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left: Chet Baker,after a Fantasy recordingsession, Los Angeles, 1953‘The image of him sitting therelike a lost child seemed to sumup my first impression aboutthis talented young man fromOklahoma... alone with himself’BOTTOM LEFT: Peggy Lee,Lake Tahoe, Nevada, 1953‘Peggy Lee was truly a specialsinger... Her records were theones we were all dancing toin Junior High’Opposite: Louis Armstrong onthe set of High Society, MGMStudios, Hollywood, 1956‘In 1956 I caught up with LouisArmstrong... he was the samesmiling gentleman I had firstmet five years earlier’JAZZ: BODY AND SOULis edited by ChristopherWilloughby & RobinMorgan. Photos andtext by Bob Willoughby.It’s published by EvanMitchell Books, at£29.95 RRP. To order, visitwww.embooks.co.ukTravel the world through jazzThere are plenty of iconic jazz festivals to visit around the world,and for the true jazz lover, there is at least one to attend eachmonth of the year:2012October: Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival, 5-6November: Novi Sad Jazz Festival, 8-19; London Jazz Festival, 9-18December: Havana Jazz Festival, 16-242013January: Jamaica Jazz & Blues, 24-26February: Dubai International Jazz Festival, 14-22March: Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival, 1-3April: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 26 April to 5 MayMay: St Lucia Jazz Festival, 4-8June: Montreal International Jazz Festival, 28 June to 7 JulyJuly: Montreux Jazz Festival, 29 June to 14 July; Copenhagen JazzFestival, date TBCAugust: Yokohama Jazz Festival, date TBCSeptember: Monterey Jazz Festival, 20-2240 36volume thirteenSummit