SFJAZZ presents Stanley Clarke & Hiromi
Robert M. Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
7:30 PM, Friday, September 6, 2024

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[7:33 PM] {lights down; greetings and announcements by Greg Stern}
[7:34 PM] {enter performers}

1. [7:35 PM] 3 Wrong Notes
   [7:41 PM] {Greetings from SC; brief origin story for the duo; back- and fore-announcements}
2. [7:42 PM] Paradigm Shift
   [7:51 PM] {brief pause; SC checks his tuning; Hiromi starts next tune without introduction}
3. [7:52 PM] Sicilian Blue
   [8:01 PM] {SC back-announce of previous title}
4. [8:02 PM] (unidentified tune #1) »
5. [8:03 PM] La Canción de Sofia »
6. [8:06 PM] (Hiromi heads offstage for SC's extended bass solo 'on my career as a married man')
   [8:15 PM] {SC back-announce‚ then he departs}
7. [8:16 PM] (unidentified tune #2)
   [8:26 PM] {SC back to laud Hiromi and then reminisce briefly about playing here in SF with Joe Henderson before introducing the next tune}
8. [8:28 PM] Black Narcissus
   [8:34 PM] {SC talks about winning two grammys with the next Chick Corea composition}
9. [8:36 PM] No Mystery
   [8:47 PM] {applause at set end}
   
   Encore
   [8:48 PM] {SC tells us they have no idea what they're going to play for the encore}
10. [8:49 PM] (unidentified tune #3)
    [8:54 PM] {final applause & bows}
    [8:55 PM] {show ends}

• Stanley Clarke: contrabass;
• Hiromi Uehara: piano.

It's always fun to see these two performers, and seeing them together is an extra special treat!

Stanley might have experienced a few senior moments while relating his between song stories, but his playing is as amazingly fleet and strong as ever. Catch him now while you can!

And Hiromi is the most joyful performer ever: it's impossible not to be lifted up by the way she dances across the piano.

I feel a little guilty admitting that I wanted more from this show: 80 minutes of bliss just wasn't quite enough to satisfy my greedy little soul. Guess I'll have to go see them again the next time they come around!

Jim Harrington posted an enthusiastic review of Thursday's show, which seemed to have very nearly the same setlist as tonight.

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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