# Paris Combo at Miner Auditorium, April 16, 2014

[SFJAZZ](https://www.sfjazz.org/events/season2/paris-combo) presents [Paris Combo](http://www.pariscombo.com/)  
2014-04-16  
[Miner Auditorium](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)  
7:30 PM, Wednesday, April 16, 2014

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## Set One

[7:32 PM lights down, announcements from Randall Kline]

01. [7:37 PM] Le Début (beginnings)
02. [7:42 PM] Baguée (the ring)
03. [7:47 PM] Tout Excusé (totally forgiven)
04. [7:52 PM] Señor
05. [7:58 PM] Chaque Fois (each time)
06. [8:04 PM] Irénée
07. [8:09 PM] Les Cailloux Blancs (white pebbles)
08. [8:13 PM] Living room
09. [8:18 PM] Titanic  
[set ends 8:23 PM, all off after group bow]

## Set Two

[8:46 PM lights down, band returns without Belle]

01. [8:49 PM] I Saw Stars †
02. [8:55 PM] Chez Nous  
[Belle returns]
03. [9:02 PM] Sous la Lune (under the moon)
04. [9:07 PM] Lux
05. [9:12 PM] Comptez Sur Moi (come to me)
06. [9:17 PM] Le Roi de la Forêt (king of the forest)
07. [9:20 PM] Je Te Vois Partout (I see you everywhere)
08. [9:2x PM] Homéron  
[set ends 9:32 PM]  
   
**Encore**
09. [9:33 PM] Je Rêve Encore (I'm still dreaming)
10. [9:38 PM] Attraction  
[show ends 9:43 PM; applause, bows, then off for good]


## Performers

[Paris Combo](http://www.pariscombo.com/)

* [Belle du Berry](http://www.belleduberry.com/): vox;
* Emmanuel Chabbey: contrabass;
* François Jeannin: drums, † vox;
* David Lewis: piano, trumpet;
* Potzi: guitar.


## Notes

I think I picked tonight's show based on the sound samples posted on the SFJAZZ website -- that, and the pursuit of new experiences, as I don't recall having seen this band before.

Overall, I enjoyed the show, and Belle was a charming emcee, doing her best to let us know what the various tunes were about (besides love), yet I'm not too sure that I'd go see them again soon -- they just didn't get me riled up enough. For one, despite the sporadically interesting flourishes from David and Potzi, the musical offerings seemed a little too snoozy for me. Or maybe the solos just came too infrequently. I don't recall hearing anything all that interesting from the bass, and the shift to a cliche disco beat throughout _Homéron_ pretty much erased any respect that François had earned from me for his drumming up to that point. Disco might be just the thing to start a dancing frenzy in Paris, but that unvarying 4/4 just bores me to death.

On the positive side, David's "water trumpet" solo during _Sous la Lune_ was pretty cool, and certainly something I'd never seen before. To explain, for this bit, David held his trumpet vertically, dropping the bell into a clear bowl that held about 2 or 3 inches of water. A clip-on mic affixed to the side of the bowl did a great job of picking up the weird sounds made by the trumpet bubbles bursting forth as David soloed. Strange and cool!

{{tag>music Paris_Combo Miner_Auditorium Belle_du_Berry Emmanuel_Chabbey François_Jeannin David_Lewis Potzi}}

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