Thursday night free ticket to see the Christian McBride Situation at Yoshi's in Oakland. I wasn't expecting much but it was a wonderful show.
Yoshi's is a nice little supper club with great sound. Sushi, etc. The tempura had the lightest batter imaginable and was delicious.
So this was an ad-hoc improv group; McBride on bass, Dave Ellis on sax, DJ Jahi Sundance on turntable (!), and Patrice Rushen on keyboards (who stole the show in my opinion). No drums. They have not rehearsed; 100% improvised.
It went from very dissonant avant garde to funk to straight ahead jazz. Quite entertaining. I was sitting straight up in my seeat the whole show.
I'm not saying it was the best show (although it was very good) but more that I was in the right place to experience it. I was overwhelmed by beauty.
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