Herbie Flowers shared his 75th birthday cake with a capacity audience while giving them a large slice of mid-morning jazz virtuosity.

With Stan Saltzman on sax, Mark 'Fingers' Edwards on piano, and Malcolm Mortimer on drums, Herbie produced two hours-plus of quality music without showing any signs of the passing years.

He started with Caravan, followed by Mancini's The Days of Wine and Roses and by the time they played a magnificent Body And Soul, the temperature in the chilly Spiegeltent had been raised to warm and glowing.

Herbie has been running his Jazz Breakfasts at The Dome for the past three years. Tea, coffee, croissants, and his relaxed links, make for a friendly front parlour atmosphere.

The 30-piece Brighton festival Youth Choir started the second half with half a dozen beautifully sung pieces, including a Happy Birthday to Herbie. It was inspired to include some youth alongside the senior jazzers, who returned with a wonderful version of Cole Porter's What Is This Thing Called Love?.

The only thing to upstage the music was the cake! A fantastic full-size replica of Herbie's very own Little Blue jazz Fender guitar.

"It wasn't that good!" said Herbie as the audience showed their appreciation at the end.

Yes it was Herbie. Delicious!