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Swedes are sweet, but horns have plenty

For a city that hasn’t had regular visits from musicians on the international jazz circuit in some years, ­Dundee Jazz Festival ­provides what amounts to a crash course in current availabilities.

While the more traditional and dance-oriented ends of jazz’s A to Z are catered for in larger ­venues, the festival’s club headquarters, in the Drouthy Neebors pub’s basement bar, offers an intimate appraisal of less familiar, contemporary names.