SFJAZZ presents Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer, with special guest, Rakesh Chaurasia
Robert M. Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
Late Show 9:30 PM, Saturday, October 12, 2019

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[9:33 PM lights down, announcements from Randall Kline]
[9:37 PM band out, Zakir carrying Béla's soprano banjo]

1. [9:39 PM] ? “D 5/4” (Edgar: “We don't like the name of this one”)
2. [9:50 PM] Long Ago “E”
   [9:58 back announce from Edgar]
3. [9:58 PM] J Bhai (dedicated to John McLaughlin)
4. [10:06 PM] ? “53”
   [10:12 PM Béla yack about next song]
5. [10:14 PM] Tradewinds
6. [10:21 PM] Z Beast
7. [10:33 PM] ? “D”
   [RC sits out the next tune]
8. [10:39 PM] Pile up “maybe”
   [Edgar yack; Zakir story; Béla zinger; Béla swaps to soprano banjo; RC to small flute]
9. [10:49 PM] Pashto
   [set ends 11:00 PM]
   
   Encore
10. [11:02 PM] ? “B tune”
    [show ends 11:16 PM]

• Rakesh Chaurasia: bansuri flutes;
• Béla Fleck: banjo, soprano banjo;
• Zakir Hussain: tabla, percussion, vox;
• Edgar Meyer: contrabass.

<(wip)>

Rakesh changed flutes throughout the night, sometimes mid-song, but as I did a lot of listening with my eyes closed, I couldn't tell you when, sorry.

Early on (first or second tune), Rakesh and Béla played a unison line that was so perfectly in sync that with my eyes shut, I thought one of them was playing through electronics (to create the strange blended time that I was hearing)… It was only after I opened my eyes that I figured out what was really going on. Very good guys!

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

<(wip)>

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