Regina Carter Quintet at Herbst Theatre, November 17, 2017
- One Set
- Performers
- Notes
- Photos

Regina Carter Quintet at Herbst Theatre, November 17, 2017

San Francisco Performances presents the Regina Carter Quintet: Simply Ella
Herbst Theatre
Veterans' Building, San Francisco War Memorial Performing Arts Center, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102-4522 USA
7:30 PM, Friday, November 17, 2017

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One Set

[7:35 PM lights down, announcements from Melanie Smith, band out without RC, who enters about a minute or so into the first tune]

[7:37 PM] Crying in the Chapel
[7:48 PM] I'll Never Be Free
[banter from RC]
[7:57 PM] When I Grow Too Old to Dream
[banter from RC]
[8:12 PM] Accentuate the Positive
[banter from RC; drop all but MS]
[8:26 PM] Judy
[band back, CL with an electric bass guitar]
[8:32 PM] Undecided ß
[banter from RC]
[8:48 PM] New for New Orleans
[set ends 9:07 PM]

Performers

Regina Carter: violin;
Xavier Davis: piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hammond B-3 organ;
Alvester Garnett: drums;
Chris Lightcap: ß bass, contrabass;
Marvin Sewell: guitar.

Notes

Given the theme of the night, I was expecting a set composed of many short pieces, so I was really surprised after about an hour to hear Regina mention that we'd arrived at the final song of the set, and to look back and see that I'd only written down a half-dozen titles. Could I have fallen asleep and missed something? I suppose it's possible, but I don't remember snoozing tonight….

The closing tune – the sole piece of the night not part of Ella Fitzgerald's repertoire – was a lengthy suite by Alvester Garnett, and included a fine discursion into When The Saints Go Marchin' In. Good stuff there!

I was mildly disappointed that we didn't get an encore, but as with a few other shows I've attended recently, when it's clear that the audience isn't clamoring for more, it shouldn't be a surprise when you don't get anything extra!