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Jazz Fest day three began with me attending another youth jazz band, this one from high school students from the Vicent Massey high school. In addition to a few jazz band classics, they had one song written by one of the students, with the writer singing his part.

Next was Brittany Davis; as evidenced by her bass player giuding her, her walking stick, she is a visually impaired performer if not fully blind. She is a mix of stream of consciousness singer and one who sings traditional jazz songs, very adept at the keyboard and a great rhythm section from her two players.

The last show I attended was to see the Trio Asesino which curiously was made up of four players. I wasn't too impresssed as they were a solely instrumental band and I found all of their songs sounded very similar. I like what they played and would include their songs on a play list, but would be happy with one of their instrumentals mixed in among other songs. 

At the end of their set I was a little surprised that a very large number of people at this, the biggest stage, simply stayed put even though the next act at that stage was an hour later. I gently snaked my way out to get home as I had been at the festival already for three shows and didn't have the stamina to wait an hour and then be at another show for another hour. If I was to do this over, maybe I would have stated.

It turns out that Angine de Poitrine was to perform at 21h30 that night, so it was 90 minutes before the next show. This two person group from Quebec has become exceedingly popular, so much so, that the Jazz Fest grounds were closed due to having reached max capacity. Being there for such a momentous occasion would have been worth the aching I was feeling in my feet.