SFJAZZ presents Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi, and Jason Sypher
Robert M. Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
7:00 PM, Sunday, February 16, 2020

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[7:02 PM; lights down; no introduction; band out: RG: banjo; FT: accordion]

1. [7:03 PM] Ten Thousand Voices
   [7:06 PM; RG swaps from banjo to violin]
2. [7:06 PM] Inside Me Is Heaven »
3. [7:10 PM] (unidentified jig)
   [7:13 PM; RG yack; FT swaps to drum; RG swaps back to banjo]
4. [7:17 PM] Following the North Star
5. [7:21 PM] Gonna Write Me a Letter
   [7:26 PM; RG yack about banjos; FT swaps back to accordion]
6. [7:32 PM] Briggs' Forró
   [7:37 PM; RG takes off banjo and yacks; FT swaps back to piano]
7. [7:37 PM] At the Purchaser's Option
   [7:39 PM; RG adds banjo; FT swaps back to accordion]
8. [7:44 PM] Wayfaring Stranger
   [7:49 PM; RG merch rap; FT yacks about drums & tarentella]
9. [7:56 PM] Pizzica di San Vito
   [set ends 7:59 PM]

[8:21 PM; lights down; duo out: RG: banjo; FT: hand drum; RG says they'll start with “two minstrel tunes from 1855”]

1. [8:28 PM] (unidentified tune #1)
2. [8:31 PM] (unidentified tune #2)
   [8:32 PM; add JS; FT swaps to piano]
3. [8:35 PM] Henry Purcell: Dido's Lament AKA When I am laid in earth, from the opera Dido and Aeneas (ca. 1680)
   [8:39 PM; RG yack about Ethel Waters and the Harlem Renaissance; RG: vox only; FT: piano]
4. [8:43 PM] Underneath Our Harlem Moon
   [8:47 PM; RG picks up the violin, yacks a bit more about Ethel Waters und die Schwarzes; FT: accordion]
5. [8:50 PM] Beth Cohen's Set
   [8:57 PM; FT yack about tambourines; RG swaps back to banjo]
6. [9:00 PM] I'm On My Way
   [9:03 PM; RG yack about touring in Ireland]
7. [9:05 PM] (FT tambourine solo) » Molly Brannigan
   [9:08 PM; FT swaps back to piano; RG introduces JS]
8. [9:20 PM] He Will See You Through
   [9:23 PM; RG: thanks, then all off]
   
   Encore
   [9:27 PM; RG: vox only; FT: hand drum]
9. [9:27 PM] The Lonesome Road »
10. [9:30 PM] Up Above My Head
    [show ends 9:32 PM]

• Rhiannon Giddens: violin, banjo, tambourine, vox;
• Jason Sypher: contrabass;
• Francesco Turrisi: accordion, piano, percussion, harmony vox.

Although it was almost entirely the same setlist as last week's show at Bing Hall, I thoroughly enjoyed hearing and seeing tonight's gig too. With top flight performers in a sweet acoustic space filled to capacity by an enthusiastic crowd of listeners, how can you go wrong?

Of course it would have been nice to get a little more variety into the setlist, but once I realized I'd erred and bought tickets to two shows on the tour, I was willing to gamble and see how things would turn out. Next time I'll be more careful to limit myself to a single night!

And how was that different tune? Suffice it to summarize: very very good! A more traditional aria choice than last week's offering, and a great one for highlighting the depth of RG's interpretive talent.

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2020 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2020 event list! ☸ On to the next event!