A last thought on audiences at the Glasgow International Jazz Festival, which totalled 25,000 music-lovers at the free and ticketed events over ten days. On Saturday night those who came to dance to Nils Petter Molvaer in the Old Fruitmarket were most patient of attention when the Norwegian trumpeter's trio served up a set that was much more experimental and rather less funky than they perhaps had bargained for. Which speaks well of the open-mindedness of the people the festival attracts.

By contrast, on the previous evening at the Tron, however, a more mature audience included a couple of chaps, possibly well-refreshed, who could not agree on the permissible level of volume for chatting to one's partner. Seasoned jazz gig goers will recognise the problem of disputes between chatters and shushers. Fortunately, however, the prospect of a punch-up at a Swingcats gig eventually came to nothing but these particular fans were certainly old enough to know to behave better.

Keith Bruce