Andrew ShieldsMar 16, 2025
The social and communal experience of musical transformation at the Bird’s Eye concert by Swiss-South African band Skyjack, 15 March 2025. #111Words #BirdsEyeBasel #Skyjack #TedGioia #VinnieSperrazza #MarcStucki #AndreasTschopp #KyleShepherd #ShaneCooper #JonnoSweetman #Jazz #Music #Improvisation #MusicalTransformation #Community https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-social-and-communal-experience-of.html
The social and communal experience of musical transformation at the Bird’s Eye concert by Swiss-South African band Skyjack, 15 March 2025

As I wrote two years ago, inspired by Ted Gioia's "Music to Raise the Dead", I am on a quest for musical transformation. And as I wrote la...

Andrew ShieldsMay 3, 2024
Jazz, Poetry, and Community. #111Words #Jazz #Poetry #Music #Community #TheChoirInvisible #ChrisTordini #CharlotteGreve #VinnieSperrazza #BirdsEyeBasel #JohnMcCullough #DeniseLevertov #NancyMattson #AEStallings #AnneCarson https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2024/05/jazz-poetry-and-community.html
Jazz, Poetry, and Community

After listening to The Choir Invisible with Charlotte Greve (alto saxophone, vocals), Chris Tordini (bass), and Vinnie Sperrazza (drums) las...

neddyoDec 13, 2023

Tonight: early drop-by at Barbes for Vinnie Sperrazza playing with Ethan Iverson and Vicente Archer. This is a Vanguard-level gig for free for a crowd of 20 in a small club in Park Slope. I love this city, I love this room.

#nycfreaks #livemusic #brooklyn #parkslope #barbes #jazz #drums #vinniesperrazza #nyc #tappedin