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.
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.