SFJAZZ presents Artists on the Rise featuring Sasha Berliner Quartet
Joe Henderson Lab
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
Early Show, 7:00 PM, Friday, April 26, 2019

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[7:00 PM; lights down, greetings and announcements from Jeff Cressman; welcome from Rebeca Mauleón]

1. [7:02 PM] (unidentified tune #1)
2. [7:08 PM] (unidentified tune #2)
3. [7:17 PM] (unidentified tune #3)
   [7:36 PM; Quick thanks from Sasha]
4. [7:36 PM] (unidentified tune #4)
5. [7:46 PM] (unidentified tune #5)
6. [7:55 PM] (unidentified tune #6)
   [set ends 8:03 PM; thanks, that's it!]

• Sasha Berliner: vibraphone, electronics;
• Jongkuk Kim: drums;
• Chris McCarthy: piano, keyboards;
• Kanoa Mendenhall: contrabass.

Presumably, all of the tunes performed tonight were Sasha's originals … none of them seemed to be covers to me.

The second (or third?) tune included a fair amount of sampled vocals … bits and pieces of MANY different things, some grabbed from TV news or similar sources, others from old films and shows. Almost a musique concrète piece, where the samples provided a foreground for grabbing audience attention while the band burbled and comped behind.

I suppose I should have taken time to see whether Sasha or the other performers had any discs for sale, but I turned and exited onto Franklin St instead of walking past the merch table on my way to the Fell St exit like normal. Oh well!

<(wip)>

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2019 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2019 event list! ☸ On to the next event!