Pharoah Sanders Quartet
2014-01-03
Yoshi's
510 Embarcadero West, Jack London Square, Oakland, CA
8:00 PM, Friday, January 3, 2014

[8:08 PM band onstage, lights down, welcome]

1. [8:09 PM] ? Dear Lord
2. [8:17 PM] Moment's Notice
3. [8:32 PM] ? ballad - ?polka dots and rainbows?
4. [8:47 PM] ?
5. [9:06 PM] ?
6. [9:25 PM] ? yeah yeah
   [show ends 9:31 PM, no encore]

[10:25 PM band onstage, lights down, welcome]

1. [10:27 PM] ? All Or Nothing At All
2. [10:52 PM] ?
3. [10:56 PM] ? »
4. [11:15 PM] ? pseudo Spain #
5. [11:37 PM] the theme
   [show ends 11:47 PM, no encore]

• Joseph Farnsworth: drums;
• William Henderson: piano, keyboards, talking drum, percussion;
• Nathaniel Reeves: bass;
• Pharoah Sanders: tenor saxophone, # ? piston oboe, bombarde or other unidentified double reed, vox.

While I'm glad I made it out, and extra glad that I was able to stick around for both shows, I'm sorry to report that Pharoah seems to be continuing to decline. He's still got plenty of spunk and soul, but the energy is turned down quite a bit from the heyday of his past. On the plus side, this means you get to hear more from the sidemen, and this group really shines, but still, the reason I attend is to hear Pharoah, not to watch him listening to the band.

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