The list of musicians I've seen most begins with Jerry Garcia (over 100 times) and the other members of The Grateful Dead (over 80 times). Then comes Andreas Schärer (34 times, with the 35th this evening) and the other members of Hildegard Lernt Fliegen (all at least 14 times, with the 15th this evening). Other jazz musicians I've seen more than ten times include Larry Grenadier, and I'll be seeing him again tomorrow night. But last night at the Nicole Bernegger concertat Barfüsserplatz in Basel, I realized I have also seen my friend and former English student, Basel guitarist Stefan Strittmatter, about twenty times, in at least seven different bands. (Andrew Shields, #111Words, 11 May 2025)