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Joey Alexander Trio With Chris Potter at SFJAZZ

SFJAZZ
San Francisco, CA
December 13, 2018
Child prodigies have long maintained an important presence in jazz. These have included

Bix Beiderbecke
cornet1903 - 1931

Herbie Hancock
pianob.1940

Tony Williams
drums1945 - 1997

Keith Jarrett
pianob.1945

Buddy Rich
drums1917 - 1987

Miles Davis
trumpet1926 - 1991
However,

Joey Alexander
pianob.2003

Herbie Hancock
pianob.1940

Wynton Marsalis
trumpetb.1961
For the first night of a four-night run at SFJAZZ in San Francisco, Alexander, along with band members

Kris Funn
bass
Kendrick Scott
drumsb.1980
The next tune saw Alexander move up and down the 88s as Scott performed expertly with the brushes. "Inner Urge," by the late

Joe Henderson
saxophone1937 - 2001
Entering later in the set, saxophonist extraordinaire

Chris Potter
saxophone, tenorb.1971
The choice "Come All Ye Faithful" reflected Alexander's devout religiosity and his love of gospel music. "Goodnight and God bless," he told us before returning with Potter and the others for a searing encore of

John Coltrane
saxophone1926 - 1967
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