Seeing Gilbert's band is always a good time, but this night was made bittersweet due to it being bass player Danny Weller's final show here before he moves to Brooklyn.

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I've seen him play with various bands over the past two years and he's always shown more musical and personal maturity than his young age would suggest.



The show was recorded and should be coming out at some point as Gilbert's Live album. It's about time, his debut CD is several years old at this point and has a completely different backing band than this one.



Charlie Chavez and Tommy Aros switched off on the timbales and congas throughout the show and absolutely killed it! They have an almost telepathic connection that is mesmerizing to witness.





Brett Sanders was pushed into a dark corner of the stage so I wasn't able to get many shots of him.



And Irving Flores is a master of latin piano. He's playing Friday night at Dizzy's, so if you're reading this the same day it's being posted, you should go check him out.



Gilbert is a splendid player of course. It's hard to keep finding new ways to say how much I enjoy his playing, so here's a series of shots that show it.



I'm pretty sure that he threw in a quote from Oliver Nelson's "The Blues and the Abstract Truth" into his first solo, did anybody else hear that?





To me, the definition of a master is someone who can make the extremely difficult look effortless. Gilbert, and his whole band for that matter, are masters at their craft.





We'll miss you, Danny. Your replacement will have some big shoes to fill.