. Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
7:00 PM, Sunday, January 30, 2022

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[7:03 PM] {greetings and announcements by Randall Kline}
[7:08 PM] {JALCO enters}
[7:09 PM] {greetings from Wynton}

1. [7:10 PM] 2/3's Adventure (Henriquez)
2. [7:21 PM] Tones for Joan's Bones (Corea)
3. [7:34 PM] Jo Jo's Mojo (from Rock Chalk Suite; Printup)
4. [7:47 PM] Freedom Suite, Mvt III (Rollins)
5. [7:53 PM] Freedom Suite, Mvt V (Rollins)
6. [8:04 PM] Basque Song (Mvt. XI from Vitoria Suite; Marsalis)
7. [8:10 PM] Menditzorrotza Swing (Mvt. XII from Vitoria Suite; Marsalis)
   [8:23 PM] {encore break}
   
   Encore
8. [8:26 PM] the Monkey King's March (Marsalis)
   [8:32 PM] {show ends}

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

• Obed Calvaire: drums, percussion;
• Chris Crenshaw: trombone;
• Vincent Gardner: trombone;
• Victor Goines: tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet;
• Tatum Greenblatt: trumpet;
• Carlos Henriquez: contrabass;
• Sherman Irby: alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute;
• Ryan Kisor: trumpet;
• Julian Lee: tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet;
• Wynton Marsalis: trumpet, musical director;
• Jeffery Miller: trombone;
• Ted Nash: alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute, piccolo;
• Paul Nedzela: baritone saxophone, bass clarinet;
• Dan Nimmer: piano;
• Marcus Printup: trumpet.

It's always fun to see the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (yeah, I know they rebranded a long time ago, but the new name is awkwardly phrased, so I stick with the original, or LCJO for short), and tonight's gig was no exception. It was good to see that the house was reasonably full – just a smattering of empty seats here and there.

I was surprised to see several substitutions in the performers from the canonical list published by SFJAZZ: either they're slackin' or bad ol' Omicron induced some last-minute changes. Wynton made sure to name everybody at least once, but I couldn't get everything down – it's too hard to write fast in the dark (or rather, I can do it, but the result is an illegible scribble!). Hopefully I've got it figured out right after reviewing Friday night's live stream. It's got to be a terrifying thrill for a newb to get the call to come join the band: how can you possibly be prepared to play a book as wide and deep as that toured by LCJO? I guess that's what separates the pros from the slackers! I think every single one of them was given solo time at some point during the evening.

At about 80 minutes of music, I thought tonight's concert was kinda short, but it seems like 80-90 min is the new standard – maybe there's a health department ruling about that? I was certainly ready to dance for another ten or twenty minutes…

You can watch Mendizorrotza Swing from the FL stream thanks Wynton's crew, who posted it here.

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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