SFJAZZ presents Ellington's Nutcracker Suite featuring the Marcus Shelby Orchestra with special guests Tiffany Austin and Kenny Washington
Robert M. Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
7:30 PM, Thursday, December 20, 2018

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[7:31 PM lights down, announcements from Randall Kline, waiting]
[7:36 PM greetings from Marcus]

1. [7:40 PM] Overture
2. [7:45 PM] Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed-Pipes)
3. [7:50 PM] Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)
4. [7:56 PM] Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)
5. [8:00 PM] Entr'acte
6. [8:04 PM] Volga Vouty (Russian Dance)
7. [8:11 PM] Chinoiserie (Chinese Dance)
8. [8:15 PM] Danse of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers)
9. [8:22 PM] Arabesque Cookie (Arabian Dance)
10. [8:29 PM] Langston Hughes: Christmas Eve: Nearing Midnight In New York (MS)
    [set ends 8:29 PM]

[8:54 PM lights down, waiting]

1. [8:56 PM] Langston Hughes: Shepherd's Song at Christmas (MS)
2. [8:57 PM] Go Tell It on the Mountain (TA/KW)
3. [9:06 PM] Hark the Herald Angels Sing (KW)
4. [9:12 PM] We Three Kings of Orient Are (TA/KW)
5. [9:22 PM] Little Drummer Boy (KW)
6. [9:31 PM] O Christmas Tree (TA/KW)
7. [9:34 PM] Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TA)
8. [9:38 PM] Silent Night (TA)
   [Almost everyone onstage sits out while the next tune is performed as a duet by Adam Shulman & Kenny Washington]
9. [9:41 PM] the Christmas Song (KW)
10. [9:48 PM] Jingle Bells (TA/KW/?aud guest)
    [show ends 9:56 PM; Marcus wishes Happy Holidays and thanks to all! No encore]

• Joel Behrman: trombone;
• Danny Brown: tenor saxophone, clarinet;
• Rob Ewing: trombone;
• Tom Griesser: alto saxophone, clarinet;
• Fil Lorenz: baritone saxophone, bass clarinet;
• Patrick Malabuyo: trombone;
• Bill Ortiz: trumpet;
• Rafa Postel: trumpet;
• Marcus Shelby: conductor, emcee, reader;
• Adam Shulman: piano;
• Aneesa Strings: contrabass;
• Kristen Strom: alto saxophone, flute;
• Bill Theurer: trumpet, percussion;
• Genius Wesley: drums;
• Kate Williams: trumpet;
• Patrick Wolff: tenor saxophone, clarinet.

• Tiffany Austin: vox;
• Kenny Washington: vox;
• unidentified guy from the audience: vox (s2t10).

Marcus got lucky pulling an audience member up onstage who knew how to sing for the third verse of Jingle Bells … I'm guessing the key trick was asking him to verify that he really knew the lyrics (and then assuming assent would only come from someone who had sung it before and knew the lyrics well).

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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!