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 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...