Inconsequential details abound from tonight's engagement at Sanders Theatre by Wynton Marsalis and his, variously, quintet/sextet/quintet and vocalist:
1. That Wynton and band had brunch at Henrietta's Table in The Charles Hotel before the show (of delicious consequence to them, no doubt);
2. Wynton let his audience know he had never played Sanders Theatre before and that he admired the woodwork;
3. Harvard's eminent Henry Louis Gates attended the performance (of consequence to him and his tapping foot, surely).
Aside from all that fluff, and aside from the very consequential fact of Wynton's small band(s) living fully, swingingly up to expectations, the audible sighs (gasps?) from the audience when singer Jennifer Sannon launched into "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" and the wild applause that greeted pianist Dan Nimmer after nearly every solo, revealed that the young singer and young pianist were the surprises of the evening that would have everyone buzzing. And she's only 20 years old!
Jennifer Sannon and Dan Nimmer - remember those names.
Further inconsequence overheard on the way through Harvard Yard tonight:
"The rhino is really a very horrible creature, you know."
"Of course."
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