I got to another gig featuring young musicians.  These, from a school down south, were even younger than the Porty lot and there were many more of them.  With two enthusiastic teachers, one conducting and the other bashing the piano they romped through a set of big band numbers with commendable skill and presence.  I've only vague memories of musical activities at KHS but I'm sure we had nothing like this.

Billed as Woody Allen's piano player Conal Fowkes played and sang a range of numbers from the twenties by different American composers and players, some well known and some obscure.  It was a delightfully relaxing morning concert in the Tron Kirk that deserved a bigger audience.  Woody got a mention only once when for his final number Conal played a piece from the soundtrack of  Magic in the Moonlight, Allen's latest film.

I've just had a look at Conal's bio and see that the Jazz Festival organisers' Woody name dropping does him a disservice.  I also see that he was born in Zambia.  If I'd known that I'd have spoken to him at the gig.

Another delightful piano player, also at the Tron, was Paolo Alderighi who played a similar set but perhaps ranged over a longer timescale.  He finished off by playing a piece for four hands with his wife, Stephanie Trick.  It was a high speed, high octane performance and as he said beforehand, the improvisational nature of jazz adds an extra degree of danger to theundertaking.