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

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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Wolfgang Muthspiel, Scott Colley, and Brian Blade at Atlantis in Basel

At last night's concert at Atlantis in Basel, guitarist and bandleader Wolfgang Muthspiel joked that the title track of his new album with b...

Unexpected covers of Joni Mitchell songs

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