SFJAZZ presents the Kronos Festival 2018, featuring the Kronos Quartet, with CocoRosie, David Coulter, Zakir Hussain, and Mahsa Vahdat
Robert M. Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
7:30 PM, Thursday, April 26, 2018

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Program to include:

• Islam Chipsy (arr. Jacob Garchik): Zaghlala (50 for the Future);
• Zakir Hussain (arr. Reena Esmail): Pallavi (World Premiere; 50 for the Future) with special guest Zakir Hussain, tabla;
• Ralph Carney (arr. Danny Clay): Lament for Charleston with special guest David Coulter;
• Kronos Quartet and CocoRosie World Premiere TBD;
• Kronos Quartet, Mahsa Vahdat and David Coulter World Premiere TBD

[7:34 PM lights down, announcements, band out]

1. [7:34 PM] Islam Chipsy (arr. Jacob Garchik): Zaghlala (50 for the Future)
   
   [7:37 PM DH talks, introduces Zakir]
2. [7:44 PM] Zakir Hussain (arr. Reena Esmail): Pallavi (World Premiere; 50 for the Future)
   
   [8:00 PM DH introduces CocoRosie]
3. [8:02 PM] I Fell in Love With a Sailor
4. [8:09 PM] the Void, Parts 1 & 2
5. [8:14 PM] The Show Is Almost Over
   
   [add DC & ZH]
6. [8:20 PM] Cake Walk
   [ends 8:27 PM; pause to reset things onstage]
   [drop ZH; add 4 women, 3 guys]
7. [8:30 PM] John White: Drinking & Hooting Machine
   [set ends 8:36 PM]

[8:57 PM lights down, band out]

1. [8:58 PM] John Coltrane: Alabama
   
   [add David Coulter]
2. [9:05 PM] Ralph Carney (arr. Danny Clay): Lament for Charleston
   
   [add Mahsa Vahdat]
3. [9:11 PM] My Place Is the Placeless
4. [9:18 PM] Dead Yet I Was, Then Came to Life
   [set ends 9:21 PM]
   
   Encore
5. [9:26 PM] ? (unidentified Kurdish tune)
   [show ends 9:31 PM]

Kronos Quartet

• Hank Dutt: viola;
• David Harrington: violin;
• John Sherba: violin;
• Sunny Jungin Yang: cello.

• Bianca «Coco» Casady: percussion, electronics, vox;
• Sierra «Rosie» Casady: guitar, piano, harp, vox;
• David Coulter: musical saw;
• Zakir Hussain: tabla, percussion, vox;
• Mahsa Vahdat: vox.

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Lou Fancher posted a promo article for the Festival with SFCV.

Program Details

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2018 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2018 event list! ☸ On to the next event!