# Bokanté at Miner Auditorium, June 16, 2017

[SFJAZZ](https://www.sfjazz.org/events/35sfjf/0616/bokante) presents [Bokanté](http://www.bokante.com/)  
[Robert M. Miner Auditorium](http://www.sfjazz.org/center)  
[SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=SFJAZZ+Center,+205+Franklin+St,+San+Francisco,+CA+94102+USA&hl=en)  
7:30 PM, Friday, June 16, 2017

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## Set One

[7:35 PM lights down, announcements, band out]

01. [7:36 PM] _O La_  
[banter from ML, then MT]
02. [7:49 PM] (unidentified tune no. 1; sounds like 'Onesha') » AF drum solo »
03. [8:04 PM] _Zyé Ouvè, Zyé Fèmé_
04. [8:09 PM] (unidentified tune no. 2)  
[set ends 8:15 PM]

## Set Two

[8:4m PM lights down, band out]

01. [8:42 PM; Just ML + MT] (unidentified tune no. 3; sounds like 'Sin')
02. [8:48 PM] _Jou Ké Ouvè (the Day Will Rise)_
03. [8:55 PM] _Vayan (Persistence)_
04. [9:02 PM] (unidentified tune no. 4; sung in French (not Creole), "Ooh Ooh")
05. [9:17 PM] _Nou Tout Sé Yonn_  
[set ends 9:24 PM; applause, waiting, hooting & hollering; band back onstage at 9:27 PM]  
   
**Encore**
06. [9:28 PM] _Héritier (Inheritance)_  
[show ends 9:35 PM, bows, then all off]


## Performers

[Bokanté](http://www.bokante.com/)

* Weedie Braimah: djembe, percussion;
* [Roosevelt Collier](https://www.facebook.com/RooseveltCollier): lap steel guitar;
* [André Ferrari](https://www.facebook.com/people/Andr%C3%A9-Ferrari/100008328244788): drums, percussion;
* [Bob Lanzetti](https://www.facebook.com/bob.lanzetti): guitar;
* [Michael League](https://www.facebook.com/michaelleagueplaysmusic): bass (s2t01), baritone guitar;
* [Mark Lettieri](http://www.marklettieri.com/): guitar;
* [José Perez](http://www.joseperezmusic.com/): congas, percussion;
* [Malika Tirolien](http://malikatirolien.com/): vox;
* Jay White: bass.


## Notes

Performing for only the fourth time together, and commencing a long summer tour, the members of Bokanté seemed pretty well psyched to get it on and jam tonight. Both Michael and Malika spoke to the audience quite a bit, introducing songs and telling stories. Seeing the lineup (four guitar players! three drummers?), one might worry that this show would be loud steaming mess, but all of the players did a really good job of listening to one another, and it was really fun listening to how one player would respond to another, then take a tune off in another direction.

While the show seemed a little short, I figured that would be the case for a brand new band with only a single album to draw from. I look forward to seeing them again on their next visit!

PS: As I don't speak French, let alone Haitian Creole, you can take my assignment of tune titles with a grain of salt ... mostly I tried to match up comments from Malika's introduction against the English translation of the title. Hopefully I got at least one right!

{{tag>music Bokanté Miner_Auditorium Weedie_Braimah Roosevelt_Collier André_Ferrari Bob_Lanzetti Michael_League Mark_Lettieri José_Perez Malika_Tirolien Jay_White}}

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