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 last May, following Vinnie Sperrazza's "Chronicles" on Substack, the interplay of musicians in jazz (the primary idiom of my quest) offers a model of community to the world. Last night's wonderful concert at the Bird's Eye in Basel by Skyjack (with Swiss musicians Marc Stucki, saxophones, and Andreas Tschopp, trombone, and South African musicians Kyle Shepherd, piano, Shane Cooper, bass, and Jonno Sweetman, drums) brought those points together: when the interplay expands to include band and audience, the musical transformation becomes social and communal. (Andrew Shields, #111Words, 16 March 2025)
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| Marc Stucki, Shane Cooper, Andreas Tschopp, and Jonno Sweetman of Skyjack |
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