Venue: Rose Theater / JALC
City: New York
State/Province: NY
Country: United States
Eric Clapton – guitar / vocals
Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
Marcus Printup – trumpet
Chris Crenshaw – trombone
Victor Goines – clarinet
Dan Nimmer – piano
Chris Stainton – keyboards
Carlos Henriquez – bass
Ali Jackson – drums
Don Vappie – banjo
Taj Mahal
Eric Clapton donated his time in support of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Two evenings previous, a set was performed for JALC’s annual black-tie gala. The two public performances (Friday and Saturday) were filmed. The shows were billed as “Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play The Blues.” The set list, with the exception of Layla, was drawn from songs selected by Eric Clapton and arranged by Wynton Marsalis. Layla was added during rehearsals at the suggestion of Carlos Henriquez.
Taj Mahal – guitar / piano / banjo / vocals
01. Ice Cream (Howard Johnson / Robert King / Billy Moll)
02. Forty-Four (Chester Burnett)
03. Joe Turner’s Blues (W.C. Handy)
04. The Last Time (Bill Ewing / Sara Martin)
05. Careless Love (W.C. Handy / Martha E. Koenig / Spencer Williams)
06. Kidman Blues (Big Maceo Merriweather)
07. Layla (Eric Clapton / Jim Gordon)
08. Joliet Bound (Kansas Joe McCoy / Memphis Minnie McCoy)
09. Just A Closer Walk With Thee (Traditional) *
10. Corrine Corrina (Bo Chatman / Mitchell Parish / J. Mayo Williams) – encore *
* With Taj Mahal
All arrangements by Wynton Marsalis