A lot of venues I guess will be following with interest the example of Boisdale, the London chain of restaurant venues, who will be hosting live music when its restaurants re-open this month.

Founder and managing director Ranald McDonald of Boisdale, which has venues in Belgravia, Canary Wharf, Bishopsgate and Mayfair, said in a statement: “After carefully studying the Government’s advice concerning live music performances, I do not consider all live music is contrary to HMG Guidelines. It is counter intuitive that pre-recorded music, at a volume that does not cause customers to raise their voices, is acceptable in restaurants and bars, but not live music at the same volume, fortunately, the advice, as we understand it, is set out as firm guidance and is not statutory.” Let's hope it works out. As it stands there is little prospect of live jazz anywhere on the London scene for the rest of the summer.