Last night in Moscow

The last night was great: (for Sydney folk) where Le Club was like playing at the The Basement, Restavratsia was mid-week at the Side-On. Great musicians, very creative and free and a Bohemian venue. Off to Finland now for the Pori Festival and late last night I noted on their website that the Sandy Evans Trio (with Brett Hirst and Toby Hall) are also on the program so I look forward to running into them there. Interesting that I didn't know they were booked and I think they likewise didn't know I would be at Pori (I didn't know myself until 2 weeks ago!). It is safe to say that Australian musicians on the international jazz festival circuit has gone from being an exceptional event (as it was 10 years ago) to something considerably more routine.