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SAN FRANCISCO · THE PSYCHEDELIC ERA · 1960s

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September 11
AOR-2.74
Catalog Number
AOR-2.74
Series
Art of Rock
Venue
Fillmore Auditorium
San Francisco
Date
September 11, 1966
Artists
Hank Lelo
Nickname
Both/And Benefit
Performers
Jon Hendricks Trio
Elvin Jones
Joe Henderson Quartet
Big Mama Thornton
Denny Zeitlin Trio
Jefferson Airplane
The Great Society
Wildflower
Grateful Dead

Both/And Benefit

On Sunday, September 11, 1966, Bill Graham threw open the Fillmore Auditorium for the Both/And Benefit (AOR-2.74) — a fundraiser for the Both/And, the jazz club on Divisadero, and a rare night where Graham let jazz and rock share one long bill (event and catalog per coau, corroborated on deadnet and jerrybase). It ran as a single continuous show, roughly 6 p.m. to 2 a.m., and the lineup leaned hard into the jazz…

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