# Tord Gustavsen Trio at Robert M. Miner Auditorium, February 22, 2023

[SFJAZZ](https://www.sfjazz.org/tickets/productions/tord-gustavsen-trio/) presents [Tord Gustavsen Trio](https://www.tordg.no/trio/)  
[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, Wednesday, February 22, 2023

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## One Set

[7:31 PM] {lights down; introduction; band out!}

01. [7:33 PM] _Fløytelåt_ »
02. [7:39 PM] (unidentified tune \#1) »
03. [7:43 PM] (unidentified tune \#2) »
04. [7:48 PM] _Vicar Street_  
[7:55 PM] {Greetings from TG}
05. [7:58 PM] _the Old Church_ »
06. [8:04 PM] _Dance Me to the End of Love_ »
07. [8:11 PM] (unidentified tune \#3) »
08. [8:22 PM] (unidentified tune \#4) »
09. [8:29 PM] (unidentified tune \#5) »
10. [8:33 PM] (unidentified tune \#6)
11. [8:38 PM] (unidentified tune \#7) »
12. [8:46 PM] (unidentified tune \#8)  
[8:52 PM] {set ends; brief encore break}  
   
**Encore**  
[8:53 PM] {TG thanks and tune ID}
13. [8:54 PM] _Helensburgh Tango_  
[8:59 PM] {final applause}  
[9:00 PM] {lights up!}


## Performers

[Tord Gustavsen Trio](https://www.tordg.no/trio/)

* [Tord Gustavsen](http://www.tordgustavsen.com/): piano, keyboard, synthesizer;
* [Steinar Raknes](http://www.steinarraknes.com/): contrabass, effects, whistling;
* Jarle Vespestad: drums.

## Notes

TG doesn't make it to California all that often, so I was quite psyched to attend tonight's show. Happily, it seems as if the other folks in attendance felt the same way: for the most part, they were very quiet listeners -- my kind of people! My assessment is that loudmouth yahoos don't "get" the vibe that TG and his compatriots put into their music, so they self-select out and leave us alone. Makes a great experience for fans of this terrific music!

A couple of moments stand out. In one case, early in the show (maybe at the end of _Fløytelåt_?), I opened my eyes upon hearing strange ghostly air sounds to see Steinar crouched and whistling into the microphone placed below the bridge of his contrabass. Ah-hah! Very cool!

TG introduced the fifth tune as something brand new that they cooked up together last night in Portland, naming the tune _the Old Church_ after the venue they'd played, the Old Church Concert Hall. Seems like a place I should check out the next time I'm up there in Beertopia. That one was followed with what sounded to me like an instrumental take on Leonard Cohen's _Dance Me to the End of Love_, nifty!

Later in that sequence of tunes the band got into a killer jam, with raging wah-wah contrabass complemented by very psychedelic flower projections in cyan, purple, green and gold on a deep blue-black background. Three cheers for the guy running the light show tonight: that one was perfect!

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## Photos

Today's photo gallery comes from ol' squinty!

[{{:2023:2023-02:20230223_WinterNitro.jpg?300|About to quaff a hearty winter nitro at Beer Hall before the show}}]  

[{{:2023:2023-02:20230223_CrescentMoon+Venus.jpg?300|Venus hanging below the brand new crescent Moon}}]

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