# Chick Corea & Béla Fleck at Miner Auditorium, September 13, 2015

[SFJAZZ](http://www.sfjazz.org/events/2015-16/0913/chick-corea) presents The Enchantment featuring [Chick Corea](http://www.chickcorea.com/) & [Béla Fleck](http://www.belafleck.com/)  
2015-09-13  
[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)  
Late Show, 7:30 PM, Sunday, September 13, 2015

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## One Set

[7:31 PM lights down, announcements]

01. [7:38 PM] Bugle Call Rag
02. [7:44 PM] Overjoyed
03. [7:51 PM] Juno
04. [8:00 PM] Henri Dutilleux: Prelude en Berceuse
05. [8:04 PM] Children's Song №6
06. [8:20 PM] Spectacle  
[set ends 8:28 PM]  
   
**Encore**
07. [8:29 PM] ? (Spanish-flavored, but not quite _Spain_ -- maybe _Armando's Rhumba_ or _Señorita_?)
08. [8:42 PM] ? (hard for me to say whether this was a reprise or a different tune)  
[show ends 8:48 PM, bows and applause, then off for good and house lights up by 8:53 PM]


## Performers

* [Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea](http://www.chickcorea.com/): piano, keyboards;
* [Béla Fleck](http://www.belafleck.com/): banjo.

## Notes

What an amazing show! _Bugle Call Rag_ (I'm assuming that was the opener, based on the indirect commentary and the fact that nothing else seems likely when I look at the tune list for the new Corea/Fleck release, _Two_) was a great way to get started. Highly reminiscent of Béla's work with the Marcus Roberts Trio, a few years ago, I was astonished to hear Chick playing in this old-fashioned, stride-like style. Let's start with a knockout, eh? next up was a "new standard": Stevie Wonder's _Overjoyed_. While I love Stevie's tunes, this one didn't work quite so well for me. I dunno. Maybe a different Stevie tune would have tickled my fancy better? It was interesting to imagine Béla's banjo as a fit-in for a real or synthesized harpsichord, but overall, it just didn't quite manage to gel. According to Béla, _Juno_ was composed in the Houston airport on his way home from a gig at SFJAZZ to meet Abigail and his new baby, Juno, after missing his birth on account of (a) the gig, and (b) Juno deciding to pop out three weeks ahead of schedule. Dutilleux's _Prelude en Berceuse_ was sweet -- and it's always interesting to hear pieces from the classical repertoire remapped to the banjo! The highlight of the night was the nearly telepathic interplay of the duo during _Children's Song №6_: fifteen minutes, four hands, two instruments, one mind blown! And _Spectacle_ was also darn good -- maybe even spectacular? -- but I was still reeling from the previous run through _Childen's Song №6_, and couldn't really take in the new tune properly. Might have worked better for me to insert the Dutilleux lullaby or Stevie Wonder piece there ... just to have a few minutes to chill out before engaging in more active listening.

All too soon, the set was over. No, strike that. The set ended MUCH too soon. And while the encore was a generous twenty minutes, the main event was still stingy, at less than an hour. Don't the adoring fans deserve a little more musical love?

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