Escape. Vacation should be an escape and a chance to change and reflect. This is maybe our 5th Fillmore Street Jazz Festival and we had to escape to the Eddy Street stage to escape the crowds of the Sutter Street and California Street Stages. But that was okay. We had spent most of Saturday at my favorite California Street Stage and I had vowed to be more mobile on this Sunday. So the day opened with the Future Perfect Band playing "To Close To Heaven." A great way to start a Sunday morning on this earth God has given us. The Future Perfect Band usually plays the 1300 on Fillmore restaurant's Sunday Morning Brunch. I wish they had a website so I could tell you more about Michael, his sister who sings with him, and his casually perfect backup band including Cedric the guitarist.
After being lead in worship by the Future Perfect Band we were transformed musically by Markus James, as much a music historian as a talented musician. James strives to take music back to its roots -- be that West Africa, Mali or Jackson Mississippi. I wish I had thought of this. But hey, what key to they play those instruments in and how do you make it sound this good together? Really mind opening, mind expanding and an escape from reality experience and isn't that what you go on vacation for? For more on Markus James, see below
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