# Yellowjackets at Dinkelspiel Auditorium, July 19, 2014

[Stanford Jazz Workshop](http://www.stanfordjazzfestival.org/mainevents/2014/7/19/yellowjackets) presents [Yellowjackets](http://www.yellowjackets.com/)  
2014-07-19  
[Dinkelspiel Auditorium](http://livelyarts.stanford.edu/)  
[Stanford University, 471 Lagunita Drive, Stanford, CA  ](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Stanford+University,+471+Lagunita+Drive,+Stanford,+CA++&hl=en)  
8:00 PM, Saturday, July 19, 2014

## One Set

[8:03 PM lights down, announcements by Jim Nadel]

01. [8:06 PM] Spirit of the West
02. [8:15 PM] Red Sea #
03. [8:28 PM] When the Lady Dances
04. [8:37 PM] Greenhouse
05. [8:49 PM] ?
06. [8:59 PM] ? #
07. [9:08 PM] ?
08. [9:18 PM] ?
09. [9:30 PM] Why Is It?  
[set ends 9:42 PM]  
   
**Encore**
10. [9:43 PM] ?  
[show ends 9:51 PM]


## Performers

### Yellowjackets

[Yellowjackets](http://www.yellowjackets.com/)

* [Russell Ferrante](http://www.russellferrante.com/): keyboards;
* William Kennedy: drums;
* [Bob Mintzer](http://www.bobmintzer.com/): tenor saxophone, # EWI;
* Felix Pastorius: 6-string bass.


## Notes

I suppose my primary criticism of tonight's gig is that on the whole, the band's sound was just too nice -- it lacked the blues or grit that I think of as an essential component to most jazz/funk/R&B tunes. Doesn't mean I didn't like it, but like white bread, there's only so much you can take before you want something different.

Bob Mintzer started out doing a good bit introducing the tunes, but I guess he got a little distracted midway through the set, and just gave up. Not having followed the band, I can't say anything about what I might have heard, though the audience greeted a few of the tunes with applause, so presumably *some* of the choices were selected from their hits!

{{tag>music Yellowjackets Dinkelspiel_Auditorium Russell_Ferrante William_Kennedy Bob_Mintzer Felix_Pastorius}}

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