thanks to everyone for the warm welcome! i dig lots of different music, too. as a french hornist, of course i was brought up on classical music (Mozart is still my favorite from an architechtural viewpoint) and for awhile I was quite to Loreena McKinnett fan (did I spell that right?) but eventually lost touch with what she's doing.

My sister-in-law is a piper in Calgary (also a singer/guitarist and plays some whistle) but refuses to consider herself a musician.

I have heard of the Trondheim and Molde Jazz Festivals and have been trying for the last few years to get booked there! Guess I'm not famous enough yet.

Hamish, the New Orleans style is very popular in the Scandinavian countries and, interestingly, some of our most avant-garde players in the 70s and 80s began with a sort of Trad (traditional) Jazz revival movement.

MT