# Robert Stewart & Chester Thompson at Joe Henderson Lab, December 12, 2013

[SFJAZZ](http://www.sfjazz.org/events/hotplate/chicken-shack) presents SFJAZZ Hotplate: the Music of Jimmy Smith's _Back at the Chicken Shack_ featuring  
[Robert Stewart](http://www.therobertstewartexperience.com/) & Chester Thompson  
2013-12-12  
[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)  
8:00 PM, Thursday, December 12, 2013

## Early Show

[8:05 PM lights down, announcements by ?Barrett (not sure, didn't self-ID)]

01. [8:07 PM] Back at the Chicken Shack  
[banter from Bob]
02. [8:20 PM] When I Grow Too Old to Dream  
[8:29 PM BS banter]
03. [8:34 PM] Minor Chant  
[8:45 PM BS banter]
04. [8:47 PM; -BS] Messy Bessie  
[8:53 PM banter]
05. [8:54 PM] On the Sunny Side of the Street
06. [9:04 PM] Squib Cakes  
[set ends 9:13 PM]

## Late Show

[9:41 PM lights down, announcements from Randall Kline]

01. [9:45 PM] Back at the Chicken Shack  
[9:54 PM BS banter]
02. [9:57 PM] When I Grow Too Old to Dream  
[10:09 BS banter]
03. [10:12 PM] Minor Chant  
[10:25 BS banter]
04. [10:27 PM; -BS] Messy Bessie  
[10:33 PM BS banter]
05. [10:34 PM] On the Sunny Side of the Street  
[10:42 PM BS banter]
06. [10:44 PM] Squib Cakes
[set ends 11:00 PM]  


## Performers

* Ron E. Beck: drums;
* Calvin Keys: guitar;
* [Robert Stewart](nttp://www.therobertstewartexperience.com/): tenor saxophone;
* Chester Thompson: Hammond B3 organ.


## Notes 

Doh, same set twice! I should have expected it from the billing!! Anyways, both the band and the crowd were more fired up for the late show, but I think I preferred the renditions of the early set: precision and finesse over the slop-happy funk!

Ross Eustis posted some great pix from the event on the [[http://sfjazz.blogspot.com/2013/12/photo-robert-stewart-chester-thompson.html|SFJAZZ blog]].

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