# Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya with Wadada Leo Smith at Miner Auditorium, February 22, 2018

[SFJAZZ](https://www.sfjazz.org/tickets/productions/jazz-epistles/) presents South African Legends: Jazz Epistles featuring [Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya](http://www.abdullahibrahim.co.za/) with [Wadada Leo Smith](http://www.wadadaleosmith.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, Thursday, February 22, 2018

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## One Set

[7:37 PM lights down; Abdullah Ibrahim out alone once RK wraps up his rambling announcements]

01. [7:42 PM] ? (unidentified solo piano medley) »  
(add cello & flute)
02. [7:51 PM] ? Χ£ »  
(cello swaps to contrabass, flute to alto sax, add rest of Ekaya)
03. [7:55 PM] ? α
04. [8:02 PM] ? α
05. [8:05 PM] ? α†
06. [8:11 PM] ? α£
07. [8:18 PM] ? α†
08. [8:25 PM] (drum solo)
09. [8:30 PM] ? α
10. [8:40 PM] ? (piano solo) »
11. [8:46 PM] ? Χ£ (no piano) »
12. [8:49 PM] ? (piano solo) »  
[8:50 PM] ? (add bass, drums) »  
[8:51 PM] ? π »  
[8:54 PM] ? (JM solo) »  
[8:57 PM] ? (AM solo) »  
[9:00 PM] ? (KL solo) »  
[9:04 PM] ? (head) »  
[9:05 PM] (drum solo) »  
[9:05 PM] ? (head again)
13. [9:06 PM] ? α†
14. [9:13 PM] ? (piano solo)
15. [9:20 PM] ? α  
[set ends 9:25 PM; pause for bows and applause]  
   
**Finale**
16. [9:28 PM] ?  
[show ends 9:37 PM]


## Performers

### Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya

[Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya](http://www.abdullahibrahim.co.za/)

* [Lance Bryant](http://www.lancebryant.com/): tenor saxophone;
* [Cleave Guyton](http://cleaveguyton.com/CleaveGuyton.com/Home.html): £ flute, π piccolo, α alto saxophone;
* [Abdullah Ibrahim](http://www.abdullahibrahim.co.za/): piano;
* [Noah Jackson](http://www.noahjacksonmusic.com/): Χ cello, contrabass;
* [Marshall McDonald](http://marshallmcdonald.com/): baritone saxophone;
* [Andrae Murchison](http://andraemurchison.com/): trombone.
* Will Terrill: drums.

### Wadada Leo Smith

* [Wadada Leo Smith](http://www.wadadaleosmith.com/): † trumpet;

## Notes

{{:wip.png?nolink}}  **Whoa!**  This section is incomplete for now, sorry! {{:wip.png?nolink}}

* Tonight's gig seemed really under rehearsed to me: lots of hand signalling and long, aimless solos.
* WLS hardly played at all, and what he contributed didn't really fit in that well: like adding hot peppercorns to vanilla ice cream.
* The show was billed as a tribute to the Jazz Epistles, but it didn't seem to me as if they played any of the hard bop repertoire of that band: instead, the pieces sounded to me like the newer chamber jazz compositions that Abdullah Ibrahim has been performing for the past few years.

Andrew Gilbert posted an informative [promo](https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2018/02/20/in-matchup-of-jazz-greats-the-calm-meets-the-storm-head-on/) article about the run for KQED.

{{tag>music Abdullah_Ibrahim Ekaya Wadada_Leo_Smith Miner_Auditorium Lance_Bryant Cleave_Guyton Noah_Jackson Marshall_McDonald Andrae_Murchison Will_Terrill}}

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