Andrew ShieldsFeb 6
The Vertigo Trombone Quartet, Bird’s Eye Jazz Club, 5 February 2026. #111Words #BirdsEyeBasel #Basel #Jazz #Music #LiveMusic #VertigoTromboneQuartet #BernhardBamert #AndreasTschopp #NilsWogram #JanSchreiner #WorldSaxophoneQuartet #GreatAmericanMusicHall #Saxofour #TinguelyMuseum https://111-words.ghost.io/the-vertigo-trombone-quartet-birds-eye-jazz-club-5-february-2026/
The Vertigo Trombone Quartet, Bird’s Eye Jazz Club, 5 February 2026

Two central concerts in my early listening to jazz were by the World Saxophone Quartet at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco in 1984 and 1985. And in 2024, I saw the Austrian saxophone quartet Saxofour at the Tinguely Museum in Basel. Last night, though, I saw the

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Andrew ShieldsJan 19
Becoming a fan of live jazz with Ralph Towner (1940-2026) and John Abercrombie. #111Words #RalphTowner #JohnAbercrombie #Oregon #GreatAmericanMusicHall #SanFrancisco #KZSU #Music #Jazz #LiveMusic #GaryPeacock https://111-words.ghost.io/becoming-a-fan-of-live-jazz-with-ralph-towner-1940-2026-and-john-abercrombie/
Becoming a fan of live jazz with Ralph Towner (1940-2026) and John Abercrombie

In January 1984, I got two free tickets from Stanford student radio station KZSU and went with my friend Paul Baer to a concert at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco by guitarists Ralph Towner (1940-2026) and John Abercrombie. Along with another Great American Music Hall concert later

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Show threadacffh morstDec 24

@LiveMusicArchiveUpdates #acoustic #allages #matinee #Hipsmas #Annual celebration at #GreatAmericanMusicHall

Links to Friday and Saturday shows in the descriptive text. #MotherHips

Show threadacffh morstDec 24
@LiveMusicArchiveUpdates #Hipsmas set two only on this post. The first set was their second album played in full, Part Timer Goes Full, and I was asked to hold that back, in case they decide to release it as a download. #LiveConcert #LiveMusic #GreatAmericanMusicHall #SanFrancisco
Andrew ShieldsAug 13, 2025
Fifty years ago today: The Grateful Dead at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall on 13 August 1975. #111Words #TheGratefulDead #BluesForAllah #OneFromTheVault #GreatAmericanMusicHall #SanFrancisco #LiveMusic #Music #KZSU https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/08/fifty-years-ago-today-grateful-dead-at.html
Fifty years ago today: The Grateful Dead at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall on 13 August 1975

Sometime in 1982-1983, I found an LP in the KZSU Stanford library: "Make Believe Ballroom", by The Grateful Dead, a radio-broadcast bootleg ...

Johnny J. BlairJun 14, 2025

SATURDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsj7WlUSRtQ&list=RDHsj7WlUSRtQ&start_radio=1

#robinmackey #spideog #umarobinmackey #babe #johnnyjblair #petertork #monkees #andrewsandoval #greatamericanmusichall #sanfrancisco #minicooper #love #soulmate

Just JimJun 11, 2025

This song just took me back! Enjoy the 2003 version of #LidoShuffle by #BozScaggs in the #GreatAmericanMusicHall #music #rock

https://youtu.be/61uFz1i_3JI?feature=shared

Lido Shuffle (Live at Great American Music Hall / August 2003)

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Andrew ShieldsMay 5, 2024
Saxofour at the Tinguely Museum in Basel, 4 May 2024 (and memories of the World Saxophone Quartet in San Franscisco in the 1980s). #111Words #Jazz #Music #Saxofour #TinguelyMuseum #Basel #WorldSaxophoneQuartet #SanFrancisco #GreatAmericanMusicHall https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2024/05/saxofour-at-tinguely-museum-in-basel-4.html
Saxofour at the Tinguely Museum in Basel, 4 May 2024 (and memories of the World Saxophone Quartet in San Franscisco in the 1980s)

In the mid-1980s, I heard two incredibly memorable performances by the World Saxophone Quartet at the Great American Music Hall in San Franc...

Kid Congo PowersDec 19, 2023
San Francisco on January 10 we play at The Great American Music Hall gh w/ The Avengers ! You read in my book how they stole the Sex Pistols Winterland show for me! And if not exciting enough t the fabulous band Frightwig are on the bill! Not to be missed. See ya there! #kidcongopowers #theavengers #frightwig #sanfrancisco #Greatamericanmusichall
Andrew ShieldsOct 7, 2023
On realizing I’ve long been wrong about what my first jazz concert was. #111Words #Jazz #LiveMusic #RalphTowner #JohnAbercrombie #GreatAmericanMusicHall #Oregon #PacoDeLucia #AlDiMeola #JohnMcLaughlin #SanFrancisco #TuckAndPatti #NewVarsity #PaloAlto https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2023/10/on-realizing-ive-long-been-wrong-about.html
On realizing I’ve long been wrong about what my first jazz concert was

I've always said my first jazz concert was guitarists Ralph Towner and John Abercrombie at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco in...