# Jordan Feinstein, Matt Hartle, Ezra Lipp & John-Paul McLean at a Private Party, April 30, 2021

A Party! featuring [Jordan Feinstein](http://www.jordanandtheritual.com/), [Matt Hartle](http://www.matthartle.com/), [Ezra Lipp](http://www.ezralipp.com/), and [John-Paul McLean](https://johnpaulmclean.com/)  
[Oakland, CA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Oakland,+CA&hl=en)  
3:00 PM, Friday, April 30, 2021

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## Set One

[3:45 PM] {getting ready to go!}

01. [3:47 PM] _Get Out of My Life Woman_ (MH)
02. [3:55 PM] _West LA Fadeaway_ (JL)
03. [4:07 PM] _When I Paint My Masterpiece_ (JP)
04. [4:15 PM] _Ain't No Bread in the Breadbox_ (EL)
05. [4:26 PM] _Duppy Conqueror_ (MH)
06. [4:36 PM] _Ophelia_ (JF)
07. [4:44 PM] _Gotta Serve Somebody_ (JP)  
{Add Jeanette Ferber: harmony vox}
08. [4:51 PM] _the Music Never Stopped_ (EL)
  
[4:58 PM] {set ends}

## Set Two

[5:35 PM] {Jordan calls everyone back for set two}

01. [5:38 PM] _Cats Under the Stars_ (MH)
02. [5:49 PM] _Box of Rain_ (JP)
03. [5:56 PM] _Brown-Eyed Women_ (EL)
04. [6:06 PM] _I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free_ (MH)
05. [6:16 PM] _Stuck in the Middle With You_ (JP)
06. [6:25 PM] _While My Guitar Gently Weeps_ (JF)  
{Add Jeanette Ferber: lead & harmony vox}
07. [6:34 PM] _Scarlet Begonias_ (EL) »
08. [6:42 PM] _Fire on the Mountain_ (JeF)
09. [6:52 PM] _Tangled Up in Blue_ (MH) »
10. [7:03 PM] _My Sisters and Brothers_ (JeF)  
[7:11 PM] {set ends; Jeanette off}  
   
**Encore**
11. [7:13 PM] _Can't Find My Way Home_ (JF)  
[7:20 PM] {show ends}


## Performers

* [Jordan Feinstein](http://www.jordanandtheritual.com/): piano, keyboards, melodica, lead & harmony vox;
* [Matt Hartle](http://www.matthartle.com/): guitar, lead & harmony vox;
* [Ezra Lipp](http://www.ezralipp.com/): drums, lead & harmony vox;
* [John-Paul McLean](https://johnpaulmclean.com/): bass, lead & harmony vox;  
- with special guest -
* [Jeannette Ferber](https://www.facebook.com/jeannetteferber): lead & harmony vox.

## Notes

I was busy dancing and having fun today, so I don't have many notes to refer to regarding the show: sometimes I'd rather be boogeying than writing anything down for later.

Some scattered thoughts and observations, from memory:

* Jordan mentioned more than once that this band should be called "gem" (from J-J-E-M); the other guys ribbed him about this; with Ezra suggesting that JJME was a more interesting choice. JJME makes me think of the 70's TV show, [Good Times](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5rKZs6HnB4), featuring Jimmie Walker.
* Great song selection all the way through, with plenty of surprises!
* _Breadbox_ featured a really nice middle eastern jam -- the guys got *way* out there on this one!
* _Duppy Conqueror_ is an early Bob Marley tune. Found this tidbit thanks to reddit:  
_According to Bunny Wailer (Quoted from the 'Marley' Documentary) "We rehearsed for about 2 years - we go sing at the park downtown for the people... we even go sing at the May Pen Cemetery for the duppy dem. His (Joe Higgs's) policy was that great stars mess up when they get afraid and nervous on stage, so he said if we went to the cemetery at say 2 o'clock in the morning, and sang for those people, then we can't be afraid when we hit the stage - and we went with Joe - sat on the graves and do it - and several times we do it until he thought we're brave enough now."_
* _I Wish I Knew..._ was introduced as a Nina Simone tune, but as this [short article](https://www.ft.com/content/2ae1f31c-b339-11e6-9c37-5787335499a0) relates, that's not quite right, she just made it famous. Being a hip dude, Derek Trucks covered it on one of his early DTB albums, and I thought I detected more than a trace of his influence on Matt's playing, especially at the conclusion. Who knows, maybe the band learned it from the more recent, 2018 [release](https://youtu.be/To1HacI7cyc) that featured Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi sitting in with the Wynton Marsalis Septet.
* _Stuck in the Middle With You_ included one or more really random teases from Jordan. I thought he was trying to nudge the band into a jam on the Miles Davis classic, _All Blues_, but the notion didn't seem to gain much traction, so I didn't write it as a full tease. Another question for "pester the musicians" day!

## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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