SFJAZZ presents Cyrus Chestnut Trio featuring Lenny White and Buster Williams
Joe Henderson Lab
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
Early Show, 7:00 PM, Thursday, September 27, 2018

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[7:00 PM lights down, introduction by Randall Kline, band out, greetings from CC]

1. [7:05 PM] I Hear a Rhapsody
2. [7:13 PM] Chopin: Prelude in C minor, Op. 29, No. 20 (1839) … transposed to F
3. [7:26 PM] Satie: Gymnopédie No. 1 (1888), Lent et douloureux
4. [7:33 PM] ? (unidentified jazz tune)
5. [7:40 PM] Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You?
6. [7:49 PM] ? I'll Never Fall in Love Again
7. [7:55 PM] Rhythm-a-Ning
   [set ends 8:02 PM, no encore]

• Cyrus Chestnut: piano;
• Lenny White: drums;
• Charles Anthony "Buster" Williams: contrabass.

Short, but sweet, like most sets in the Henderson lab. Probably would get one more tune at the late show, but I'm not psyched to do double payment, and they've never yet suggested that it's ok to stick around for readmittance… Maybe I should ask!

No photos tonight, sorry. I thought about doing a few, but between the dim lighting and the occluded sightlines, I didn't think the result would be worthwhile.

Cyrus wore a colorful, patterned shirt: mostly blue with gold and red in a sort of put wheel shaped tiling pattern, accented with silver stitching in some counter pattern that I couldn't recognize (floral? Abstract? Not geometric like the base color pattern). Buster and Lenny dressed in black. Buster accented his suit with a stylish silver pocket hankie while Lenny's most distinctive decoration was a black skullcap. Not quite the pirate look – needed a red scarf and a parrot or a hook and eye-patch to suggest that sort of ensemble.

I really enjoyed the inclusion of two classically-based pieces in the program: it was an unexpected surprise that got me thinking I should make time to practice my piano chops: it would be fun to play again, just gotta make the time right?

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