Andrew ShieldsFeb 28
Songs “so wild and blue”: The Wolfgang Muthspiel Trio plays Paul Motian and Joni Mitchell, Jazz Campus, Basel, 26 February 2026. #111Words #Music #LiveMusic #Jazz #Decisions #WolfgangMuthspiel #ScottColley #BrainBlade #JazzCampus #Basel #PaulMotian #Abacus #JoniMitchell #Amelia https://111-words.ghost.io/songs-so-wild-and-blue-the-wolfgang-muthspiel-trio-plays-paul-motian-and-joni-mitchell-jazz-campus-basel-26-february-2026/
Songs “so wild and blue”: The Wolfgang Muthspiel Trio plays Paul Motian and Joni Mitchell, Jazz Campus, Basel, 26 February 2026

All the decisions that jazz musicians make about what to play and when not to play come together to form the whole. At their concert at the Jazz Campus in Basel on Thursday, 26 February 2026, guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel's trio with bassist Scott Colley and drummer Brian Blade mostly played

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Andrew ShieldsFeb 27
Moments when Brian Blade and then Scott Colley decided not to play: The Wolfgang Muthspiel Trio, Jazz Campus Basel, 27 February 2026. #111Words #Jazz #Music #LiveMusic #WolfangMuthspiel #BrianBlade #ScottColley #JazzCampus #Basel #Switzerland #Decisions https://111-words.ghost.io/moments-when-brian-blade-and-then-scott-colley-decided-not-to-play-the-wolfgang-muthspiel-trio-jazz-campus-basel-27-february-2026/
Moments when Brian Blade and then Scott Colley decided not to play: The Wolfgang Muthspiel Trio, Jazz Campus Basel, 27 February 2026

As I've noted before, I sometimes watch jazz musicians decide not to play. At the Jazz Campus in Basel last night, during an unaccompanied passage by guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel, I heard a click from drummer Brian Blade's sticks. But instead of joining in, he laid them in his lap. A

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