SFJAZZ celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Sly and Family Stone’s Stand! and Miles Davis’ In a Silent Way featuring SFJAZZ Collective
Robert M. Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
7:30 PM, Saturday, November 2, 2019

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[7:33 PM; lights down; promo video]

1. [7:39 PM] In a Silent Way »
   [7:43 PM; WW swap to keyboard]
2. [7:43 PM] It's About That Time (arr. ES)
   [7:48 PM; add Martin Luther McCoy]
3. [7:49 PM] You Can Make It If You Try (arr. AR)
4. [7:56 PM] Everyday People (arr. MLM)
   [8:05 PM; Greetings & back-announcements from EC]
5. [8:07 PM] Sing a Simple Song (arr. EC)
   [8:15 PM; MLM off; MB swaps to contrabass; WW plays both keys & vibes on next]
6. [8:16 PM] Shhh/Peaceful (arr. WW)
   [8:22 PM; MB swaps back to bass]
7. [8:22 PM] Stand! (arr. MB)
   [8:34 PM; all off but MLM & WW; WW at piano]
8. [8:34 PM] Somebody's Watching You (arr. MLM/WW)
   [8:40 PM; everybody else back onstage]
9. [8:41 PM] Sex Machine (arr. WW)
   [8:47 PM; OC's HSB story]
10. [8:50 PM] Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey (arr. OC)
    [9:00 PM; DS yack & sales pitch]
11. [9:02 PM] Higher & Higher » I Want to Take You Higher » Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (arr. DS)
    [9:11 PM; set ends; all off for a minute]
    
    Encore
12. [9:12 PM] Let Me Have It All
    [9:17 PM; the audience roars for more, but no dice: lights up!; show ends 9:18 PM]

SFJAZZ Collective

• Matt Brewer: bass, contrabass;
• Etienne Charles: trumpet, percussion, harmony vox;
• Obed Calvaire: drums;
• Martin Luther McCoy: acoustic guitar, vox;
• Adam Rogers: guitar, harmony vox;
• David Sánchez: tenor saxophone, percussion, harmony vox;
• Edward Simon: piano, keyboards, harmony vox;
• Warren Wolf: vibraphone, piano, keyboards, harmony vox.

Well as much as I love these tunes and enjoyed hearing them stretched and rearranged tonight, it was also one of those shows where I had time to wonder during some of the meandering solos about the audacity of taking on these classics … just 'cause you can blow, doesn't mean you need to open your mouth, y'know?

And then there was the decision to sell the event as a sit down show. Hello? At least a good fraction of the crowd saw fit to ignore that directive, and started dancing with the first of the Sly tunes, early on in the night. Right on my sisters and brothers, right on!

Good fun for a Saturday night!

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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