No Wayne Shorter at the Wayne Shorter Quartet shows in SF
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Lance just me Newberry
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He's sick. Boo.
The man is 85 years old so I hope this is something he recovers from, but when you're at that age anything can be serious. I consider him to be one of the greatest musicians ever, and he is one of my biggest musical heroes, so I'm very concerned about this.
For anyone who may have tickets, the shows aren't canceled and a very heavy lineup of replacements is scheduled for each night. Still, it would have been nice to get notification about this. The shows aren't for a couple of weeks so maybe they will send out something to ticketholders, but no matter who is replacing him I would have been seriously bummed if I showed up at the venue the night of the show and found out then.
I'm sure the shows will still be excellent, maybe even epic, but they won't be the Wayne Shorter Quartet.
Certain people should be banned from getting old.
Heal up soon Wayne!!!
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Bucky Badger
>>>Still, it would have been
>>>Still, it would have been nice to get notification about this. The shows aren't for a couple of weeks
thats a bummer about Wayne and hopefully he’s ok but it sounds like ticket holders got a couple of weeks notification.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lance just me Newberry
I haven't gotten any
I have tickets to all four shows and I haven't gotten any notification, I just happened to go to the SFJAZZ website and saw the different adds for the shows.
Generally they're pretty good with customer service. This could have just happened and it is Christmas, so we'll see.
Either way, Vivalazoners have been notified!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Hitchhiker awaiting "true call"
>>>>>This could have just
>>>>>This could have just happened and it is Christmas
Totes.
Who are the other three dudes?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Old Fart Message Board
Might sound fucked yo but
Might sound fucked up but Wayne not being there for that herbie and Blanchard line up with Brian blade is the best thing that could have happened for anyone with tix. That line up is going to smoke the house. Go if you got em.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Bucky Badger
>>>>>>I have tickets to all
>>>>>>I have tickets to all four shows and I haven't gotten any notification, I just happened to go to the SFJAZZ website and saw the different adds for the shows.
ahhh I see
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Furious E
I got an email from SF jazz
I got an email from SF jazz about it on Friday and posted about it in the 2017 shows thread.
I had just bought my ticket the week prior and am very disappointed.
i was afraid wayne wasn't up to this and am concerned if I'll even get a chance to see him again.
and yes, timpane, that's a very fucked up thing say and not even necessarily accurate at all, regardless of your lack luster last experience of seeing shorter live.
that said, I would b much more apt to keep my ticket if I had them for the Hancock show.
as it is I'll probably opt for the refund for the night I have which will now star, the almost as talented as his is hyped, Kamasi Washington.
im all sure all these shows will b exquisite, Branford et al, maybe even once in a lifetime, but I wanted the shorter quartet, real and unadulterated, just one last time and I have a creepy feeling that might not ever happen again, least not for me.
Merry Xmas, ya schnooks.
i hope the great mr. shorter is able to enjoy this holiday season with his loved ones, as may u all.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lance just me Newberry
>>>I got an email from SF
>>>I got an email from SF jazz about it on Friday<<<
Hey! I got a rock.
Figures.
Oh wait, there it is in my junk folder. That's odd, as most of the SFJAZZ emails go to my regular folder.
Figures.
And I agree that Washington is good but probably gets more credit than he's really due, at least from what I've seen of him, but people get excited when folks do something different.
On paper the Sunday lineup for me is the clear winner, Redman DESTROYS Branford, and I've never seen Terrace Martin. Thursday should be great with Herbie, but he won't play the entire show and Perez is brilliant already so as great & legendary as Herbie is that's more of a scorekeeper thing to get excited about. Still, it's Herbie Hancock playing in a straight jazz format, which is pretty rare. Hopefully they'll do some stuff from Speak No Evil.
Ultimately of course it's all conjecture as to how good it will all be and I'm still going to all four shows, so we'll see.
Because as always, if you don't go you don't know.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Philzone Refugee
Wayne Shorted.
Wayne Shorted.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Woz
Glad I went to the run last
Glad I went to the run last year. One of my favorite shows of all time was Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter at The Fillmore...
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Furious E
So how have these been going?
So how have these been going?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lance just me Newberry
Not bad, some great moments,
Not bad, some great moments, a few amazing ones, but for obvious reasons the shows have been dim shadows of what they were going to be.
First, these groups are getting one afternoon to get comfortable with each other and work up the material, which are all Shorter compositions, so the shows have been as much jam sessions as group performance, and the music has been much more traditional jazz setups than the outside-from-the-start way of the WSQ, with clear songs being played and players taking solos with the audience applauding after each solo. Not really a problem, but not the Wayne Shorter Quartet way.
Friday night with Branford has been the best of the three so far, and I'm expecting tonight to likely be the best of the four. Kamasi Washington did almost nothing noteworthy last night, and this kid Terrace Martin who played last night and Thursday was good, but really not in the same league as the other players and especially the trio of Perez, Patitucci & Blade, who have been BRILLAINT all three nights, big surprise.
The best part of the run has been hearing so many classic Shorter compositions played mostly in their traditional arrangements, which of course you never get when seeing the Quartet, and also seeing Patitucci put on an electric bass, Hancock playing electric piano and the group touching on some of the Weather Report vibe.
It doesn't really sound good for Shorter. No one is saying anything direct, but Herbie Hancock, who is a close friend, was talking about Shorter and said at one point, "One thing about Wayne Shorter, he NEVER gives up!" which sounded a bit ominous to me, and when Danilo Perez was speaking last night he choked up when asking everyone to send their energy for a speedy recovery.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to tonight with Joshua Redman.
On it goes.
And...
GO TO THE SHOW!!!!!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Furious E
Thanks for reporting back.
Thanks for reporting back.
I've been wondering how traditional vs full on exploratory these performances have been.
that's pretty nifty pattitucci and Hancock plugged in at one point.
i hope u don't think less of me for deliberately not going to the show an opting for the refund but considering the shitty weather and the confirmed lack luster Kamasi performance, I stand by my decision.
I wasn't really thinking about the show very much yesterday but last night I had this bizarre dream that I was an outfielder for the Dodgers and left the game early to go see the show and Kamasi barely played at all.
it's not even mlb season and I've never played the game much so that was really odd.
i hope the redman show lives up to your expectations as they seem a little high.
and yes, I've been fairly concerned about shorter's health since before he even backed out of these shows.
a couple weeks ago John McLaughlin tweeted he was praying for him.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: MarkD
E, the only scary thing there
E, the only scary thing there is that you were a dodger.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Furious E
I figured that aspect would
I figured that aspect would skeeve some zoners out, mark.
i hope the vision of playing for that team while attending a show in the Bay Area isn't a bad omen
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lance just me Newberry
>>>I had this bizarre dream
>>>I had this bizarre dream that I was an outfielder for the Dodgers<<<
I think less of you for that.
And tonight WAS the best of the four shows. Redman just knows how to dig down to the deep shit and has the subtle touch of a master, and Ambrose Akinmusire just killed it on trumpet. It was the good stuff.
But still, not close to the unique greatness of the Wayne Shorter Quartet.
It was a really good & fun four nights for me, but it was also sad knowing what I was expecting when I bought the tix months ago.
LONG LIVE WAYNE SHORTER!!!!!!!!!