# Chris Potter's Underground Orchestra at Miner Auditorium, March 26, 2015

[SFJAZZ](http://ww.sfjazz.org/events/chris-potter%E2%80%99s-underground-orchestra) presents [Chris Potter's Underground Orchestra](http://www.chrispottermusic.com/)  
2015-03-26  
[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, Thursday, March 26, 2015

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## Set One

[7:34 PM lights down, announcements from RK]

01. [7:39 PM] Firefly  
[7:50 PM; CP introduces the band, then talks a bit]

### Imaginary Cities Suite
![Chris Potter's Underground Orchestra -- Imaginary Cities -- ECM 2387](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41V7-kcYreL._SL250_.jpg)


02. [7:52 PM] Compassion
03. [8:03 PM] Dualities
04. [8:15 PM] Disintegration $
05. [8:26 PM] Rebuilding  
   
[pause to rest a moment after completion of the suite]  
[CP introduces the next three tunes together]
06. [8:43 PM] Lament
07. [8:52 PM] Shadow Self #
08. [8:58 PM] Sky  
[set ends 9:15 PM; all off, then core quintet is back in a flash]  
   
**Encore**
09. [9:16 PM] ? Firefly reprise? (unidentified bouncy west-african-ish tune) $  
[show ends 9:27 PM]


## Performers

* [Scott Colley](http://www.scottcolley.com/): contrabass;
* [Joseph Doubleday](http://go.berkleemusic.com/Joseph_Doubleday): marimba, vibraphone;
* [Fima Ephron](http://www.fimaephron.com/): bass;
* [Mark Feldman](http://www.markfeldmanviolin.com/): violin;
* [Isaiah Gage](http://www.isaiahgage.com/): cello;
* [Joyce Hammann](https://about.me/joycehammann): violin;
* [Lois Martin](https://www.linkedin.com/pub/lois-martin/5a/2a/3aa): viola;
* [Chris Potter](http://www.chrispottermusic.com/): $ soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, # bass clarinet, sampler;
* [Adam Rogers](http://www.adamrogersmusic.com/): guitar;
* [Ira Nathaniel "Nate" Smith](http://www.natesmithmusic.com/): drums;
* [Craig Taborn](http://www.craigtaborn.com/): piano.


## Notes

Looks like they played [the entire album](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PX8DEX4/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00PX8DEX4&linkCode=as2&tag=ffhq-20&linkId=GU3O3OP6JOWCRNAT), how about that!

Stephen Smoliar posted a sort of grumpy [review](http://www.examiner.com/article/saxophonist-chris-potter-brings-his-new-album-to-sfjazz); personally, I felt like I had no problem hearing the various performers, so maybe the issue is just his deafness.

Overall, I liked the show, particularly _Firefly_, which was upbeat and funky. I'm not at all certain about the ID of _Firefly_ as the encore piece -- I nicked that from Smoliar's review -- maybe someday we'll get things straightened out right!

As an aside, the numbering above is whack because the implementation of Markdown I'm using doesn't recognize the interruption and continuation of ordered lists, and I'm too lazy to find a work-around to fix it up.

{{tag>music Chris_Potter's_Underground_Orchestra Miner_Auditorium Chris_Potter Scott_Colley Joe_Doubleday Fima_Ephron Mark_Feldman Isaiah_Gage Joyce_Hammann Lois_Martin Adam_Rogers Nate_Smith Craig_Taborn}}

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