Advertisement: This post is sponsored by VisitAberdeenshire and Aberdeen Festivals. That day at work, I was talking to my colleagues about New Orleans. I’d recently watched a few films about Louisiana, and — in a very suburban twist, for me at least — had begun sinking into jazz playlists on Saturday mornings whilst I baked, so…

We’re not long back from a sunny weekend in Aberdeen on Scotland’s east coast. This trip was sponsored by VisitAberdeenshire — I was invited to cover the city’s Jazz Festival.