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Secret Architecture »

Secret Architecture at The Jazz Bar

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With their combined age of 65 the three members of Secret Architecture are as fresh faced as they come. The band itself is similarly youthful – just nine months old and as yet unsigned – but it’s such a slick operation you’d nev...

Mon 18 Feb 2008 by Hannah Thomas | Read more »

Davis and Parker come to Scotland »

Jesse Davis

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The Edinburgh leg of alto-saxophonist Jesse Davis and drummer Leon Parker's UK tour is something of a double-edged sword. Luckily, they get the pick of two of the East coast's most talented jazzers: Brian Kellock on keys and Kenny Ellis on bass. And th...

Sat 02 Feb 2008 by Evan Beswick | Read more »

Sanders: ain't no chicken »

Pharoah Sanders

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“Jazz living legend comes to Edinburgh,” so we’ve been led to believe. But it’s not easy at all to reconcile the hyperbole with the 68 year-old hobbling on stage. Kitted out in comfy slacks and a winter jumper (and, are those sl...

Wed 30 Jan 2008 by Evan Beswick | Read more »

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