SFJAZZ presents SFJAZZ Hotplate: the Music of Jimmy Smith's Back at the Chicken Shack featuring
Robert Stewart & Chester Thompson
2013-12-12
Joe Henderson Lab
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA
8:00 PM, Thursday, December 12, 2013

[8:05 PM lights down, announcements by ?Barrett (not sure, didn't self-ID)]

1. [8:07 PM] Back at the Chicken Shack
   [banter from Bob]
2. [8:20 PM] When I Grow Too Old to Dream
   [8:29 PM BS banter]
3. [8:34 PM] Minor Chant
   [8:45 PM BS banter]
4. [8:47 PM; -BS] Messy Bessie
   [8:53 PM banter]
5. [8:54 PM] On the Sunny Side of the Street
6. [9:04 PM] Squib Cakes
   [set ends 9:13 PM]

[9:41 PM lights down, announcements from Randall Kline]

1. [9:45 PM] Back at the Chicken Shack
   [9:54 PM BS banter]
2. [9:57 PM] When I Grow Too Old to Dream
   [10:09 BS banter]
3. [10:12 PM] Minor Chant
   [10:25 BS banter]
4. [10:27 PM; -BS] Messy Bessie
   [10:33 PM BS banter]
5. [10:34 PM] On the Sunny Side of the Street
   [10:42 PM BS banter]
6. [10:44 PM] Squib Cakes [set ends 11:00 PM]
   

• Ron E. Beck: drums;
• Calvin Keys: guitar;
• Robert Stewart: tenor saxophone;
• Chester Thompson: Hammond B3 organ.

Doh, same set twice! I should have expected it from the billing!! Anyways, both the band and the crowd were more fired up for the late show, but I think I preferred the renditions of the early set: precision and finesse over the slop-happy funk!

Ross Eustis posted some great pix from the event on the SFJAZZ blog.

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