SFJAZZ presents Terence Blanchard E-collective and the Turtle Island Quartet, performing music from Absence
Robert M. Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
7:30 PM, Thursday, August 4, 2022

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2022 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2022 event list! ☸ On to the next event!

[7:36 PM] {lights down; introduction from Randall Kline; band out}

1. [7:39 PM] Absence
2. [7:47 PM] the Elders
3. [7:55 PM] I Dare You
   [8:09 PM] {drop TIQ; long TB yack; band introduction; fore- and back-announcment of tune titles}
4. [8:16 PM] Dark Horse
   [8:26 PM] {add TIQ}
5. [8:27 PM] Envisioned Reflections
   [8:32 PM] {TB yack; drop TB & E-Collective; DB yack}
6. [8:36 PM] The Second Wave
   [8:47 PM] {add TB & E-Collective; TB yack}
7. [8:49 PM] Soldiers
8. [8:59 PM] (unidentified tune)
   [9:17 PM] {show ends; all bow, then we're done!}

• Charles Altura: guitar;
• Terence Blanchard: trumpet, keyboard;
• Taylor Eigsti: piano, keyboards;
• David Ginyard: 5-string bass;
• Oscar Seaton: drums.

Turtle Island Quartet

• Naseem Alatrash: cello;
• David Balakrishnan: violin;
• Gabe Terracciano: violin;
• Benjamin von Gutzeit: viola.

Tonight's show was a good 'un. As another fan told me after the show: they were telling all sorts of cool stories onstage tonight, but none of them needed any words.

I was really surprised that the setlist almost entirely avoided the classic repertoire composed by Wayne Shorter. Kinda strange for something billed as a tribute show, but maybe that was just the marketing hoo-hah aimed at getting more tickets sold. Which didn't really seemed to work: tonight was another show with a house only half full. On the other hand, the folks present were both enthusiastic and good listeners. I was really glad about that. My kind of audience! And for what it's worth, it seems like everything they played came from their joint album, so maybe I came into the show with the wrong set of expectations.

No biggy, it was great fun anyways!

9:37 PM zooming back to West Oakland BART on the first eastbound train, yay! Gotta like that turnaround.

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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