SFJAZZ presents Meridian Brothers
Robert M. Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
7:00 PM, Saturday, July 29, 2023

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[7:01 PM] {lights down; band out without introduction; MAVS begins on alto saxophone; EJAV begins on guitar}

1. [7:02 PM] ¿Dónde Estás María?
   [7:07 PM] {MAVS swap to keyboard & percussion}
2. [7:07 PM] Metamorfosis
   [7:13 PM] {extended introduction with computer-processed voice}
3. [7:14 PM] La Gitana Me Ha Dejado (Salsa Electronica)
   [7:19 PM] {greetings from EJAV; MAVS swap to clarinet & percussion}
4. [7:20 PM] El Gran Pájaro de Los Andes
   [7:26 PM] {EJAV IDs the next tune}
5. [7:26 PM] Bomba Atómica
   [7:31 PM] {EJAV IDs the next tune}
6. [7:32 PM] Cumbia de la Fuente
   [7:37 PM] {EJAV IDs the next tune}
7. [7:37 PM] La Policía
   [7:39 PM] {false ending trips up the crowd!}
   [7:42 PM] {banter; the next tune is by Dusty Springfield}
8. [7:43 PM] Cumbia del Pichamán
   [7:47 PM] {banter: “Now we're going to play a rock-n-roll cumbia”}
9. [7:47 PM] Los Golpeadores de la Cumbia
   [7:52 PM] {banter; MAVS sits out this tune}
10. [7:52 PM] Hipnosis
    [7:58 PM] {thanks; band introduction; tune introduction}
11. [7:59 PM] Guaracha U.F.O.
    [8:06 PM] {EJAV IDs the next tune}
12. [8:07 PM] Puya del Empresario
    [8:12 PM] {applause and brief encore break}
    
    Encore
13. [8:14 PM] La Mujer Sin Corazón
    [8:21 PM] {MAVS back on alto saxophone}
14. [8:22 PM] Salsa Caliente (Version Aumentada)
    [8:26 PM] {EJAV tells us they're going to end by covering Jimi Hendrix' Purple Haze}
15. [8:27 PM] Niebla Morada
    [8:33 PM] {final thanks and applause; all off after a minute or so}

Meridian Brothers

• Eblis Javier Álvarez Vargas: guitar, Akai sampling keyboard, keyboard, vox;
• Alejandro Forero: electronics, synthesizer;
• César Quevedo Barrero: bass;
• Mauricio Ramírez Echeverri: drums, percussion;
• María Angélica Valencia Sanchez: alto saxophone, clarinet, percussion, synthesizer.

Psychedelic space-age salsa? What could be better?

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2023 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2023 event list! ☸ On to the next event!