SFJAZZ presents Béla Fleck with Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, and Rakesh Chaurasia
Robert M. Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
7:00 PM, Sunday, November 19, 2023

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[7:07 PM] {lights down, announcements, performers out without Rakesh}

1. [7:09 PM] Bubbles
   [7:17 PM] {enter RC}
2. [7:18 PM] Conundrum
   [7:28 PM] {banter from BF}
3. [7:30 PM] J Bhai
4. [7:37 PM] Motion
   [7:43 PM] {BF banjo swap}
5. [7:43 PM] Owl's Misfortune
   [7:49 PM] {BF swap to soprano banjo; ZH introduces the next tune}
6. [7:52 PM] Pashto
   [8:02 PM] {BF swap instruments again}
7. [8:03 PM] Rickety Karma
8. [8:09 PM] Tradewinds Bengali
   [8:16 PM] {ZH banter; BF swap to soprano banjo; tiny instrument jokes}
9. [8:18 PM] Beast in the Garden
10. [8:27 PM] (flute intro) » As We Speak
    [8:46 PM] {set ends}
    
    Encore
11. [8:48 PM] 1980
    [8:55 PM] {show ends}

• Rakesh Chaurasia: bansuri flutes;
• Béla Fleck: banjos;
• Zakir Hussain: tabla, percussion, vox;
• Edgar Meyer: contrabass.

I'm gonna try and make it to shows by any of these guys playing alone or in any other configuration, so playing together? Gotta keep a lid on my expectations! Did I like the show? Oh yes I did! Do I have any other thoughts? Yeah, Béla seems to stay in the background a lot tonight – probably a conscious choice to be more of a band member and supporting player instead of acting in his normal leadership role.

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2023 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2023 event list! ☸ On to the next event!