SFJAZZ presents Ranky Tanky with Ms. Lisa Fischer
Robert M. Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
7:30 PM, Thursday, January 4, 2024

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[7:31 PM] {Welcome & house announcements from Denise Young}
[7:35 PM] {Ranky Tanky out (without LF); greetings from CS}

1. [7:36 PM] Be Alright (QP)
2. [7:40 PM] Rejoice (CS)
   [7:43 PM] {CS relates a bit of Ranky Tanky history; introduces Ms. Lisa Fischer}
3. [7:45 PM] Pick Poor Robin Clean (LF) (traditional) »
4. [7:50 PM] Spanish Joint (LF) (Angela Stone‚ Michael Archer‚ Roy Hargrove)
   [7:54 PM] {long story from LF about the next tune}
5. [7:55 PM] Star of a Story (LF/CS) (Rod Temperton)
   [8:00 PM] {CS talk about Gullah music}
6. [8:01 PM] You Gotta Move (traditional)
   [8:08 PM] {CR introduces the next tune}
7. [8:09 PM] Lie Down (CR) »
8. [8:14 PM] Jolene (LF) (Dolly Parton)
   [8:18 PM] {QP & CS head off stage}
9. [8:18 PM] I Can't Make You Love Me (LF) (Allen Shamblin‚ Michael Reid)
   [8:24 PM] {QP & CS return; CR banter about being back in SF and writing new tunes}
10. [8:26 PM] Jump in the Water
    [8:29 PM] {LF heads off stage; CS introduces the band members}
11. [8:32 PM] This Village (CS)
12. [8:37 PM] Right Here (QP)
    [8:41 PM] {LF back on stage; CR merch pitch; QP social media pitch}
13. [8:44 PM] Grandma's Hands (LF) (Bill Withers) »
14. [8:50 PM] Come Together (LF) (John Lennon‚ Paul McCartney)
    [8:54 PM] {applause; bow; encore break}
    
    Encore
15. [8:56 PM] Shoo Lie Loo
    [9:00 PM] {standing ovation; CR shooting crowd pics from his cell phone; LF slow-walking exit; all off}
    [9:03 PM] {and we're leaving the building…}

Ranky Tanky

• Quentin Baxter: drums, hand percussion;
• Lisa Fischer: vox;
• Kevin Hamilton: contrabass, washboard;
• Quiana Parler: vox;
• Clay Ross: guitar, hand percussion, vox;
• Charlton Singleton: trumpet, vox.

Having enjoyed their 2022 show, I was psyched to see this show appear on the 2023-24 SFJAZZ season, and I'm glad to have made it the first show I attended in 2024.

And I was especially glad to be able to watch Friday night's performance via SFJAZZ' Friday's Live webstream. What a gem! I hate to say it, but Friday seems like it had a little more energy and verve: maybe Thursday was a travel day that had the band feeling a little ragged? It wasn't a bad show by any means, but they were cookin' with gas on Friday night, that's fo' sure! If we're lucky this show will get added to the new SFJAZZ At Home series of on demand videos: I was skimming the initial announcement, and boy oh boy, there are a LOT of shows I gotta get to before the viewing period expires!

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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