Hi, Mark Jacobson, here, from UMS Programming.

The set list for Saturday night, March 5 at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor was as follows (note that groups of songs were performed as “suites”):

Opening – Gaith Aneas – King of Laois – 9 Points – Violin solo – Chieftains Magpie – Dance Pretty Girls

Bodhran solo – Cotton-Eyed Joe

Vocal/Dance solo – Foggy Dew – Puirt a Beul

China – Full of Joy – Flute solo

Mandela – Ballyfin Polkas

(Ann Arbor Grail Singers) Never Give All The Heart – Shenendoah – Anthem – Kerry Reels (dancers)

Fanny – Harp solo

March to Battle (Glen Erin Pipe Band)

Male dancers (Joe & Nathan Pilatzke)

Finale: Paddy solo – Saxophone solo
———–
Encore: An Dro (with Glen Erin Pipe Band)

Thank you for your participation on the UMS Lobby!

Best,
Mark J.

Some further information on the setlist….

The second song of Ms. Fischer’s set was:
“Don’t Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down” (Eric Bibb cover)

“Miss You” is another Rolling Stones cover.

“Last Goodbye” closes Lisa Fischer’s 1991 album “So Intense.”

Hope this provides further clarity!

-Mark Jacobson, UMS Programming

Thank you for attending Wednesday evening’s concert by Ms. Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton at Ann Arbor’s Michigan Theater!

Below is the concert setlist:

Breath of Heaven (Amy Grant cover)
Drag
Bird in the House (Railroad Earth cover)
Rock ‘n’ Roll (Led Zeppelin cover)
How Can I Ease the Pain (Lisa Fischer)
Fever (Peggy Lee cover)
Jumpin’ Jack Flash (Rolling Stones cover)
Miss You
Addicted to Love (Robert Palmer cover)
——–
Encore (suite):
Wildflower (Fischer)/Last Goodbye

Thank you for your participation on the UMS Lobby and hope to see you at a future UMS concert event.

-Mark Jacobson, UMS Programming

Thank you all for attending last evening’s concert by Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. Below is the concert setlist:

JLCO January Tour 2016
January 20, 2015
Hill Auditorium
Ann Arbor, MI

Street Life by Will Jennings & Joe Sample, arr. Vincent Gardner

White Room by Jack Bruce & Pete Brown, arr. Carlos Henriquez

All in Love is Fair by Stevie Wonder, arr. Sherman Irby

Sugar Lee by Donny Hathaway, arr. Chris Crenshaw

Eleanor Rigby by Paul McCartney, arr. Ted Nash

Smile Please by Stevie Wonder, arr. Irby

Another Star by Stevie Wonder, arr. Gardner

Wooden Ships by David Crosby, Paul Kantner, & Stephen Stills, arr. Wynton Marsalis

Blame It On the Boogie by Mick Jackson, David Jackson, & Elmar Krohn, arr. Gardner
——————-

Thank you for participating on UMS Lobby!

Mark Jacobson, UMS Programming

Hi, Fellow Readers,

Last night’s encore by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Mr. Zukerman was the slow movement (2nd movement) of Elgar’s “Serenade for Strings,” Op. 20.

Thank you for both attending the concert and for reading!

Mark Jacobson, UMS Programming

Mark Jacobson, here, from UMS Programming. Thank you for all of your contributions and posts on UMSLobby.org.

Below is the set list from Hill Auditorium by Youssou N’Dour and Super Étoile de Dakar on Saturday night:

Waref
Lima Weesu
Bamba
Baykat
Yakarr
Dem + Immigre
Sama Gamou
Birima
Set
New Africa
—————
Plus Fort
Souvenir
Xajjalo
Conan Na
Shaking the Tree

Thank you for attending Saturday night’s UMS Global Series concert event.

-Mark Jacobson, UMS

Hi, all,

Mark Jacobson, here, from UMS Programming.

Below is a listing of compositions that were performed at Sunday afternoon’s UMS Jazz and Global Series concert by Chucho Valdés and Irakere 40 at Ann Arbor’s Michigan Theater:

Juana
Tabú
Estela
New Orleans Blues
Congadanza
Lorena’s Tango
Bacalao con Pan
Afrofunk

Thank you for attending and for your participation on UMSLobby.org!

Mark Jacobson, UMS Programming

Hi, Maia,

Thank you for attending yesterday’s UMS Jazz and Global Series concert by “Irakere 40” and for posting on the UMSLobby.

We hope to have a set list of pieces performed by the end of today… Stay tuned!

Mark Jacobson, UMS Programming

Correct! Monk continues to be of significant influence to Mr. Ibrahim. And, the jazz community recently celebrated Monk’s birthday on October 10.

Thanks for asking for the set list…see below!

-Mark Jacobson, UMS Programming

Below is the set list from Wednesday evening. Thank you for attending this 15/16 UMS Jazz Series opening concert event.

Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at 7:30 pm
Michigan Theater

SET LIST
(Note: The below set list represents the concert repertoire, not necessarily in the order performed, as the order of pieces performed is determined in the moment by Mr. Ibrahim.)

All compositions by Abdullah Ibrahim, except where noted.

• Dreamtime
• Barakaat
• Peace
• The Balance
• Ishmael
• The Wedding
• Monk
• Skippy (by Thelonius Monk)
• The Mountain
• Nisa
• Mississippi
• Duke
• Sotho Blue
• In the Evening
• Tuang Guru
• Water from an Ancient Well
• Mindif
• Kalahari Pleiades

-Mark Jacobson, UMS Programming

Hi, Mark Jacobson here from UMS Programming.

Here is Thursday night’s set list from Hill Auditorium on April 16, 2015:

Improv #1
You’d Be So Easy To Love (Cole Porter)
Synth Improv #1
Lineage (Chick Corea)
Someday My Prince Will Come with special guest Gayle Moran (Larry Morey/Frank Churchill)
Maiden Voyage (Herbie Hancock)
Spain (Joaquin Rodrigo/Corea)

Thanks for participating in the online post-concert conversation.

-Mark Jacobson, UMS

Hi, Mark Jacobson from UMS Programming here. The set list from Gilberto Gil’s solo concert on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at Hill Auditorium is below:

GILBERTOS SAMBA

Aos Pés da Cruz (Marino Pinto and Zé Da Zilda)
Você e Eu (Carlos Lyra and Vinicius de Moraes)
Tim Tim por Tim Tim (Haroldo Barbosa and Geraldo Jacques)
Rosa Morena (Dorival Caymmi)
Desde Que O Samba É Samba (Caetano Veloso)
Rio, Eu Te Amo (Gilberto Gil)
O pato (Jayme Siolva and Neuza Teixeira)
Doralice (Dorival Caymmi)
Abraço no Bonfá (João Gilberto)
Abraço no João (Gilberto Gil)
Gilbertos (Gilberto Gil)
Carinhoso (Pixinguinha; lyrics by Braguinha)
Máquina de ritmo (Gilberto Gil)
Milagre (Dorival Caymmi)
Eu samba mesmo (Janet Almeida)
Chiclete com Banana (Jackson do Pandeiro and Almira Castilho)
Meio de Campo (Gilberto Gil)
Desafinado (Antônio Carlos Jobim and Nilton Mendonça)
Eu Vim da Bahia (Gilberto Gil)
É Luxo Só (Ary Barroso)

Thank you for joining the post-concert conversation!

-Mark Jacobson, UMS

Hi, all, Mark Jacobson here from UMS Programming, again, on night two of Bill Frisell’s UMS Americana Celebration residency.

Friday night’s set list was as follows:

Bill Frisell’s When You Wish Upon A Star
Music for Film & Television
“Americana Celebration”
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Friday, March 13, 2015
Ann Arbor

When You Wish Upon A Star (Leigh Harline and Ned Washington; from “Pinocchio” and “Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color”)

The Days of Wine and Roses (Henry Mancini)

Medley:
Once Upon A Time in the West/
As A Judgement/
Farewell To Cheyenne (all written by Ennio Morricone)

Windmills Of Your Mind (Michel Legrand; from “The Thomas Crown Affair”)

Moon River (Mancini and Johnny Mercer; from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”)

Tales From The Far Side (Bill Frisell; from “Gary Larson Cartoon Special”)

Medley:
Goldfinger/
You Only Live Twice (both written by John Barry)

Medley:
Psycho 1/
Psycho 2 (both written by Bernard Herrmann; from “Psycho”)

Medley:
Alfie (Burt Bacharach)/
Alfie’s Theme (Sonny Rollins)

The Shadow Of Your Smile (Johnny Mandel; from “The Sandpiper”)

The Godfather (Nino Rota)

Batman Theme (Neal Hefti)

Encores:
Theme from the Andy Griffith Show (Earle Hagen)
Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Harold Arlen/E.Y. Harburg)

Thank you for joining us for this week’s memorable concerts with Mr. Frisell and hope to see you at future UMS events!

-Mark Jacobson, UMS

Hi, all, Mark Jacobson here from UMS Programming, again, on night two of Bill Frisell’s UMS Americana Celebration residency.

Friday night’s set list was as follows:

Bill Frisell’s When You Wish Upon A Star
Music for Film & Television
“Americana Celebration”
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Friday, March 13, 2015
Ann Arbor

When You Wish Upon A Star (Leigh Harline and Ned Washington; from “Pinocchio” and “Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color”)

The Days of Wine and Roses (Henry Mancini)

Medley:
Once Upon A Time in the West/
As A Judgement/
Farewell To Cheyenne (all written by Ennio Morricone)

Windmills Of Your Mind (Michel Legrand; from “The Thomas Crown Affair”)

Moon River (Mancini and Johnny Mercer; from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”)

Tales From The Far Side (Bill Frisell; from “Gary Larson Cartoon Special”)

Medley:
Goldfinger/
You Only Live Twice (both written by John Barry)

Medley:
Psycho 1/
Psycho 2 (both written by Bernard Herrmann; from “Psycho”)

Medley:
Alfie (Burt Bacharach)/
Alfie’s Theme (Sonny Rollins)

The Shadow Of Your Smile (Johnny Mandel; from “The Sandpiper”)

The Godfather (Nino Rota)

Batman Theme (Neal Hefti)

Encores:
Theme from the Andy Griffith Show (Earle Hagen)
Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Harold Arlen/E.Y. Harburg)

Thank you for joining us for this week’s memorable concerts with Mr. Frisell and hope to see you at future UMS events!

-Mark Jacobson, UMS

Hi, again!

This morning, Mr Frisell remembered the inclusion of

Bumpin’ on Sunset (Wes Montgomery)

…following “Cannonball Rag” and preceding the first acoustic portion of Thursday evening’s solo concert.

-Mark Jacobson, UMS

For further clarity regarding my above posting, Thursday evening’s set list was not written down or planned in advance of the concert by Mr. Frisell, but rather was created and determined in the moment from the stage.

-Mark Jacobson, UMS

Hi, all…Mark Jacobson here from UMS Programming.

To the best of our investigative abilities while delving deep into our collective memory, below is Thursday night’s set list from Bill Frisell’s solo concert.

Bill Frisell Solo
“Americana Celebration”
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Ann Arbor

I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams)
It Should’ve Happened a Long Time Ago (Paul Motian)
Crepuscule With Nellie (Thelonius Monk)
Cannonball Rag (Merle Travis)
—–
[Playing 1967 Martin (acoustic):]
My Man’s Gone Now (George Gershwin)
Misterioso (Monk)
—–
[Playing electric guitar:]
Poem for Eva (Bill Frisell) segue into “Free improvisation”
Medley:
Shenandoah (Traditional)/
In My Life (John Lennon-Paul McCartney)
——
ENCORE #1:
Medley:
A Change Is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke)/
Masters of War (Bob Dylan)/
What the World Needs Now (Burt Bacharach)

Encore #2:
[Playing 1967 Martin (Acoustic):]
Casey Jones (Mississippi John Hurt)

Please let us know if you heard any other pieces in the set! Thanks for attending tonight’s concert…and hope to see you again Friday night.

-Mark Jacobson, UMS

Hi, Mark Jacobson from UMS Programming, here. Friday night’s set list at the Michigan Theater was as follows:

Wade In the Water – trad., arranged Chuck Campbell
Morning Train – trad., arranged Chuck Campbell, Phillip Campbell
Hell No, Heaven Yes! – Phillip Campbell
A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke, arranged, Darick Campbell, Chuck Campbell, Phil Campbell
A Love Supreme – John Coltrane, arranged Chuck Campbell, Phillip Campbell
I. Acknowledgement
II. Resolution
III. Pursuance
IV. Psalms
Lord I just Want To Thank You – trad., Darick Campbell, Phillip Campbell
Jump For Joy! – Charles Flenory

Thanks for attending The Campbell Brothers’ UMS debut!

Mark Jacobson, UMS

Hi, Mark Jacobson here from UMS Programming.

Sunday afternoon’s set list was as follows:

Mexican Moods (excerpt), Mvt. I: “Dizzy Moods “(Charles Mingus)
Latin American Suite (excerpt), Mvt. V: “Oclupaca” (Duke Ellington)
Fiesta Mojo (Dizzy Gillespie)
Alabama (John Coltrane)
Unsquare Dance (Dave Brubeck)
Mexican Moods (excerpt), Mvt. IV: “Los Mariachis” (Mingus)
Island Virgin (Ellington/Billy Strayhorn)
Olé (Coltrane)
———–
Encore:
Knozz Moe King (Wynton Marsalis)

Thanks for joining the conversation,
-Mark

Mark Jacobson, here, from UMS Programming.

The set list from last night’s concert at Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre is as follows:

New Balladyna Quartet
(All compositions by Tomasz Stańko unless otherwise indicated)

First Song
Quintet’s Time
Cain’s Brand
Tales For A Girl, 12
Last Song
Balladyna
Mikrokosmos
December Avenue
——-
Encore:
Litania (composed by Krzysztof Komeda)

Below is the Alfredo Rodríguez Trio’s set list from Friday night:

The invasion parade
Veinte años
Guantanamera

Encore:
Quizas, quizas, quizas

Mark Jacobson, UMS

Saturday evening’s orchestral encores were:
Elgar’s Salut D’Amour, Op. 12
and
Stravinsky’s Pulcinella (Ballet, excerpt)

Mark Jacobson, UMS

The evening’s encore was Vivaldi’s String Quartet in e minor, “Andantino” (second movement).

Mark Jacobson, UMS

Hi, Lars,

I completely am in agreement with your post and am glad you enjoyed the late set and especially “Blue Monk!” FYI, there was definitely some “more free” playing in first set, with a reading of Ornette’s seminal and seething “Lonely Woman.”

Mark Jacobson, UMS

Below are the set lists from Thursday night, January 30, 2014. Unless indicated, all compositions by Fred Hersch.

7:30 pm:
Whirl
Sad Poet
Dream of Monk
Floating
Lonely Woman (O. Coleman) / Nardis (Evans/Davis)
You & The Night & The Music (Dietz/Schwartz)
Autumn Haze
If Ever I Would Leave You (Lerner/Lowe)
Let’s Cool One (Monk)

9:30 pm:
You’re My Everything (Warren)
Arcata
Three Graces
Skipping
A Speech to the Sea
The Wind (Freeman) / Moon & Sand (Wilder)
West Virginia Rose / Home Fries
Blue Monk (Monk)

(Neither set was followed by an encore.)

Mark Jacobson,
UMS

Mark Jacobson here from UMS Programming. So glad to hear from so many of you on UMSLobby.org! Below is the set list from Thursday evening’s concert at Hill Auditorium. All pieces Traditional, except where noted, otherwise.

everytime
swing low
joshua
fix me Jesus
woe (words & music by McFerrin)
i shall be released (words & music by Bob Dylan)
whole world
———
McFerrin Solo Selections (no band)
———
gracious (words & music by McFerrin)
25:15 (words & music by McFerrin)
wade
glory
Jesus makes it good (words & music by McFerrin)
rest/yes indeed (words & music by McFerrin)

Angélique Kidjo’s setlist on Friday night was as follows:

Zelie
Lakutcheni
Afia
Kelele
Arouna
Senamou
Petite Fleur (Sidney Bechet cover)
Malaika
Aan
Move On Up
Pata Pata
Afrika
Agolo
Tumba
————-
Encores:
Redemption Song (Bob Marley cover)
Batonga

Meklit Hadero’s opening set Friday night was as follows:

Sent By You
Slow
Waiting For Earthquakes
Abbay Mado
Leaving Soon
Kemakem

Hi, Mark Jacobson here from UMS Programming. The vocalist who was invited by Angélique to sing “Amazing Grace” on the Hill stage last night was University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance Jazz Studies student Lauren Scales. Ms. Kidjo serendipitously heard Ms. Scales sing earlier in the afternoon during a sound check observed by select U-M SMTD students coordinated by UMS and Professor Geri Allen!

Hi, Mark Jacobson here from UMS Programming. The vocalist who was invited by Angélique to sing “Amazing Grace” on the Hill stage last night was University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance Jazz Studies student Lauren Scales. Ms. Kidjo serendipitously heard Ms. Scales sing earlier in the afternoon during a sound check observed by select U-M SMTD students coordinated by Professor Geri Allen!

Hi, Nick, Angel, and Charlotte,
Mark Jacobson here from UMS Programming. Thank you for attending Saturday evening’s Hill recital by Murray Perahia. I am disappointed to hear that your concert-going experience was disrupted/distracted by late-seating which occurred during the performance itself. Per UMS policy, latecomers will be asked to wait in the lobby until a predetermined time in the program, when they will be seated by ushers. For this recital, any late-seating should have only taken place between pieces. Of course, as Charlotte describes below, there were extraordinary circumstances surrounding the U-M vs. MSU football game which seems to have exponentially added to bad traffic and difficult parking in downtown. We will be certain to stand by our late-seating policies in the future, so as to provide a quiet and uninterrupted experience for those in the auditorium. Thank you again for your patronage.

Hi, Brittany, Mark Jacobson here from UMS. Thank you for your attendance at Friday evening’s concert and for your feedback! UMS tries our best to carefully consider appropriate venue options for all of our performance offerings and has ventured into “non-traditional” venues and spaces when an event has dictated so. Back in April 2002 and 2004 UMS presented an Afro-Cuban Dance Party featuring the legendary Celia Cruz and Orchestra Baobab, respectively, at the EMU Convocation Center where both seats and a dance floor were able to be offered to our patrons. Likewise, we presented Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s “Swing Dance Tour” at the EMU Convocation Center in April 2000 when we knew that the performance content would warrant a space beyond what Hill Auditorium could offer us. As Amit mentions in his above post, Cheikh Lô’s Ann Arbor concert seemed to straddle the fence between West African dance hall music (along the lines of Youssou N’Dour’s Super E’toile) and more politically driven ballads and songwriting. That being said, UMS encourages dancing and most forms of (!) personal physical expression on the far-left and -right aisles of the Michigan Theater. -Mark Jacobson, UMS Programming

Hi, Amit, Thank you for attending Friday evening’s concert and for posting on the UMS lobby! I think you are spot-on in your assessment of the Cheikh Lô concert “toy[ing] the line between ‘proper’ concert and dance concert.” Much of what Cheikh and his ensemble were performing was unquestionably “dance music” (including rhythmic forms from other parts of the world outside of West Africa including Cuba and the Caribbean) but a healthy portion of the concert presented more introspective pieces which had a more political and social directive behind the lyrics supported by less dance-like, strophic song forms. As you may already know, the tradition of “showering” performers with money is observed across much of the continent of Africa and in many parts of Central Asia (as well as other parts of the world) and is an expression of euphoric praise from audience members to performers. -Mark Jacobson, UMS Programming

Hi, Paul, Thank you very much for taking time to provide us with important feedback from Friday evening’s concert. I agree with you that the concert mix was a bit bass-heavy and contributed to difficulty for some audience members to understand the clarity of Cheikh’s vocals. In regards to the distraction you experienced from the specific dancing audience member you mention above, please know that you are not alone. That being said, UMS grants each and every ticket-buying patron the agency to experience UMS events through their own personal form of expression, as long as they do not directly interfere in the concert-going experience of other audience members or the performers themselves. For this very reason, UMS generally prohibits dancing (or other forms of physical personal expression!) directly in front of the stage (blocking the view of audience members seated behind them) or in the center aisles of the Michigan Theater. Though the gentleman in discussion purchased tickets in the center section of the main floor, UMS staff and hired concert security encouraged him to move to the far house-right aisle (along the wall) to dance. Next time, it may be wise for us to additionally consider asking patrons who are interested in dancing to move a bit further back from the stage (and speakers) to an area of the house where there is even more room to dance and would potentially be less of a distraction to our other seated patrons. As you know, physical movement is culturally relevant to most forms of global music, especially music from West Africa. Thanks again for attending and I hope you have a better experience at your next UMS event! -Mark Jacobson, UMS Programming Manager

Hi, Mark Jacobson here from UMS Programming. So glad you enjoyed the concert! The percussion instrument you are referring to is the West African talking drum or “tama.” Its hour-glass shape is designed to imitate or mimic speech patterns when in the hands of a great instrumentalist like Samba N’Dokh on Friday evening. Thanks again for attending! -Mark

Hi, bjblackmamba, Mark Jacobson here from UMS Programming. Vijay and Rudresh have had significant collaborations in the past (ie. Raw Materials) but for this concert they will be leading separate ensembles in a double-bill performance. Rudresh will co-led a new quintet called Apex with influential alto saxophonist Bunky Green along with a New York-based rhythm section comprised of Craig Taborn (U-M grad!) on piano, Francois Moutin on bass, and the young and fiery Damion Reid on drums. Glad to hear you share my excitement for this UMS concert!

Mark Jacobson here from UMS. Thank you for your post, DJHH, and thanks for supporting improvised music in southeastern Michigan. I, too, thought the ensemble was in excellent form last night. What a band! Regarding amplification in Hill Auditorium, please know that it is something that we internally discuss with somewhat regularity at UMS. The short answer is that an ensemble that includes a rhythm section (piano, bass, drums) requires amplification to properly balance the weight of the natural sound production from the stage for the audience. Additionally, many jazz artists today are accustomed to performing with on-stage monitors, the speaker "wedges" on the floor of the stage, to be able to listen each other with more direct clarity. What did others think of the concert and sound amplification?