SFJAZZ presents Aaron Neville's Soulful Christmas Concert featuring Michael Goods, David Johnson, Aaron Neville, Charles Neville, Earl Smith Jr., and Eric Struthers
2016-12-15
Robert M. Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
7:30 PM, Thursday, December 15, 2016

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[7:34 PM lights down, band out without Aaron]

1. [7:35 PM] (unidentified instrumental)
   [add Aaron Neville]
2. [7:41 PM] Sam Cooke medley: Stand by Me » Cupid » There Goes My Baby » Chain Gang » Stand by Me
3. [7:46 PM] Bird on a Wire
4. [7:51 PM] Don't Go Please Stay
5. [7:55 PM] Everybody Plays the Fool
   [drop Charles Neville; David plays additional keyboards at start of next tune]
6. [7:59 PM] Don't Know Much
   [add Charles Neville]
7. [8:03 PM] White Christmas
8. [8:06 PM] Please Come Home for Christmas
9. [8:09 PM] This Magic Moment
10. [8:11 PM] Ain't No Sunshine
11. [8:17 PM] Wildflower
    [drop Aaron Neville]
12. [8:24 PM] Take Five
    [add Aaron Neville]
13. [8:29 PM] Three Little Birds »
14. [8:31 PM] Stir It Up
15. [8:34 PM] Drift Away
16. [8:38 PM] Oh Holy Night
    [drop Charles, Eric; David swaps from bass to second keyboard rig]
17. [8:43 PM] O Little Town of Bethlehem
    [drop Earl]
18. [8:47 PM] Ave Maria
    [everybody back; David back to bass for the rest of the show]
19. [8:51 PM] Yellow Moon
20. [8:58 PM] A Change Is Gonna Come
21. [9:06 PM] You Never Can Tell
22. [9:09 PM] Tell It Like It Is
    [set ends 9:15 PM; bows, then off]
     
    Encore
23. [9:15 PM] Amazing Grace
24. [9:17 PM] Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight
25. [9:19 PM] Mickey Mouse Club March
    [show ends 9:21 PM; the band spends a few minutes blowing kisses to the crowd, then all off to end the night's entertainment]

• Michael Goods: keyboards;
• David Johnson: bass;
• Aaron Neville: vox;
• Charles Neville: tenor saxophone, percussion;
• Earl Smith Jr.: drums, harmony vox;
• Eric Struthers: guitar, harmony vox.

While the crowd might have been a bit unenthusiastic at the start (too many who didn't know who Aaron was?), by the end of the show he had them eating out of the palm of his hand. What a voice!

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