SFJAZZ presents In Movement featuring Ravi Coltrane, Jack DeJohnette, Matt Garrison
Robert M. Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
7:00 PM, Sunday, September 24, 2017

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[7:02 PM lights down, announcements and introduction from Randall Kline, Andrew Gilbert out to present Jack with a Jazz Journalists Association 'Trap Drummer of the Year' award]

1. [7:08 PM] (unidentified tune #1) π$
2. [7:16 PM] (Jack moves over to drums)
3. [7:25 PM] (bass space)
4. [7:28 PM] (unidentified tune #2) $
5. [7:36 PM] (drum solo)
6. [7:42 PM] (unidentified tune #3)
   [set ends 7:54 PM; Jack introduces the band, then all off for a break]

[8:14 PM lights down, band out after a minute or three; Jack starts at the piano]

1. [8:17 PM] (unidentified tune #4) π
2. [8:26 PM] (Jack moves over to drums; bass solo to start tune #5)
3. [8:40 PM] (drum solo) » [8:42 PM] (monster groove from MG – unidentified tune #6) $
4. [8:50 PM] (unidentified tune #7, possibly a John Coltrane cover)
   [set ends 9:02 PM; Jack introduces the band, then all off, leaving us to stomp and holler for more]
    
   Encore
5. [9:05 PM] the Sidewinder
   [show ends 9:17 PM; bows and applause, then all off]

• Ravi Coltrane: $ soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone;
• Jack deJohnette: drums, percussion, π piano;
• Matt Garrison: bass, electronics.

Tonight's show was pretty darn good. I was especially happy to get one certain ID when they played the Sidewinder for the encore – though I admit I needed help to jog my memory on the title for that one! Guess I should have listened to In Movement a few times to prep myself during the previous week!

I'm not entirely convinced that Matt Garrison is onto anything very interesting with his electronic effects indulgences, but I'm willing to give him a few more years to figure out how to intergrate them less obtrusively in to the performance mix.

Jack looks great, and still plays with surprising strength and finesse: he's lucky to be so healthy at 75; I hope to be that spry when I get there in another 20 years!

Andrew Gilbert posted a nice promo article at SFGATE.

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