# Bill Frisell at Miner Auditorium, September 13, 2013

[Bill Frisell](http://www.billfrisell.com/)  
2013-09-13  
[Miner Auditorium](http://www.sfjazz.org/center)  
[SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=SFJAZZ+Center,+205+Franklin+St,+San+Francisco,+CA&hl=en)  
7:30 PM, Friday, September 13, 2013

## Set One

[7:34 PM lights down, Introduction by Tom Porter; Bill and Thomas take the stage for a duo set]

1. [7:38 PM] ?
2. [7:45 PM] ?
3. [7:54 PM] ? Hard Times » 
4. [8:01 PM] ?
5. [8:09 PM] ? Tea for Two
6. [8:16 PM: +PH] Throughout  
[set ends 8:31 PM]

## Set Two

[8:50 PM lights down, all three musicians enter]

1. [8:50 PM] Shenandoah
2. [8:56 PM] Moon River
3. [9:01 PM] Wildwood Flower
4. [9:05 PM] Alfie
5. [9:08 PM] ? (inst)
6. [9:13 PM] I Loves You Porgy
7. [9:18 PM] Lush Life
8. [9:24 PM] Windmills of Your Mind  
[set ends 9:30 PM]  
   
**Encore**
9. [9:31 PM] Surfer Girl  
[show ends 9:36 PM]


## Performers

* [Bill Frisell](http://www.billfrisell.com/): guitar;
* [Petra Haden](http://petrahaden.com/): vox;
* Thomas Morgan: contrabass.


## Notes

My first surprise for the night was finding out that set one was to be a duo without Petra. As with last night, I found it quite challenging to identify any of the instrumentals, as Bill's tendency to avoid clear statements of the melodic head make that a particularly confounding task. Hopefully someone smarter than I (_thanks Mark!_) will help fill in some of the remaining blanks at some future date.

Thomas and Bill made a nice duo, and I particularly enjoyed the wooden thunk of the bass. I thought it rather ineresting that Thomas didn't seem to have brought a bow -- was this a stylistic choice or an unintentional handicap? -- in any case, I enjoyed his ability to mesh with Bill.

For the last tune of the first set, Bill called out Petra, repeating his pre-show apology regarding her violinless status. And as a further surprise, this last piece, _Throughout_, featured Petra keening, swooping and moaning a wordless vocal line in response to Bill's strumming and chordal washes (tastefully augmented with just a little extra from his effects boxes) and Thomas' impeccably rhythmic accompaniment on the contrabass.

After stretching our legs during the short setbreak, we headed downstairs to a row of unoccupied seats Ting had spotted on House left -- all the better to watch Bill and Thomas!

This set consisted of a rather diverse selection of tunes, from century-old traditional tunes (_Shenandoah_, _Wild Flower_), to 60's jazz-pop (_Moon River_, _Alfie_) and beyond. Like the final tune of the first set, the second set closer, title track to Paul Motian's final release (featuring all three of tonight's performers) was double-plus good, with Petra delivering a haunting vocal take while Bill provided appropriately spacey, effects-ful accompaniment.

At less than an hour, the set was over much too fast -- most likely a consequence of playing each tune except the last in relatively straightforward fashion.

And while it was no surprise to get an encore (after all, Bill had more-or-less pre-announced it in his banter to introduce _Windmills_), I was certainly surprised to hear their choice. Makes me wonder who made the call!

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