Zig Zag Power Trio at Joe Henderson Lab, January 26, 2020

SFJAZZ presents Zig Zag Power Trio featuring Will Calhoun, Melvin Gibbs, & Vernon Reid
Joe Henderson Lab
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
7:30 PM, Sunday, January 26, 2020

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[7:34 PM; lights down; greetings and announcements from Maya; band out]

1. [7:36 PM] (unidentified blues instrumental … same groove as Wang Dang Doodle)
2. [7:42 PM] (another instrumental: African-ish groove > bass solo > drum solo > head)
3. [7:59 PM] (unidentified tune by Ronald Shannon Jackson … long sustain tones)
4. [8:08 PM] (drum solo)
   [8:15 PM; MG story about joining up with Sonny Sharrock]
5. [8:22 PM] Dick Dogs
6. [8:28 PM] (bass loop solo) » (unidentified reggae instrumental)
7. [8:36 PM] (unidentified Joe Henderson tune)
   [8:41 PM; Vernon tells us to take care of each other]
8. [8:45 PM] Street Priest
   [show ends 8:48 PM]

• Will Calhoun: drums;
• Melvin Gibbs: bass;
• Vernon Reid: guitar.

Last night's late set was so good that I had to come back for more, and happily, the Patricia Kopatchinskaja recital on my calendar wrapped up at 7 PM: perfectly timed for me to dash down Franklin to buy a walk-up ticket and catch the fourth and last set of the weekend from the Zig Zag Power Trio.

Two repeats from last night, but performed somewhat differently. Street Priest, in particular, was performed as “just the head”, since the band was already overtime by that point. I'm glad they decided to squeeze it in: 75 minutes seems more reasonable to me for a single set show than 55 minutes to an hour!

If the guys named any of the other tune titles tonight, I didn't catch them … could be that I wasn't paying close enough attention, or that I was sitting a few rows further back tonight … I did my best at jotting “impressions” instead, so that's what you'll read up above unless someone can correct things.

MichaelZ was sitting next to me, here's his photo album.

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2020 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2020 event list! ☸ On to the next event!