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| [[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=205+Franklin+St,+San+Francisco,+CA&hl=en|SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA]]\\ | [[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=205+Franklin+St,+San+Francisco,+CA&hl=en|SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA]]\\ |
| 7:30 PM, Friday, February 1, 2013 | 7:30 PM, Friday, February 1, 2013 |
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| ===== Set One ===== | ===== Set One ===== |
| [show ends 9:44 PM with group bow, no encore] | [show ends 9:44 PM with group bow, no encore] |
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| ===== the Performers ===== | ===== Performers ===== |
| * Jamie Davis: vox; | * Jamie Davis: vox; |
| * Tammy Hall: piano; | * Tammy Hall: piano; |
| So how was the show? In brief, //'s wonderful//. | So how was the show? In brief, //'s wonderful//. |
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| It's pretty hard to go wrong with Gershwin, and while I'm sure others might quibble over favorites missing from the setlist, I was delighted with the night's offerings. As might be expected, the first set was a little tentative, and it seemed to me that neither the band nor the first two vocalists were entirely comfortable with each other. Not to imply that anything sounded wrong, only that the music wasn't as loose and easy-swinging as I associate with Gerswhin, and with hearing a cadre of performers grooving care-lessly on well-known tunes. | It's pretty hard to go wrong with Gershwin, and while I'm sure others might quibble over favorites missing from the setlist, I was delighted with the night's offerings. As might be expected, the first set was a little tentative, and it seemed to me that neither the band nor the first two vocalists were entirely comfortable with each other. Not to imply that anything sounded wrong, only that the music wasn't as loose and easy-swinging as I associate with Gershwin, and with hearing a cadre of performers grooving care-lessly on well-known tunes. |
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| After a short intermission, the second set got off with a bang, as Jamie Davis, formerly with the Count Basie Orchestra, got the crowd finger-popping and clapping in time to his scat while the quartet roared along behind in fierce imitation of the Kansas City Five. During his driving piano solo, I thought I heard Joe Gilman drop in licks from several Basie tunes, but each of them dashed bye bye before I could finish that aha of recognition. Sadly, after three tunes, Jamie was gone, but Kim Nalley kept the joint jumping with a fine rendition of //But Not for Me//. After another pair of tunes (with Kim's long-time accompanist, Tammy Hall, taking over at the piano), Kim dismissed the quartet from the stage and asked for the PA to be turned off "so that we all could enjoy the acoustic" of the new hall. She then proceeded to end the show with a compelling version of Summertime, performed to a pretty out-there arrangement by Tammy Hall. Stunning! | After a short intermission, the second set got off with a bang, as Jamie Davis, formerly with the Count Basie Orchestra, got the crowd finger-popping and clapping in time to his scat while the quartet roared along behind in fierce imitation of the Kansas City Five. During his driving piano solo, I thought I heard Joe Gilman drop in licks from several Basie tunes, but each of them dashed bye bye before I could finish that aha of recognition. Sadly, after three tunes, Jamie was gone, but Kim Nalley kept the joint jumping with a fine rendition of //But Not for Me//. After another pair of tunes (with Kim's long-time accompanist, Tammy Hall, taking over at the piano), Kim dismissed the quartet from the stage and asked for the PA to be turned off "so that we all could enjoy the acoustic" of the new hall. She then proceeded to end the show with a compelling version of Summertime, performed to a pretty out-there arrangement by Tammy Hall. Stunning! |
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