SFJAZZ presents Tigran Hamasyan & Areni Agbabian
Robert M. Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
7:30 PM, Thursday, October 24, 2019

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[7:34 PM; lights down; announcements from Randall Kline; waiting]

1. [7:39 PM] (unidentified tune #1)
   [7:51 PM; pause to seat the stragglers]
2. [7:51 PM] (unidentified tune: mostly loops)
3. [8:01 PM] (unidentified tune: prepared piano)
   [8:11 PM; TH introduces AA]
4. [8:11 PM] (unidentified tune: lead & follow)
5. [8:22 PM] (unidentified tune: loops > piano > loops)
6. [8:37 PM] (unidentified tune: beatboxing)
   [set ends 8:52 PM; bows and then off]
   
   1st Encore
7. [8:54 PM] (unidentified tune: TH lead vox; singing in Armenian)
   [ends 8:59 PM; bows and then off, but the audience doesn't leave, and just keeps clapping for more]
   
   2nd Encore
   [TH thanks us for the warm welcome; introduces the next tune as one by Komitas]
8. [9:01 PM] (unidentified tune #2)
   [show ends 9:12 PM; final bows and then off for good]

• Areni Agbabian: lead & harmony vox;
• Tigran Hamasyan: piano, looping keyboard, beatboxing, lead & harmony vox.

We arrive at SFJAZZ and head upstairs. Midway up, I spot the red strip closing off the balcony stairs. Dang! Another show where they'll be reseating us? This time I head downstairs to the box office instead of trying to make a deal with the ushers upstairs and their fistsful of side-angle seating. One of the employees waves me over and greets me. I explain my predicament, and he offers multiple excellent choices. Yay! He reseats me in the center of row J. Just exactly perfect!

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Andrew Gilbert posted a promo article for the “ECM fest” at SFCV.

Lily O'Brien posted an article about Tigran at SFCV.

Today's photo gallery comes from ol' squinty!

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