Sara, I'm so sorry to hear about your experience at the concert tonight. The mildly annoying guy sitting behind me was nothing compared to your concert experience.

The crowd in the seated section acted quite differently than the lawn folk. Nobody talked during the songs unless it was a "yeah" to celebrate something musical.

The balance was a big disappointment for me. The first two songs, you could barely hear Esperanza's bass. She's who we came to see! She could be heard better on the third song, "Body and Soul". I hoped she would sing it in Spanish, as she did on her latest CD. However, it was still beautiful. When she switched to electric it started all over again with not being able to hear her. I don't think it was until she did the solo number that the bass' volume came up again. There was a similar problem with the Rhodes, the first song it was in, we could only hear the sound coming out of the stage monitors.

Sound complaints aside, it was a beautiful concert. I have been looking forward to this show since January, so I had high expectations. Esperanza's band is made of great players and they played with high energy. I was happy to hear many songs off Esperanza, such as "Ponta de Aria," ""I Know You Know," "Precious," and "I Adore You." The attempt at the crowd sing-a-long for "I Adore You" was entertaining sans the overly-enthusiastic man behind me who sang with excessive vibrato. I don't know the name of the samba which guitarist Ricardo Vogt also sang on, but that was one of the high points of the concert for me. It was truly masterful playing.

Esperanza is also a very kind person and stayed long after the concert to sign autographs. This was surprising since she played in Norway 2 nights ago and plays in California tomorrow night. She is truly a gracious and kind soul, not to mention ridiculously talented!