# Will Bernard at Joe Henderson Lab, March 17, 2023

[SFJAZZ](https://www.sfjazz.org/tickets/productions/will-bernard/) presents [Will Bernard](http://www.willbernard.com/)  
[Joe Henderson Lab](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)  
7:00 PM Early Show, Friday, March 17, 2023

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## Early Show

[6:59 PM] {lights down, performers out; WB introduces himself and the band}

01. [7:02 PM] _Crab Apple Red_  
[7:10 PM] {WB introduces the next tune}
02. [7:11 PM] _Dry Land Tourist_  
[7:18 PM] {WB talks about recording with Damn Skippy; sidebar about recipes for the Poor Man's Speedball}
03. [7:21 PM] _Poor Man's Speedball_  
[7:26 PM] {WB swap to knotty pine guitar; banter about NY subway announcements}
04. [7:28 PM] (unidentified tune, "swampy")  
[7:35 PM] {WB swap back to Gibson guitar; talk about growing up in Danville}
05. [7:36 PM] _Stone Valley_  
[7:40 PM] {WB back credit to Sam Yahel; introduces next tune}
06. [7:41 PM] _That Day_  
[7:48 PM] {WB yack about which day that tune is about}
07. [7:49 PM] _Motooz_  
[7:57 PM] {WB banter; band introduction again; band member themes}
08. [7:59 PM] _Happy Belated_  
[8:06 PM] {final applause; don't go out the fire escape door!}  
[8:07 PM] {show ends}

## Performers

* [Scott Amendola](http://www.scottamendola.com/): drums;
* [Will Bernard](http://www.willbernard.com/): guitar, slide guitar;
* [Lisa Mezzacappa](http://www.lisamezzacappa.com/): contrabass.

## Notes

Will seemed to be in a chatty mood tonight, offering commentary on a wide range of topics in between his song introductions.

I thought the groovy jamming was great -- particularly as Lisa only began playing with Will in rehearsals earlier this week.

Every now and then I thought I heard hints of Monk tunes from Will or Lisa... Monk's angular melody lines are pretty distinctive! ... but nothing was repeated enough that I could identify it or pass it off as an intentional insertion. Could just be the lasting impression of Will's early time in T.J. Kirk.

I suppose we should have stayed around to try and get into the late show -- there wasn't much of a line when we got out -- but the impetus to get home set in hard as soon as I checked the BART app ("9 minutes 'til the next eastbound train: gotta hustle!"), so we left.

## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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