# Stanley Jordan at Blue Note Napa, February 10, 2023

[Blue Note Entertainment Group](https://www.bluenotenapa.com/event/tw-artistinfo/Stanley+Jordan/) presents [Stanley Jordan](http://www.stanleyjordan.com/)  
[Blue Note Napa](http://www.bluenotenapa.com/)  
[1030 Main St, Napa, CA 94559-2641 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1030+Main+St,+Napa,+CA+94559-2641+USA&hl=en)  
9:00 PM, Friday, February 10, 2023

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## Late Show

[9:03 PM] {House Announcements; enter SJ}

01. [9:05 PM] (unidentified tune \#1)  
[9:15 PM] {pause for SJ to futz with his guitar}
02. [9:15 PM] _El Condor Pasa (If I Could)_  
[9:20 PM] {pause for SJ to chug a pint of water}  
[9:22 PM] {SJ yack about "Ahhh!"}
03. [9:24 PM] _All the Children_  
[9:31 PM] {SJ moves to the piano; retunes guitar to match piano}
04. [9:33 PM] (unidentified tune \#2)
05. [9:40 PM] _Invitation_ ^  
[9:47 PM] {SJ back to midstage (guitar only); yacking about Mozart}
06. [9:51 PM] _Improvisation on the Andante from Mozart Piano Concerto #21_  
[9:58 PM] {SJ talks about his coming album}
07. [9:59 PM] _City of New Orleans_ ^  
[10:04 PM] {SJ: long physics-ionization frequency-scales talk}
08. [10:11 PM] _Sounds of the Elements_  
[10:24 PM] {thanks for coming everyone!}
09. [10:25 PM] (unidentified tune \#3) »
10. [10:30 PM] _Eleanor Rigby_ » (crazy jam in multiple episodes) » _Eleanor Rigby_ (reprise)  
[10:42 PM] {Thanks, goodnight! show ends; no encore, dang!}


## Performers

* [Stanley Jordan](http://www.stanleyjordan.com/): guitar, piano, vox.

## Notes

I thought Stanley played with lots more dissonance tonight than my recollection from times past: less emphasis on crystalline tapping in traditional major and minor keys and more time cascading through strange arpeggiated runs of weird harmonics. Tough enough listening that I found it hard to stay engaged at times; maybe I was just too tired.

Although he first worked it up four or five years ago, I hadn't heard _Sounds of the Elements_ before. Stanley played us Hydrogen through Scandium (first 21 elements), with a bonus jam tagged on at the end. Kinda cool!

Given Stanley's classical studies, it's entirely possible that the 'preamble' to Eleanor Rigby was a prelude-like free improv, but I suppose it's just as likely to be one more regular tune of his that I couldn't identify. And on that front, I was pretty sure that the first 'episode' after _Eleanor Rigby_ was an entirely new tune, but after awhile Stanley mutated it into a Hendrix-like meltdown. Just when I thought *that* was done, he cleaned up his tone and returned to _Eleanor Rigby_, whew! So maybe a medley, or maybe just a wild musical journey. 

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## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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