"I hadn't heard of the Kirkcudbright festival - seems they don't bother telling people in Edinburgh about it."

I don't really care for jazz festivals. Jazz was meant for small venues. It loses something vital when it's played in large outdoor places. It's an intimate music and needs to be heard intimately. When you're sitting at a table right at the bassist's elbow or something like that, that's when jazz is at its best.