SFJAZZ presents Aurelio Martinez
2015-08-06
Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA
7:30 PM, Thursday, August 6, 2015

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[7:31 PM lights down, announcements by RK]

1. [7:33 PM] Sañanaru
2. [7:38 PM] ?
3. [7:41 PM] Lándini
4. [7:47 PM] Nari Golu
5. [7:55 PM] ? “hibare”
6. [8:00 PM] Mala Mujer (?“malate”)
7. [7:10 PM] ? “pelícano jale fu”
8. [8:22 PM] ? “Yau banda haba nana” (not same tune as “Yau”)
9. [8:32 PM] ?
10. [8:47 PM] ?
11. [8:56 PM] ?
    [set ends 9:08 PM]
     
    Encore
12. [9:12 PM] ? “a liba nuba” [show ends 9:18 PM]

• Alex Ciego: bass, harmony vox;
• Aurelio Martinez: guitar, vox;
• Dony Medina: tambor primera;
• Carlos Moralez: percussion, harmony vox;
• Andy Ordoñez: shaker, harmony vox;
• Tony Peñalva: guitar.

Sadly, this show was significantly undersold – I guess Aurelio Martinez isn't as well known in the USA as he could be – and apparently, SFJAZZ hasn't figured out how best to market niche artists beyond their target audience. Oh well!

The crowd that turned out was certainly happy to be present, dancing and singing along when asked to participate. On the other hand, some of them wanted to talk, or text, or sing out of tune – I suffered our neighbors in this for about 10 minutes, then moved several rows back for quieter surroundings.

I was glad to have previewed his two latest albums in the past couple days – it helped me enjoy the show better to hear a few recognizable tunes.

I was surprised to find out that Dony Medina played only a single large drum rather than a trap set. Shows my ignorance of garifuna tradition! I'm also baffled why Carlos Moralez wasn't listed as tambor segunda – it sure looked to me like he was playing the same kind of drum as Dony. Time to do more ethno musicological research!

Carlos Montalvo posted a nice promo article and interview at SFSTATION.

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