SF Performances presents a solo performance by Fred Hersch
2014-03-08
Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA
7:30 PM, Saturday, March 8, 2014

[7:35 PM lights down, no announcements just Fred, who bows, sits, and begins to play]

1. [7:35 PM] Olha Maria (Jobim) »
2. [7:43 PM] Duet
   [7:49 PM banter]
3. [7:50 PM] West Virginia Rose »
4. [7:m PM] Down Home (for Bill Frisell)
   [7:57 PM banter]
5. [7:57 PM] Whirl
6. [8:05 PM] Both Sides Now (Mitchell)
   [8:13 PM banter]
7. [8:13 PM] Crazy 'Bout My Baby (Waller)
   [8:20 PM banter]
8. [8:21 PM] Pastorale (for Robert Schumann)
9. [8:29 PM] Caravan (Tizol)
   [8:36 PM banter]
10. [8:36 PM] Doce de Côco (Wind & Moon) (Jacob do Bandolim)
11. [8:43 PM] If Ever I Would Leave You (Lerner & Loewe, from Camelot)
    [8:51 PM banter]
12. [8:51 PM] Bemsha Swing
    [8:57 PM off; back in a moment]
     
    Encore
13. [8:58 PM] Valentine
    [show ends 9:02 PM]

• Fred Hersch: piano.

I've really enjoyed seeing Fred Hersch over the past decade or so, and tonight's gig proved to confirm that impression. Seated in the center terrace, above and behind the piano, we had an excellent vantage point for watching his solo set, as well as hearing the unamplified Steinway grand piano.

Beginning with a Jobim piece, Fred played a mixture of covers and originals that stayed mostly in the realm of melodic, arpeggiated presentation, with rhythmic quirks as introduced in his covers of Fats Waller and Thelonius Monk. Not necessarily the most challenging listener exercise, but certainly a pleasant way to spend the evening!

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