# Giulia Valle Quintet at Joe Henderson Lab, December 6, 2013

[SFJAZZ](http://www.sfjazz.org/events/season2/dec6-giulia-valle) presents [Giulia Valle Quintet](http://www.giuliavalle.com/)  
2013-12-06  
[Joe Henderson Lab](http://www.sfjazz.org/center)  
[SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=SFJAZZ+Center,+205+Franklin+St,+San+Francisco,+CA&hl=en)  
7:00 PM, Friday, December 6, 2013

## Early Show

[7:05 PM lights down, announcements by Randall Kline]

01. [7:10 PM] Argentina
02. [7:2m PM banter; 7:26 PM] Berenice >>
03. [7:31 PM] Break-a-Loop
04. [7:40 PM banter; 7:42 PM] Un Sueño (a Dream)
05. [7:51 PM banter; band intro; 7:53 PM] ? Chuchi (sounded like "shoe-chee")  
[set ends 8:06 PM]

## Late Show

[8:32 PM lights down, waiting, 8:36 PM announcements from Randall Kline]

01. [8:42 PM] Intro >>
02. [8:30 PM] Drama 'n' Bass
03. [8:55 PM banter, band introduction; 8:58 PM] ? Captain Courage
04. [9:06 PM] ?
05. [9:18 PM] ? Chacarera Ba OR Chacarera Búlgara (might be next title instead of this one)
06. [9:24 PM banter] ?  
[show ends 9:41 PM, no encore]


## Performers

* Marco Mezquida: piano, fender rhodes, keyboards;
* Martí Serra: soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone;
* [Giulia Valle](http://www.giuliavalle.com/): bass;
* Daniel Dominguez Vazquez: drums;
* Miguel "Pincho" Villar: tenor saxophone.


## Notes 

First U.S. appearance by GV!

I was really knocked out by how good tonight's performance was. The compositions built off of interesting lines and rhythms, the musicians were clearly listening carefully to one another and playing to emphasize the group sound (as opposed to less interesting, purely virtuousic wailing), and they made a point of trying to connect to the audience via their greetings, body language, and accessibility after each set. All-in-all a top-calibre experience!

{{tag>music Giulia_Valle_Quintet Joe_Henderson_Lab Marco_Mezquida Martí_Serra Giulia_Valle Daniel_Dominguez_Vazquez Miguel_Villar}}

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