Jasmine Myra live in Portugal

I had set YouTube to play videos connected to the string 'Gondwana' (the label founded by Matthew Halsall). Some of the music was mildly interesting and some not to my taste, but my attention increased when I noticed that a video of Jasmine Myra playing in Matosinhos, Portugal, had started.

This was filmed at (presumably) a jazz festival held on 14 July 2024 and appears to have been filmed by a mobile phone, as the picture is not always steady, there are no cuts to another camera angle, and the sound includes various ambient noises such as gulls, dogs and children. 

As the date suggests, the set list is comprised solely of tracks from JM's second album, "Rising", and the musicians appearing here are mainly those that appeared on the album, namely Alice Roberts (harp), Jasper Green (keys), Joe Wilks (?) (bass, replacing Sam Quintana), Ben Haskins (guitar), Greg Burns (drums, replacing the regular drummer George Hall) and the elusive Arran Kent (bass clarinet, flute). I write 'elusive' as although Arran played on both JM albums, he didn't appear in any of the previous videos that I have seen

It seems that every time that I see JM, her appearance changes. Here her hair looked at first as if she was wearing a bobble hat, and she has lost her glasses.

The music is very placid and low key; even 'Knowingness' doesn't catch fire, and as such is slightly disappointing. Maybe it's because of the replacement drummer and bassist.

I wrote previously about the economics and logistics of touring with a seven/eight piece band with a harp. It occurred to me yesterday that the harp could be hired in every city where the band plays, thus avoiding the logistical problem and saving wear and tear on the harp. After all, pianists don't tour with their pianos; venues provide a piano.

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